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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Peikan, Matsu, Taiwan by TravelPod blogger Kurtmult titled “First leg of my walk – the remote Matsu islands” Kurtmult’s travel blog entry: “A beautiful sunny day, just what I was looking for to begin my trip – first leg the Matsu islands. I have never been there, although I have seen many places in Taiwan – let me be surprised. So, my backpack on, small bag in one hand for things that I need to grab easily ( sun glasses, maps, water etc. ) and a walking stick kind of umbrella in the other I say good bye to wife and dog at nine o’clock, walk Hsin Yi road , take MRT Fushing line and walk to the Sung Shan domestic airport.[ Sung Shan airport lies conveniently in the middle of the city. It serves the flights to other cities on the mainTaiwan island as well as most smaller islands belonging to Taiwan, and serves as well as a military airport. It has been the previous international airport, which had then been relocated to Taoyuan, about 35 km south of Taipei. Now the future use of the airport and the land occupied by it is under discussion and different mayors belonging to different parties have different visions – the DPP side favors the relocation to Taoyuan and to make good use of the land for urban development while the KMT side wants to expand the operation and use it for future direct flights ( I will write about this later ) between Taipei and cities in Mainland China, such as Shanghai – a return business trip …
