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Question About Writing Out of the Country

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arianne:
I should probably preface this by saying this is one of my personal favorite buildings, but if you REALLY wanted to get your hands on a skyscraper (hehe), you can't beat the 101 in Taipei (Taiwan). A couple of years ago it used to be the tallest building in the world, with its 101 floors. A friend of mine consulted on the construction of it, and he told me that apparently due to the earthquakes they have in Taiwan, the foundation of the building is not actually solid; rather, the building is held in place by a giant heavy silver ball at the top, which serves to counterbalance the building in times of earthquakes.

But enough gushing from me....

PS. Eoin Colfer used the 101 in one of his Artemis Fowl books.

Nickeris86:
Look on ExPat websites or ESL teacher websites there are tones of westerners out and about and they are a plethora of information.

I can't help you with Hong Kong but if you have any questions on Seoul South Korea, I am currently living there so let me know.

The Deposed King:
You sound married to Hong Kong and want your characters totally out of their element.

But if you wanted to have your characters in the friendliest asian country in the world you'd send them to the Philippines and if you wanted to throw them off the deep end they'd end up on mindanao where the rebels are still shooting.

Its a crazy country, there are lots of educated people and everyone educated speaks english.  In the middle part its peaceful.  About a decade or two the heart of the middle visayas region was starting to be over run with crime and gangs so the local government organzied secret death squads and basically went around wacking the southern rebels and home grown criminals.  A decade and a half later they are still trying to convict the local police and politicians that did the deed, and Cebu is the most peaceful island in the country.  Its also the most tourist friendly.

This is also the same place where the Muslim and Communist rebels, routinely negotiate christmas and ramadan 'holidays' to temporarily stop the blood shed so everyone can go home and celebrate.

In cebu there are lots of run down buildings in the heart of the city.  For while there was even an abandoned hotel (30-40 stories)that was built with substandard materials and tried to immitate the leaning tower of piza.  don't think its still around though.

Plus I know for a fact that lots of native philippinos (of which I'm not, I just live here at the moment) are active on the JB site.

This is the same country that is on the top ten countries in the world for two things Happiness and Corruption.

But as I said lots of walking contradictions over here.




The Deposed King

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