Nearly Killed in Taipei, Taiwan

I wrote about how the smog in China's big cities has become so dense that at east one city's air is blamed for killing a marathon runner.

It caused me to remember a time when I was nearly killed when running in Taipei...and it wasn't the smog.

I awoke early one morning, (jet lag) no doubt and went running. I had no idea where I was at or where I was headed, but I could see an opening between some buildings and I guessed it might be a park of some sort. I lived to learn that it was.

However, it was not without almost meeting my maker.

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