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XiaoLiuQiu: The Little Ryuku Island

XiaoLiuQiu (小琉球), or XLQ for short, is a small coral island southwest of the main island of Taiwan. It’s a sleepy remote island that has gotten a lot more popular lately. As two random data points, both my dad and my childhood classmate have never been there.

After Jack started college, I had a few extra days. I thought… Why not go there? I had spent many days in Taoyuan, doing a lot of city stuff and…