Taiwan High Speed Rail

This past weekend my company took us to the southern tip of Taiwan for a weekend of sun, sand and general chillaxing on the beach. The area we stayed in is called Kenting where surf culture is alive and strong (which is not as rare as you might think in Taiwan). Since Taipei is at the Northern end of the island and Kenting is at the Southern end, we took the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) from Taipei to Kaohsiung. The train is the same as the very famous Japanese Shinkansen and can travel up to 300km/h (186 mph)...which is fast enough to get from the top of Taiwan to the bottom in 90 minutes (by car it is about 5-6 hours or longer depending on traffic). Here is a video I took out the window. No, I did not speed up the film.