Taiwan teenagers beat heat, strong currents to circle island by canoe

"We made it!" a group of eight Taiwanese teenagers shouted in joy as they reached a beach in the eastern county of Taitung Saturday to complete a round-the-island journey by canoe, a challenge which took them almost a month to overcome.

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