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Places to Visit and Do While in Taiwan (from my own experience):

Taipei

1. Shilin Night Market

try snow shaved ice and pretty much everywhere you see a long line
play basketball arcade games
bargain with vendors everything you buy (shopping here is THE BOMB!)

2. Wholesale Wu Feng Pu- it’s the largest shopping wholesale area for clothes! Super cheap!

3. Danshui- a sea-side district with lots of old fashioned Taiwanese food, street games, vendors, etc.

must try black sugar shaved ice, octopus, stinky tofu, etc. Everything!
go there at night to experience the night atmosphere, watch the boats and take a boat across to the other side

4???- The youngest and hippest scene for shopping, food and gay bars.

There’s an art district that has great gay bars, live music, a cute art museum/shop, performance art center, etc,

5. 101 Tower-

This area is more expensive, but go clubbing here! Then around 5 am go get Yong He Soymilk breakfast after you go dancing. People don’t start dancing until midnight- but if you’re brave like me- you’ll start the dance floor early. Clubs close at 4-5 am.

6. Gonguan -

Taichung

1. Night Markets

Chiayi

1. Alishan-A famous mountain area in Taiwan. Watch the sunrise at around 4 am. You can ride the bus up and find any hotel for cheap- like 1000 for 2 bedroom, or even cheaper. Hike the mountain and absorb the beauty which is embedded in the forestry. EAT UP THERE and BUY ALISHAN TEA AND DRIED FRUITS, among many other things. Great place to pray, eat and love yourself.

Kaohsiung

1.BEACH- go to Kenting beach. And eat lots of seafood.

Anyways- there’s a whole lot you can do.

Personally when I go to Taiwan, these are the things I like to do:

1. NAILS-Get my nails done- like BLINGED OUT, because it is so much cheaper in Taiwan. I get fake nails with tons of crystals, fruits, music notes, I can’t get enough!

2. EAT-I eat a lot, yet I still lose weight because you do tons of walking. I literally walk like 10 miles a day, easily.

3. SHOP-I shop like there’s no tomorrow, I can get shirts for like 2 bucks. I bargain like there’s no tomorrow as well. Shopping in Taiwan is WAY WAY WAY better than shopping anywhere else- any country I’ve been to.

4. HAIR-I get my hair cut, dyed, permed, anything, washed even because Taiwanese salons are legit and they know Asian hair. You’ll come out a rock star when you go to one. Plus, it’s way cheaper than the US.

5. ARCADE-PLAY ARCADE GAMES! THEY’RE SO FUN!

6. HOT SPRINGS- IS A MUST!!! GOOGLE Hot Springs Taiwan. I wish there were legit hot springs in US, but there are none- so I end up hot springing in my own bathtub.

7. PEOPLE-Lastly, though there’s a thousand more things I would like to write here…getting to know the people in Taiwan is the most most important. Don’t hang out with expats, lol- even though I do….but get to know the locals. This is key anywhere you go in the world. Don’t stick with your kind, run down to the night market, morning markets and get to know local pig slaughters, small shop owners, the guy who sells the breakfasts, the student walking back from school, the mcdonald’s lady, etc.

Use mandarin even if your mandarin sucks, get laughed at, but you immediately bond with the people.

Lastly, don’t be afraid to eat pig blood, pig intestines, stinky tofu, oyster pancake, etc. Try new foods and be open to the way people do things in Taiwan- you’ll be surprised how Americanized you are.

Love,

Bekka (the Travel Guru)

http://rebekkalien.wordpress.com/

Note: Jasmine- have fun! :)

near 101danshuihot poti love this so much- I forgot what the place is called. xien yu xien iMUST eat.