Winter is the best (Nov-Feb). Less rain cooler temperature. Nov temp almost like Fraser Hill (~23C)and Dec like CH/Genting (15-18C). Jan/Feb will be cold. (~ 10C)

No of days depending whether you want to round whole Taiwan or only Taipei or Taipei + 1 outstation

If whole island probably a week or 7-8days
If Taipei on;y $ dyas
If Taipei + Huelien (or 1 alternative city) - 5Days

Taiwan weather very siao wan...When i was there mid Dec 2009, I was shock when I arrived at Taoyuan airport and temperature showing 26C..damn..so hot wan

To get really low promo is not easy...You need to wait for next AAX sales (Not Air Asia sales)...Last year without fuel surcharge, ppl been getting RETURN ticket at ~ RM250 Inclusive of tax!..After the fuel surcharge announcement, The cheapest probably ~ RM400 inc of Tax + Fuel surcharge

Very mellow-lah..Even KL stinky tofu worst than Taiwan...I dun feel disgusting at all and the smell not like 1 km away..HK stinky tofu worst than Taipei

If you want to know how they make stinky tofu, goto youtube and watch the episode where Andre zimmern vommited trying the tofu.. haha

Last time I went using MAS Retrun only RM780 wor...RM1346 is not promo fare liao..Last time without rpomo to taipei AA was only ~ RM900

You probably go and change NT$ using RM haha.. As advised, change to US$ 1st or change here although rate is bad well atleast RM to NT$ still better here rather than RM to NT$ at taiwan.

It's proven strategy wor..just check the calculation I posted on pg 1.. There is link to real-time Airport exhange rate & here for comparison

Anyway, the amt you save from doing conversion from RM to USD & To NT$ in Taiwan is ~ RM30 per every RM1000 you change.. If you feel thios amt is small, yeah changin g direct RNMto NT$ also can up to you

crazy meh? Impossible for money changer of having rate 10% lower than market rate of ~ 10.3.. If true better fast wor, that Money changer habis liao

Yeap 5 hrs is pretty fast.. U dun really feel it esp when you listen to music, watching a movie (Bring your netbook/ipad/tablet, reading or sleeping.

The only important thing ensure the plane is reasonable sized. Dun take 737 plane.. narrow & only 2 toilets (Eco class) catering so many ppl..They blocked Biz class toilets!!

Just opt on DIY - Backpacking style lor if you hv not try this b4.. much more fun & much wider interaction wth locals, food & transportation.

Their MRT connecting almost all the attraction surrounding Taipei & you only need train & buses to further abit from Taipei

Agoda is OK-lah.. Just that lotsa ppl din know that the published rate is before commission/handling charges of ~ US2-US5 depeninding on room price.

otherwise, I hv no problem wth them..Yes, sometime, they might be more expensive than walk-in rate bcos certain budget hotel can be negotiated and they provide discount if you ask..However on overall, they are cheaper and one advantages is you get immediate confirmation rather than walking from one hotel to another upon reaching...I found it so tiring ..(I did that on my Pearl river cities backpacking)..After the incident, i prefer pre-book to avoid wasting time looking for the best hotels

Wah food price inflated liao since my 2009 holiday there.. ..During that time, avg is from RM4 till RM5 only.. Even a 4 dishes chapfan only RM5 wth free winter melon drinks.. ..Ah Chong mee sua only RM4. Ocien RM5 much cheaper than KL but too bad their ocien full of starch & cabbages rather than eggs

No idea on the lettering thingies.. just ensure no old notes as mentioned on 1st page info

City tour just take MRT can liao. For jiufen & Yehliu probably need either bus/train ..no need any ground tour.. just do abit of research & info on pg1

The illegal cab guys in the airport already telling you not to take cab liao haha.. I was offered NT$1200 or ~ RM120 to Taipei from Taoyuen...darmn..I opted for NT100 bus instead

There are so many buses there..I choose the cheapeast & none- express based and last stop beside Sheraton Taipei..where i walk abit to my booked hotel..Actually if I can recall, it was not only NT$100 but lesser..~ NT98/pax haha

If you hv Nokia smartphone, you can just download the latest Taiwan Nokia maps (GPS) 100% FOC, & no need roaming/ data charges.

Otherwise, google maps. You can also find a simple & usefull Metro maps on 1st pg

The cab is actually your personal day- driver-lah. U book the cab for whole journey. Depending on how yu nego, I managed to get NT$1800 to Taroko and added another NT$200 to Chin Sui Cliff..but I ended up giving him NT200 xtra bcos he insiste NT$2000 too low haha..Well, I gave bcos kesian that unker.

So wth your personal driver, you go down as & when you want & how long you want to stop up to you bcos you are hiring him for the whole day (Well 1/2 day-lah ~ 5 hrs)

I din goto Beitou & Yang Min shan as these 2 places required abit of tracking and my old parent can't walk much. even walking 1 km to Yehliu Geopark from the bus stop took ages liao haha.

Longshan temple - do not limit yourselve only to the temple bcos nothing much inside this temple. It's the surrounding old town, old buildings & old market that is interesting & not the temple haha

Ximending, Wufenpu & Shihlin nite market you can do it every nit after your day trip .so no need to waste lotsa time