hi guys,
1. Do u mind to share your travel experinces in Taiwan?
2. What to see in Taiwan?
3. if in only have 8 days holiday, do u think i can spend touring the whole TW?
4. Please give more infor about this place as i plan to go around OCt or Nov..

thanks..

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Interesting Itineraries, blogs & photos sharing

Taipei & surroundings (By JYS)- http://jy-s.com/category/travel/taiwan/
Taipei/ Kaushiung/ bullet train (By Jasz_24) - http://www.mytripbloggies.com/taiwan.htm
Taipei/Hualien/Chin sui bay/Taroko Gorge (by stimix): https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=30641516
Taipei..Emphasize on Jiufen/Yilan (By kampungboycitygal): http://kampungboycitygal.com/2009/07/execu...i-yilan-taiwan/


Hotel recommendations:

Current Popular 3* Hotels: Best to call them directly for booking. All Taiwan 3* Hotels have a 30~40% discount, so ask for it if the discount is not already mentioned on their website.
Won Star Hotel : http://www.wonstar.com.tw
Ta Shun: http://www.tshotel.com.tw
Go City Inn: http://www.gocityinn.com
Neijiang : http://www.neijiang-hotel.com.tw/
(Lowest price Quad room )
See You Hotel: http://www.taipeionestarhotel.com.tw
明日大飯店 [台北] - NT$980 [very very good location, but rate will differ on weekend, first nite $1180 but they give $200 disc voucher which can be used for ur following day stay]
高山青[阿里山] - RM260.87 [april quite peak season, best i can find]
Laurel Villa[日月潭] - NT$1800 [cheapest hotel i can find on the lake - other places with cheap rate need around 30mins bus ride to reach sun moon lake]
五號小築 [花蓮] - NT$999 [nice ming su - but the driver charge is very expensive]

Others:
http://www.agoda.com/asia/taiwan/taipei.html
http://www.asiarooms.com/taiwan/taipei.html
http://www.hotelclub.com/SearchResults.asp?id=5645

Hostel Recommendations

http://www.taipeihostel.com/ - Basic, clean & the cheapest - RM60/nite for 2. But expect to share toilet (Clean). Best - Free WIFI & also chatting & making friends from all over the world

Boon's recommendation: http://www.taiwanmex.com/

Others: http://www.hostelworld.com/findabed.php?Se...y67emDKPJCqqd61
http://www.couchsurfing.org/

Taipei Hotels Review:
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=33107851

Shoppings, Food & Nightlife recommendations

The Best place for Electronics is Guanghua http://www.freewebs.com/crazyazn/guanghuae...ronicmarket.htm

Nightlife: http://www.taiwannights.com/

Halal Food: http://www.taipeimosque.org.tw/mosque/pages/halalfood.html

Shihlin Nite Market: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market

Ximending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximending


Transport

MRT Line

For more info: http://english.trtc.com.tw/ct.asp?xItem=10...27496&mp=122032

Taiwan High speed train (only west coast to Kaoshiung):
http://www.thsrc.com.tw/en/

Taiwan Rail Authority (Inc of Tilted's Taroko Express to Hualien)
http://www.railway.gov.tw/en/ticket/ticket-1.aspx

MUST Visit attractions in Taiwan:

-Taroko Gorge (Day trip sufficient)
- Yehliu Geopark
- Dansui old street
- Taipei 101
- Chiang kai Shek Memorial
- Jiufen
- Alisan
- Sun Moon Lake
- Hehuan Shan & Chinjing farm
- Beitou Hot spring (Taipei)
- Yang Ming shan ( Volcano & hiking)
- Wulai Hot spring
- Taipei Zoo

Nice Info about Taiwan:

http://www.taiwanese-secrets.com/facts-about-taiwan.html

Discounted Youth travel Card: http://youthtravel.tw/youthtrekker/

Easy Card for MRT, Buses & train: http://www.easycard.com.tw/english/index.asp

Currency Exchange /Money changing

At the time of this write-up (Dec'09), The Taiwan Dollar is not trading at a good rate in Malaysia & RM is also not well traded in Taiwan.
Thus, To get better rate, it is advisable that you change to US$ first in Malaysia..check the rate here: http://www.wawasanmoneychanger.com.my/exchangeRates.asp

Thereafter, once u reach Taipei Airport, just changte the US$ to Taiwan $ at any currency exchangers in the airport (All the same rate + NT$30 commission). Check the rate here:
http://rate.bot.com.tw/Pages/Static/UIP003.en-US.htm

Old US currency



Taiwan Electric socket type:


Taipei Weather:



More free guides & brochures about Taiwan:

Taiwan Visitors Association, Kuala Lumpur Office
Address： WISMA GOLDHILL Suite 25-01, Level 25, Wisma Goldhill, 67 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Tel： +60-3-2070-6789
Fax： +60-3-2072-3559
E-mail： tva@streamyx.com

This post has been edited by stimix: Apr 27 2011, 10:16 AM

Hi,

For 8 days, you can almost see the whole Taiwan if you take travel package. I said almost because the guide will let you have like 30 mins to 1 hour to look around. And most of the time you will spend time travelling in a bus. Furthermore, some of the guide will bring you to those shops that sell stuff in order for them to get commision.

Areas of interest, it depends on your interest. If you like shopping the night markets there are great. But it's quite hard to bargain. Jiu Fen is a nice place to visit too. You will find many fancy food there like the Niu Rou Mien..etc.

You will most probably see lots of Malaysian/Singaporean at that time because it's about Raya holidays.

if i dun take the travel tour, is it easier to walk around there? have u been there? is it nice?

If you know chinese words very well, you can go by yourself.
I'm a banana so I have to take a package..hehehe...

any idea how much the air ticket to taiwan? around June good time to go?

About those 8 day whole TW trip.
It is very tiring .. spending a minimum of 2-3hours per day in the bus

Went there once for a week with those tour, it is tiring.. and kinda boring for most youngster i think. Since we will be bought to those "temple stuff, some king's residence blablabla".

Taipei is a great place to travel if u know to read Chinese/speak Mandarin.

The pple there are friendly, convenience and easy access transportation, good food and very interesting nite mkts and nite life. No pblm to travel at your own at all if u do some trip planning in advance.

Oct~Nov is a nice season to visit there, its getting cold and temp abt 20C.
Since u still have few months away from Oct-Nov, u may start to observe the air ticket promotion. Round trip incl tax is around RM1500.
3* hotel at Taipei ximenting area is NT1500~2000/day/room.
Their roadside food 小吃 is about NT50~NT100.

any interesting places to recommend mainly for youngsters??? if i take backpack, where do u think i should go? is the transportation easy? i mean do i need to wait long time for the MRT tor bus or any train?

any hotel u stayed before to recommend??

This post has been edited by magnum: Mar 12 2007, 11:56 AM

i travel to taiwan twice last year...

if u knw to drive MOTORBIKE is better..
cause a lot of place u can reach by bike..

i travel to all the place by MRT..
hot spring is a nice place to go..
a lot of food to eat of course..

bt i only stay at taipei..
dun knw hw is other part

which hotel did u stay? how;s the rate?

I've been backpack to Taiwan during Nov 2005 with my friends. We've visited to Taipei & HuaLien districts for the 6D5N trip. In Taipei, we've went to places like XiMenDing (we also stayed there), LongShan temple, Ye Liu, Jiu Fen, Taipei 101, CKS memorial, National Museum, ShiLin, TanShui, Wu Fen Pu night market ect. In Hualien, we just managed to visit Toroko National park. The weather was nice (around <=24C) during Nov. It's quite easy and convenient to explore the Taipei city via their MRT.

Taiwan will be my 1st oversea travel spot, saving money for the trip....
i really like Taiwan as well as China, feel like back home since i'm a chinese, hehe....

where did u stay during that time? is it easier to walk aroudn in tw?

We stayed at wonstar hotel (but i won't recommend it, instead, i'll recommend 'Rainbow hotel' there) for 1st nite we arrived. we booked this hotel thru local travel agent. We stayed at the other low cost hotel in ximending for the subsequent days we in Taipei.
Taipei is easy to explore via their public transportation (mrt, bus). most of the interesting places like Ximending, LongShan temple, Taipei 101, CKS memorial, National Museum, ShiLin & TanShui nite market can be reached by mrt (its save $ if you buy 1day unlimited ride pass). Ye Liu & Jiu Fen can be reached by bus. Other districts, for example HuaLien can be reach via train (around 4hr++ journey). It's quite important to do your own homework before going backpack there.

This post has been edited by joeyg07: Mar 19 2007, 04:33 PM

do you think with 2-3k, i can spend 6-8 days in tw include ticket and accomodation?

should be enough (if you give up staying in 4-5 star hotel)

For someone travelling on budget, I can highly recommend World Scholar House in Taipei, website: http://www.worldscholarhouse.com/

It's located in a good area, very reasonably priced, easy to reach from the airport (read the instructions given on the website) and not too far from public transport.

Be careful if you want to choose another hostel as cheap accommodation tends to be really crappy in Taipei. Outside of Tapei 400-600 TWD will do for a basic but clean hotel room, easy to find if you speak Chinese (I don't). Backpacker accommodation rarely exists outside of Taipei and tends to be overprized.

I liked TaRoKo National Park a lot. Kaohsiung however is just a busy city with crazy traffic, nothing much to see. I also liked the flair in Keelung which is a short and cheap bus ride from Taipei (a bus departs close to World Scholar House) and DanShui (reachable by MRT) is also nice, both on the coast north of Taipei. I didn't go to Alishan but that's a place you shouldn't miss. No need to go to the big cities, they are not too different from any other city on the world. Including Tainan in my opinion, which is said to be nice though.

What I liked most in Taiwan and what makes it the nicest country I visited in East Asia so far are the lovely locals though. They are not really used to tourists, so they don't try to exploit or abuse you and rather have a sincere interest in meeting a foreigner and helping you in any way they can. I'm Westerner though, so my look differs to locals and maybe gave me extra-special treatment.

Cheers!

I just kw Taiwan got many delicous food to eat. So is it got any other entertainment in Taiwan, except go to shopping...

This post has been edited by lavendar: Apr 19 2007, 09:23 AM

guys.
just want to ask, besides MAS, what other airline fly fr KL to TW? how;s the rate different. i mean which is the cheapest..
thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market