Hello Guys , Taiwan is a very fun and full of strong human touch. I love their food , love their creative , love their caring of people , love the cleanness , etc.
I travel from Hualian - Tainan - Taichung - Taipei , around 14 days.
For the people who want to rent a car with a driver ( 台湾包车 ) , TripWonderful is quite good. They have different type of car services which you can check through their website.
They provide Toyota Wish with 7 seats , Volkswagen T5 / Hyundai Grand Starex with 8 seats which also available free WIFI.
How to book the car , all the details have been written down clearly on their website. Contact them through the GMAIL or FACEBOOK.
You can book cheaper hostel ( 民宿 ) in Airbnb.
After traveling to Taiwan , there are many things you guys need to prepare and be careful some of the rules. HERE ARE :
- Exchange enough New Taiwan Dollar before traveling to Taiwan because the local money exchanger don't accept Malaysia Ringgit. You can check the latest fluctuation exchange rate through the EXCHANGE RATE website.
- When you decide to visit the tourist attraction , please make sure that don't visit at the weekends. It usually attracts a large crowd of people , you can't even take a beautiful photo , people leave the photo a blemish.
- The weather in Taiwan and Malaysia is completely different since Taiwan has four seasons while Malaysia only has two seasons which is sunny and rainy season lol. November and December in Taiwan can consider cool weather because it starts to rain and getting cold , most of the people start to wear warm and windproof sweater to keep themselves warm.
- Reminder : Sometimes it also happens violent typhoon between July and September , please take care of your safety and plan the trip thoroughly to avoid any injury.
- There is no difference of time zone between Malaysia and Taiwan , just fly from Kuala Lumpur or Sabah for five to six hours by AIRASIA. Don't worry about jet lag , you won't feel it.
- Honesty , Taiwan's sunset is earlier than Malaysia , it is very distinctive , you will see the sunset at 5 p.m. in Taiwan while the sunset in Malaysia is 7 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur.
- On arrival at Taiwan , you need to fill in the form before passing through the immigration. Malaysia is using thumb prints while Taiwan is using thumb prints with eye scanner.
- Always check the weather forecast , any rainy day may spoil your plans, maybe you need to adjust or be flexible to it. Don't forget to bring an umbrella.
- Transportation in Taiwan can consider very convenient to everyone since it has LRT , MRT , KTM , Train and Taxi. I definitely prefer LRT , MRT , KTM and Train rather than Taxi since Taxi charges higher to the tourist. If you want to save money , plan according to your bus route which bring you cheaper price though the transportation can be crowded with people but they are polite , don't worry lol.
- Download some useful applications (APPS ) like GOOGLE MAPS , 台湾公车通 ( Every bus details ) , 台中公车通 ( Checking time , route of the Taichung bus route , price ) ,台北捷运GO ( Checking the route of MRT , prices ).
- Don't simply sit at the VIP seat since Taiwan VIP seat ( 博爱座 ) are for the needy.
- Seven - Eleven 7-11 and Family Mart provides Easy Card services which allow you to take the public transport with a price of NTD 100. Using the bus in Taichung within 10 KM is free. You can top up at the MRT station like our TOUCH N GO in Malaysia ( Same function ).
- You can have supper at 7-11 shop in the middle of the night since it is operating 24 hours. They provide bread , coffee and cup noodles for breakfast. You can request the hot water from the staff. Mostly the people in Taiwan takes braised pork rice , toasted bread , coffee , green tea as their breakfast and you will not see any fried kuew tiao or laksa at Taiwan since people in Malaysia need to warm up body temperature according to the weather.
- Taiwan has the same current voltage as Vietnam ie two pin-socket due to the low voltage , you can bring the chargers with two plug-in or the additional two pins socket. The circumstances I meet was a room with three two-plug-in and only available one three-plug-in. Sometimes if you really forget to bring , you can request from the hotel or hostel staff.
- After finishing your meal in the restaurant or cafe , please clear the dining table before leaving and put those finished food to the designated rubbish bin.
- You may not find the rubbish bin on the street but when you come to the night market , one will always find the garbage bag on the street.
- Everyone needs WI-FI including me. After you enter Taiwan airport , beside the immigration has four line you can consider , most of the people buy 台湾大哥大 as the line is more stable than other line which my friend has recommended to me. If you only travel in Taipei , 遠傳 is more stable.
- Or you can register ITAIWAN and use the line at the public places such as train station.
- Please queue at the public places and don't jump queue since it is an impolite manner. I have seen a situation in airport , if you want to queue , please queue together ( friends or family members ) , even if one of them is playing beside , that people still need to queue again though his friend calls him , they consider this as jump queue.
Any additional information please let me know. Email : judy_style96@yahoo.com
With Love ,
Judith Khoo
