Comments on: 8 Things We Don’t Miss About Taiwan

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Three Adventurous Things We’ve Done…And Three We Still Want To Do — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:23:05 +0000

[…] sometimes adventure might mean skydiving or white water rafting, while other times it equates to trying stinky tofu or learning to drive a scooter. That’s also why we believe adventure travel is for […]

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:40:10 +0000

Going to Taiwan, west coast mainly, in November 2015. These insights are very helpful. I’m 6’2″ and now expect a few jabs in the top of my arm ( wife is 5’4″ and should be fine ). Using the trains and buses to move around so might buy some masks for use on p.t. Looking forward to meeting the people. We will do most of our touristy stuff during the week and leave weekends for travelling between cities and cycling in the mountains.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:59:17 +0000

This list is very close to what I’m feeling in Shanghai right now. That stinky tofu is the stinkiest!

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:24:21 +0000

In reply to Gary. Thanks Gary! You're definitely right, but we found that colloquially people use Wai Goa Ren to refer to white people. Thanks for the feedback and clarification though!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:56:19 +0000

Correction: “Wai Goa Ren” means foreigner. Bai Ren means ‘white person’. I can see how you confuse the two since white tourists far outnumber black tourists, just wanted to put that out there.

By: Um

Um — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:35:36 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. Nicest people in the world?! I'm not agreeing with Peter (who is an obvious troll), but tell that to the Southeast Asian laborers and migrant brides in Taiwan.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:14:03 +0000

You could replace Taiwan and put Japan here and it could virtually be the same article except Japan’s traffic is pretty good. The stinky tofu could be replaced with the stinky nato which is made by the same bean

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:54:07 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. Thanks for sharing your blog, Stephanie! We will definitely have to go check it out. We miss Taiwan all the time, especially the lovely Taiwanese :) You're right- they have to be some of the nicest people in the world! Enjoy Taipei for us!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:11:03 +0000

In reply to Peter.

I’m sure “Peter” has to be an internet troll for sure, because I’m positive that the Taiwanese are the nicest people in Asia, if not the entire world. Liked reading your posts on Taiwan, always good to hear a full foreigner perspective (I’m an American Born Chinese/Taiwanese, ABC so I’m not really privy to that!). Totally get what you means about the crowds; I actually stay at home way more during vacations than during “normal” seasons.

Anyhow, I still live in Taipei & have recently opened a blog about it; so feel free to pop on by if you’re needing a dose of Taipei-love! Cheers xx

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:33:09 +0000

In reply to Peter. We actually miss the Taiwanese very much and we're not so sure we would say they are rude as much as they know what to do in a country that has one of the highest population densities in the world. I definitely got annoyed with the pushing and such too, but overall Taiwanese are very kind, generous and hospitable people. I don't miss the crowds though haha!