Quick Start Guide for First Timers:Visa: Most countries get 90 days visa-free. Check if you need an eVisa or ARC if staying longer. Fill out your arrival card online before arriving for less stress.Best Time: Oct–Dec for perfect weather (dry season). Avoid July–Sept typhoon season unless you like rain and chaos.Getting Around: Taipei MRT is clean, cheap, and efficient as fuck. Youbike only needs an easy card and is essentially free unless you want to ride for hours.High Speed Rail (HSR) for city hopping (Taipei Kaohsiung in ~1.5h).Scooters are god outside Taipei. Get an international permit if you plan to ride.Uber works but taxis are cheap. Avoid during rush hour or rain.Food:Night markets are mandatory. Shilin, Raohe, Ningxia, etc.Must eats: Beef noodle soup, stinky tofu (acquired taste), oyster omelettes, bubble tea (original homeland), pineapple cake, mango shaved ice. All you can eat hotpot also.7-11 and FamilyMart are better than in most countries, you can live off them if you want.Top Spots:Taipei: 101, Jiufen old street, Beitou hot springs, temples everywhere.Taroko Gorge (east coast) — absolute kino nature.Sun Moon Lake, Kenting (beaches), Alishan for mountains.East coast for chill vibes and fewer tourists.General Tips:Taiwanese people are polite and helpful. Learn basic Mandarin or use Google Translate.Tipping is not expected.Useful Links & Services:Official Taiwan Tourism: https://eng.taiwan.net.tw/YouBike: https://en.youbike.com.tw/EasyCard: Buy at MRT/7-11 — https://www.easycard.com.tw/en/HSR: https://www.thsrc.com.tw/Hot Springs: https://taiwanhotspring.net/ + https://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002035
>>2912607Are South Asians welcome in Taiwan? I saw something online about a politician openly campaigning against South Asians and I'd like to know if this is a feeling from all over the island? People say I look Italian and that's what I tell people I am when they ask in Japan. It seems to work as much to avoid certain baggage.Will I be turned away from massage parlors? Not looking for anything cheeky just s good foot massage.
>>2912614You are a white incel from pol
Weather is so perfect bros, I need to stop visiting in the middle of summer when it's a sauna.Riding a youbike along the river for hours all blissed out. Chilling at Dadaocheng while the sun sets, such a good life.>>2912653Its so obvious at this point, bait used to be believable.
Chong Qing mogs every taiwan cities
>>2912687There are 10000 rivers like this on the planet.
>>2912711epic brown tiktok man
>>2912607Excuse me, would you mind moving aside so others can pass?
>>2912713With a hundred km of high quality cycling infrastructure? With basically free bikes and nice stops and calm little vistas? You don't get it and I understand, until you've done the riverside parks, you never will, they're huge and amazingly comfy, it's the best way to unwind. The Taiwanese get it, but you're some angry troll who's never even been to Taipei or New Taipei, I know.
>>2912653Squidward is our personal /trv/ peanut gallery. Give him credit for bumping the thread. He’s mad that people would rather make dick touch diaries than compare hiking gear.
