| C Pan |
04 November 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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The museum in Taipei is great.
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| M Sean sullivan |
31 October 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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I go to Taipei for business and it is a very business-oriented city. The fun is in the night markets, snake alley for the first time visitor and be sure to check out the larger temples to make your experience complete. Make an effort to use basic Chinese phrases and the Taiwanese people are most embracing.
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| C Horne |
21 October 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Yung Ho Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Yung Ho was 10 minutes by MRT from Taipei main station - a great area not full of tourist and nobody hassled me at all. MRT is easy and efficient, the day pass for $150 (Taiwan) was great value and allowed me to go everywhere without any assistance other than the map given to me by the hotel. Nearest station only 5 easy minutes away. Perfectly safe to travel night and day (I was alone). People and staff very helpful and friendly but little English spoken. Actions spoke louder than words anyway.
Lots of little restaurants near K Hotel with too much variety but no English (but the point and smile system worked just fine!). A good night market one minute from the hotel which had good food/drinks and clothing etc. Shilin night market (the largest in Taipei) definitely worth a trip but very, very crowded on Saturday nights!
The National Palace Museum is a must see - at least once! Tansui was an interesting place to visit - just to get away from it all on a Sunday (along with all of Taipei!) - but it was nice to see how little was required to make a happy family Sunday outing.
I had only 2 days but managed to do a lot with my train passes and encountered nothing but friendly, happy people. I will definitely be going back as soon as I can. It was certainly a lovely weekend.
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| R Siedare |
09 October 2002 |
Stayed at Royal Taipei Hotel - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Resturants: Breakfast, Royal, Genghis Khan Resturant (Bar-B-Q), Ruth's Chris Steak House
Tours: Half day tour to Keelung
Business: International Trade Center
Sight seeing: Night Market, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
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| R Hickling |
15 September 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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If you're a tourist Taroko Gorge is definitely worth it.
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| J Plazinski |
04 September 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taxis are relatively cheap for moving around the city.
Place to visit is the national palace museum, entry fee 100 NT$.
It is worth to go out of Taipei for a very scenic drive along the east cost.
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| B Mcconnell |
27 August 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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I spent 3 days, my first time in Taipei, and the furthest I got outside is the 1-hour bus ride to Yangmingshan mountains.
The city itself is old & rather ugly. The memorial to CKS is amazing, and they clearly revere him as much as the mainland Chinese revere Mao :-) Taxi & bus drivers speak no English.
The locals are extremely friendly if you approach them. I went to "NYNY Milonga" for the Argentine tango night (do a search on the web) and the regulars there made me feel very welcome once I approached them.
Carnegies (v. famous, it's on the tourist map) is recommended if you want to go drinking and dancing until the wee hours with young people out having a good time. If you can dance well, jump onto the bar with the rest of them!
Final tip: the street numbers reset between sections, so "123 X Street West, Section 2" is not the same as "123 X Street West, Section 3".
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| O Yu |
19 August 2002 |
Stayed at Royal Hotel, Hsinchu - Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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It was a business trip and I did not do any sight-seeing. It was disappointing to see that there is little city planning outside the Hsinchu Science Park.
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| N Mackay-chen |
05 August 2002 |
Stayed at Landis Taipei, The - Taipei, Taiwan.
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We went to just about every place that is in a traveller's book on Taipei!! From the National Museum to Shih-Lin Night Market. It was all very fun and interesting!! We were lucky to have a car and driver to get us around, so we were able to go all over the place.
The strangest and funniest thing that happened to us in Taipei was actually at the Internation Airport: When we arrived a couple of local children started to say hello. They were very happy and excited to speak to a foreigner. The next thing you know, about 20 - 25 little kids are all huddled around asking questions; "How tall are you?, What country do you come from?, Can I take a picture with you?" I guess we were there for about twenty minutes...it was a good chance for those little guys to practice their English and to get to know a "foreigner" a little, and it was a good chance for us to see how welcoming and friendly Taiwanese are.
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| A Wong |
21 July 2002 |
Stayed at Cosmos Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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good location. joined day trip which recommended by the hotel. visited 8 places within a day, worth for the price.
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Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Taiwan
