TOP 10 SUPERLATIVES Keelung Miaokou (Street Food): Let our Taipei-city friends scoff; here is the best street fare in Taiwan! Lantern Fe...
TOP 10 SUPERLATIVES
- Keelung Miaokou (Street Food): Let our Taipei-city friends scoff; here is the best street fare in Taiwan!
- Lantern Festival (Traditional Festivals): With modern high-tech displays and traditional lantern releases, this festival has mass appeal.
- Erkan Old Residences, Penghu (Traditional Villages): A living museum of culture in a beautiful setting.
- South Cross-Island Hwy: This route has it all: mountain views, wild hot springs, aboriginal villages, ancient cypress forests, and some great hikes.
- Caoling Historical Trail: A six-hour walk along stunning coastal bluffs.
- Chipei Beach, Penghu: In an archipelago know for beaches, this ranks among the finest.
- Spring Sccream, Kenting (Music Fastivals): Still Taiwan's best venue for independent music.
- Cochin Ceramic Museum, Chiayi (Small Museums): The figurines from a master 19th-century ceramicist express fluid natural movements with amazing life-likeness.
- Core Pacific City, Taipei (Building): An alien golf-ball? Even if you don't shop here, we promise you won't soon forget Taipei's stragest mall.
- Old British Consulate at Takou, Kaohsiung (Cafes): Watch ships sail into the harbour from this great old vantage point.
Taiwan's temples are often both beautiful historical relics and lively centres of folk worship.
- Longshan Temple, Lukang: The largest and best-preserved Qing dynasty temple in Taiwan, ready at last after years of repairs.
- Longshan Temple, Taipei: An important place of worship and a great spot for photographers looking for that quintessential temple atmosphere.
- Matsu Temple, Matsu: One of the most sacred temples in Taiwan, once thought to hold the bones of Matsu.
- Tzushr Temple, Sansia: A masterpiece. Restoration of this temple has been progressing steadily for over 50 years.
- Shitoushan: Not one temple but a whole mountainside of them
- Chung Tai Chan Temple, Puli: S modern temple filled with gorgeous works of art. English-speaking nuns can show you around.
- Zhinan Gong, Maokong, Taipei: Float up to this 19th-century temple on the new gondola and take in the views.
- Confucius Temple, Tainan: The first and best of the sage's temples in Taiwan. Expect calm and dignified beauty.
- Nankunshen Temple, Tainan County: Exorcisms and other expressions of extreme religious faith are often on display.
- Dongyue Temple, Tainan: The masterful wall paintings depict the agonies of Hell in disturbing detail.
- Tissues - many public toilets don't have paper towels or hand driers. Antiseptic baby wipes are good too.
- Business cards - people here like to exchange them
- At least one nice outfit - even if you're only here to teach kids English.
- Quick-drying clothing - for outdoor activities; cotton never dries.
- Photocopies of diplomas, certificates, etc - if you plan on seeking employment.
- Good rain gear - the weather changes very frequently!
- Tampons - if you're travelling outside Taipei.
- Underwear - especially for women; you won't like what's here.
- Makeup - especially if you're dark skinned as local makeup is designed to make Chinese look whiter.
- Shoes and clothing - if you're above or below average size.
- A towel - if you're staying at cheaper hotels and don't like to dry with tea towels.
- Warm clothing - if you'll be here for winter.
- Vitamins - expensive here.
- Earplugs - don't ask us why; literally, our hearing's shot.
- A smile - showing anger will do more harm than good.
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