【Taiwan】 10 Travel Tips

Taiwan is an island smaller than Switzerland. There are 23 million people there that enjoy well-developed cities, traditional towns, spectacular nature, and delicious food. Come to hike our mountains, relax on our beaches, explore the nature with internationals, aboriginals, and locals! 

Many of our friends and family in Norway have never been to Taiwan. Hence, I listed several travel tips in Taiwan for you.

1. Weather

It is quite warm and humid in Taiwan. 

Rainy season: May - June

Typhoon season: July - September

Winter (November to March): more rain in the north and sunny in the central and southern parts

Average Temperature in Chiayi

【Taiwan】Accommodation - Airbnb

Well, there are many ways of finding a place to stay.

If you are looking for a hotel or hostel for less than a week, booking.com or agoda.com often offer some special sales.

If you will be staying for more than 7 days, there are a lot of hosts on airbnb.com that give out "weekly discount". The discount usually starts from 10% - 20% off.

From my experience, I can easily find cheap hostel (dorm room) when I am traveling alone. Yet, if you are aiming for some privacy and comfort, hotels and Airbnb would be a better choice.

Don't have an Airbnb account yet?

Register with this link to save up to NOK 442 (USD 50) on your first booking via Airbnb.

For more hacks on Airbnb, check out 6 Secret Airbnb Tips That Will Save You Money.

Hopefully you will find a place you like!

【Taiwan】From TPE to Chiayi - discount and hacks

After getting your SIM card at TPE airport, here is how you can get to Chiayi City:

1. Follow the direction to take Taoyuan Airport MRT
2. Get off at A18 Taoyuan HSR station
3. Buy HSR ticket and hop on HSR train to Chiayi
4. You will be in Chiayi HSR station after 1.5 hours
5. Take a taxi to your destination in Chiayi for about NTD 100 per person
6. Or take the free shuttle bus to Chiayi city center by presenting your HSR ticket

  Step 1-2, please refer to this MRT map to navigate:

【Taiwan】SIM card & Data - discount and hacks

To prepare you for your visit to Taiwan, I will be presenting some useful information here.

Today, we will be focusing on how we can be in touch with one another by purchasing different SIM card plan for you and your family.

There are 3 major telecom companies in Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信),  Far Eastone (遠傳), and Taiwan Mobile (台灣大哥大).

【挪威】找工作心歷路程

剛剛離開一場面試，這場面試不禁讓我回想起在Tromso的這一年半，找工作的種種經歷，感觸很深。

2017年9月，我搬到Tromso。
2018年4月，我拿到居留證。
到現在2019年4月，我共經歷了5個階段。

A. 無頭蒼蠅

簽證不論在哪個國家，都很花時間。每一天、每一個禮拜、每一個月，都是漫長的等待。每天盼著收到政府的同意，讓我可以繼續我的人生（沒居留證不能工作、上學或離開挪威旅遊），但又害怕挪威政府不同意我留在這，幾個月的青春年華就這樣浪費了。

最後，我等了7個月才拿到我的那張居民小卡，一收到小卡賦予我的工作權，我就繼續那漫長的Job Hunt。孰不知，等待的時間還沒結束。

【旅遊】特羅姆瑟極光攻略

消失的這七個月，我在Tromso找到了兩到三份工作（一份全職、兩份兼職），全職就是身為當地旅行社的客戶關係經理。

這七個月接待了無數從各個國家來的旅客、解答過許多荒謬的疑問、體驗過不少熱賣當地的行程、臨機應變過各式各樣的問題，希望這些知識能幫助大家計劃來Tromso來的行程。

首先，什麼時候來玩最好？

計畫出去玩的時候，不外乎就是看什麼時候放假　＆　想要有什麼樣的體驗。

Tromso 的旅遊季如下：

• 冬天極光季：10-3月
• 夏天永晝季：6-7月
• 賞鯨：10-1月
• 永夜：11月中-1月中

Photo Credit:  Ayaka Niina 

【極簡生活】卡式錢包

上次【挪威】付費習慣提到的，因為在挪威生活真的是卡片多多，之前都是把卡片放在手機殼背面的布製彈性卡袋，塞越多卡片，袋口越鬆(聽起來怪怪的)，真的是很怕卡片一不注意就掉了。看愛文卡式錢包用得很開心，就趁黑五打折購入EXENTRI極簡錢包。

EXENTRI Wallet

錢包連同包裝看起來就很高品質，查了一下才發現，這錢包主要是以真皮牛皮製成，EXENTRI為了優化卡片滑動，還設計了尼龍內襯和可伸縮的不銹鋼扣環。