NEW here? Sign up FREE ETips Your Taiwan Tour E-Newsletter - GET E-Book free now!Culture shock: Taiwan ghosts beliefs? Pic: Street scene around Shilin night market, Taipei City! Taiwan culture in ghosts? You may not believe it like they do, or as much as they do. /*  Read More →

Uncover stinky tofu secrets! Pic: Deep-fried smelly tofu stall at Jiufen, New Taipei City! Visitors in Taiwan, beware the stinky tofu! Known as chou dou fu (in hanyu pinyin), this infamous soy bean curd /*  Read More →

Bargain in Taiwan? Pic: Dino-themed store (not there anymore?) at Danshui, New Taipei City! ;-) To bargain or not to bargain in Taiwan? Before you hunt down and bag your shopping home from Taiwan, check this quiz /*  Read More →

Spot the Tourists! Pic: Gift store at Jiufen village, New Taipei City! ;-) So you want to give a great gift to a Taiwanese friend? Can you really be sure your gift will NOT offend your friend at all /*  Read More →

Taiwan culture shock for you, smart tourist? This is a new series of funny mini posts, to introduce /*  Read More →

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Enjoyed touring Taipei, Taiwan – enough to share with more people here? Why hide your Taipei, Taiwan travel thoughts – somewhere online? /*  Read More →

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“Thanks for your patronage!” That is what this phrase meant in Mandarin. But we had not bought anything from this KFC restaurant in Keelung Miaokou vicinity! ;-) ... Miaokou - rich ambience of Taiwanese night markets! ... Oops, I need to take a pee.. After hours spent eating-as-we-thronged the popular Miaokou night market, my younger nephew wanted to take a pee. /*  Read More →

Ready to leave Taiwan? The luggages were packed. We were ready to check out our Taipei hotel. What belonged to the hotel was in place. What was ours was secured either in our luggages or a hand carry sling bag. ... What tour stories will your hotel room trash tell? ... For the final time I surveyed the hotel suite again, as I did when we first stepped in here 7 days ago. /*  Read More →