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Is Taiwan worth visiting for 2 days?
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shawner88



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:03 am    Post subject: Is Taiwan worth visiting for 2 days? Reply with quote

Time to leave the country again this month. I'm sick of going to Japan so I thought about trying Taipei. It's only around 300,000 won so I thought I'd try it. Is it worth it? What can I do there on the weekend? Where should I go? Anyone else have to leave around January 30?
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The Great Wall of Whiner



Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taipei is not your "touristy" type place.

Good for someone who is curious about Taiwan, food, life, etc. but no major attractions that I can think of except:

The tallest building in the world

The Taipei Zoo (horrendous treatment of animals to be found there)
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shawner88



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Great Wall of Whiner wrote:
Taipei is not your "touristy" type place.

Good for someone who is curious about Taiwan, food, life, etc. but no major attractions that I can think of except:

The tallest building in the world

The Taipei Zoo (horrendous treatment of animals to be found there)



Wow, sounds great. I kind of wanted to check out the other place for foreign teachers. Since there'sa lot of debate about where the best place to be is.
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Moldy Rutabaga



Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You might want to hop to Lonely Planet and look up the climate charts; there's not much point in going to Taiwan if you're freezing there in January. You might look at a cheapie short term stay in Singapore or the Philippines...

Ken:>
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:43 am    Post subject: Re: Is Taiwan worth visiting for 2 days? Reply with quote

shawner88 wrote:
I'm sick of going to Japan

Shocked


[pass out][wake up][read again]


Shocked

[pass out][wake up][try to read again]


Okay.. got my composure gathered here.

I went to Taiwan over Chuseok. Sure, its worth going to. Its not great in itself, but something just a little bit different. I have the Lonely Planet Taiwan book if you are interested. I'd pass it on for either a couple beers or something..

I found it interesting to go to just for my own peace of mind. Kind of get a sense for English Teacher life there and what the day-to-day reality is for teachers. So on that level, sure it was interesting. I wouldn't necessarily go way out of my way to go there or anything. But just on that level alone, it made it worth the time for me.
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're intending to get a new E2 visa there, forget it.... Korea considers taiwan a part of china and has no embassy there...be warned, don't waste your trip...
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ThreeDogNight



Joined: 30 May 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shawner, if you're going I heard it through the grapevine that a ferry coming back from Taiwan via HongKong and the PI is quite a trip.
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Zed



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ThreeDogNight wrote:
Shawner, if you're going I heard it through the grapevine that a ferry coming back from Taiwan via HongKong and the PI is quite a trip.

Coming from Taiwan via the PI? Aren't they in the other direction?
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As T.Beer says, theres not a whole lot to see in Taiwan- but it certainly makes a refreshing change..I did 2 weeks there, just nice to soak up the sun, hear the chinese, meet the down to earth people, etc...
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funplanet



Joined: 20 Jun 2003
Location: The new Bucheon!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jeezus, whiner...the tallest building in the world is NOT IN TAIWAN!!! it is in Kuala Lumpur-The Petronas Towers...

where in the he!! did some of you people get an education???? Shocked
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FUBAR



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

funplanet wrote:
jeezus, whiner...the tallest building in the world is NOT IN TAIWAN!!! it is in Kuala Lumpur-The Petronas Towers...

where in the he!! did some of you people get an education???? Shocked



I think your information is outdated. How long have you been out of school? Laughing

http://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/10/18/2003072356
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anybody else find this tower ungainly and awkward looking? I'd still like to go up it.


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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mithridates wrote:

Actually thats kind of cool!

(Particularly when you copy it so its aligned underneath the above one).
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hellofaniceguy



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:15 pm    Post subject: You can get an E2 in Taipei Reply with quote

You can get an E1 in Taipei. I have one in my passport. Korea has no Embassy but they do have a "Mission Office" which can issue visas. Mission office is the same thing as an Embassy but no diplomatic status.

South Korean Mission in Taipei
Room 1506, 333 Keelung Road, Section 1
Taipei, Taiwan, 110
Tel: 27588320
Fax: 27577006


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funplanet



Joined: 20 Jun 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the building in Taipei is under construction...has yet to surpass the Petronas Towers...so I rest my case...it won't be official until consturction is finished according to Guiness....

Petronas is still the world's tallest...
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