Originally posted by: J0hnny
How is the soy milk?
bought a bottle from some supermarket the other day. it was pretty good, quite thick, but at least it wasn't powdery.
Originally posted by: forcesho
Go to the night market.. cheap good food and games and lots of hot little chicky walking around...
the knock offs are cheap, timberland boots that cost 50-70 here cost 2.5x there..
yeah, waiting for that. it only happens on sunday nights, so i'm looking forward to it
Originally posted by: J0hnny
Hehe, uh oh, I sense some P&N issues here. She's all chinese in my book....
Did you see a Skyline GTR yet?
haha, she says she's just chinese, but when people dwell into it, she explains. doesn't really care.
nope, no skylines yet. will get a pic of one. i will say they've got many different cars here, and the ones that they have look different but are the same in the U.S. have different visual embodiments (example: Toyota's Camry and Corolla have different brake lights and backup sensors. took pix, will explain later)
Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
Central Taiwan is good shit...Taichung is close to my hometown:thumbsup:. You should ask them if you can go through the central mountain pass (there's still a road open) and head over to Tarako national park...beautiful canyons there. After that you can stop by Hua-lien and breathe some cleaner air and enjoy the other coast of Taiwan.
<-made in taiwan82
went to some coast the other day, had clams up the hizzo. was really windy... have no idea where to go, but at least these suggestions are helping us decide
Originally posted by: j@cko
Originally posted by: maddogchen
Originally posted by: jdub1107
Hate Taiwan. Haven't been there in a few years. But the last time I went, it was dirty, crowded and dogs everywhere. Got sick too, I think it was food poisoning or something. Vowed to never go back if it would still be the same.
it'll always be crowded. 20 million on a small little island with no room to expand. Crowded = dirty. Just the dog thing pisses me off. If you aren't responsible enough for a dog don't get one! too many end up on the street scavenging for food and dying horrible deaths.
yeah, don't think you'll be able to go back in your lifetime
Stray dogs are less seen nowadays, and pet owners are better educated. City officials and municipal administrators have taken actions on this matter. In the big cities, stray dogs are virtually non-existent, especially in Taipei City.
Population has gone up to 23 million now instead of 20 million. The street is still dirty, not in a sense of garbage filliing dirty... But just dirty... I am speaking of Taipei City btw... In other less developed cities, it's still dirty...
AkumaX, if you ever get a chance, ask ur girl friend about I-Lan (pronounced as E-Lan)... It's a nice county... It's also my home town....
didn't see that many strays, although i did see some around farms (along w/ chickens and such)
I-Lan (E-Lan) is my gfs sister (elaine). but they'll ask their mom where it is
Originally posted by: MadPeriot
The night market is a must go if your in Taiwan. Also go check out Taipei101 (Tallest building in the world), theres more shopping and restaurants there. Use the metrolink and stop by Sogo shopping center. Have fun!
yeah we're gonna go sometime soon. its like a 4 hour train ride from here to Taipei though, so we're looking to see if we can stay somewhere around there (gf's sister has a friend who's EAP from UCI, but who knows.) Taipe101 definitely, and hopefully will check out Sogo Shopping Center. Thanks!
Originally posted by: phreakah
i went to taiwan last winter
stayed in taichung just like you are... i was in the outskirts though, near the veteran hospital
check out nova for some electronics; here's a
pic
try to check out sun moon lake
there are a lot of beetle nut stands on the way there haha...
hmm.. all i really gotta say is go to the night markets and eat a lot of the different food there... some stuff i liked was the big pieces of fried chicken w/ a lot of the spicy powder
and also the deep fried octopus balls haha.. hm; dam bing (sp?) from those breakfast trucks... go to tiger city, it's in taichung.. .also the department stores... mitsukoshi, idee...
i guess my favorite part of taiwan was the night markets.. i went w/ my girlfriend (who grew up in taiwan) and i am a white guy hehe
oh yeah, go get a haircut.. its like $3-4 bucks and that includes a haircut, neck massage and shampoo
no tipping, either
fix your pic! i want to see
yeah hopefully we'll hit up a lot of night markets. the one where i'm at only has it on sundays (well, its saturday here i guess) looking for anime stuff also. its boring shopping during day time. all the stuff is geared towards women, so all i ever do is sit there and play gba or listen to mp3s.
man i wish i could get cheap computer stuff here. the last a64 939 + mobo for $3.50 sold out
. i did buy a notebook hdd -> usb converter for $6 USD. probably will buy some weird PCI fan thing for $2 USD, hehe.
gf told me to get a haircut
before we go to taiwan. she said it was expensive???
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