Hi! I'm from the Philippines. I travelled to Taiwan to watch a concert last Saturday but now I am having cough. How and where can I bu strepsils/any cough reliever? My flight is on Monday morning. :( Send help. Thank you!!

Headed to Taiwan from the US in a few weeks and plan to enter with my USA passport as my Taiwan/ROC Passport expired this year and I haven’t got around to renew it. I’m still below age 36 and on my Taiwan/ROC passport have an “Overseas” stamp as I’ve used that to enter/exit Taiwan the last 10 years with no issues.

1. Would there be any issues entering with my USA Passport given my circumstance? I plan to bring my (expired) Taiwan/ROC passport still.
2. Am I able to renew my expired Taiwan/TOC passport in Taiwan if I entered with my USA passport?

I will be visiting Taiwan in a month (Taipei specifically) for the first time Can you guys help me find a list of important Chinese characters to know for a tourist? I tried to find one but I can only find websites with useful phrases… I will be using Google lens/Google translate for sure. Any other apps you recommend for translating traditional Chinese characters?

Hopefully with that, English and my intermediate level of Korean (probably they have a lot of stuff translated for Korean tourists?) I can explored Taipei easily

Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone!

I’m working on developing a persona for a class on what a typical 27-year-old Taiwanese woman might be and would love to hear your thoughts as, even if I've been looking and reading about the taiwanese culture, I find it difficult to identify elements that wouldn't be too stereotypical, but still representative considering I've never been to Taiwan or interacted much yet with a taiwanese person.

Here’s a quick rundown of her background (elements given by my teacher):

• Background: She comes from a successful family that runs its own import/export business in Taiwan. She doesn't have much professional experience outside her family business.
• Education: She’s recently moved to Montreal, Canada, to pursue a business degree after previously studying translation in Taiwan and trying to further her studies in Belgium, but had a difficult time integrating so her Dad decided to send her to Montreal instead. He wanted her to keep on studying translation, but she chose to study business instead
• Personality/Goals: She is introverted and more rational than emotional. Also, she is quite familiar with technology. Her goals are to learn about business to help her family, to socialise more and make new friends as well as travel and really learn more about a new culture.

My Questions :

1. What values or cultural influences do you think she would carry with her from Taiwan?
   • How would that influence her personality?
2. What would potentially be her hobbies and interests? Are there some really typical or common hobbies for someone with her profile?
3. What challenges do you think a young Taiwanese woman would face when studying business abroad?
   • How would she approach learning business in a Western context, and might there be any culture shocks or struggles she faces academically or socially?
4. Anything that would need to be represented or considered when building this persona?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, stories, or anything that might help me understand how she might think, feel, and behave in this context.

Thanks so much in advance for sharing your insights!

Hi! I'll be in Taipei in a few weeks. Looking for a clean massage spa with male therapists. I’m a woman.

Hello!

Excited I was able to snag tickets to ride the Alishan railway. The stop in Fenqihu seems especially delicious. How is luggage handled on the train? Do I just safely leave it on the train during the stop? Does it get put in some sort of hull for the duration of the journey?

Alternatively I'm actually considering luggage forwarding at Chiayi the night before the railway trip and just packing a backpack for Alishan. The luggage would meet me at my hotel at Sun Moon Lake.

I saw you forward luggage at 7-Eleven. Is it complicated to do this as a foreigner? What is the average cost for an overnight or two day trip?

Thank you!

I don't have a credit card or paypal. So, I was wondering if a person could generate a QR code and I pay it at 7-11 with cash. Is this possible? If so, how?

Are there any stereotypes or bad impressions that are unique to Taiwan? (I am Taiwanese)

Whenever I see footages of any East Asian country in general but especially in Taiwan, everyone has glasses. Even most of their military officers has which says something considering you can't even enter military academy in my country if you have glasses.

My guess is that education is really though there or there's not much emphasis on being outdoors but correct me if I'm wrong.

Hi all,

Does anybody know a safe parking place to park the car for a few days to go to Lambai Island via ferry? Don‘t need to be free.

Thanks!

Please do let me know if this is the wrong subreddit or flair to ask this!

Are there any cram schools/language schools in Taiwan that focus on British English? How much emphasis do 美語 schools actually put on having an American accent? I'm from the UK; I don't have a very strong regional accent, but it's definitely not American, so I'm wondering how much of a problem this might be, and if there are any language schools that anyone knows of that might prefer to have UK teachers.

Thanks for any insights that anyone has!

How many of you guys who work here have employers that only give you a copy of your contract (or maybe not even that)?

It was my understanding that both employer and employee should both possess an original of the employment contract. At least that was my previous experience in Taiwan.

hey r/taiwan I'm asking these questions because I'm making an animated scary movie with the Sims 2 that takes place entirely in Taiwan & I wanted it to be accurate to the real Taiwan. This may freak people out but don't take it too seriously.

The movie will take place in year 2028 & is about a Taiwanese girl in highschool named Yumi who lives alone in a seedy apartment in Taiwan who suffers from various mental illnesses which causes her to be an outcast among her family & classmates. Yumi is really pissed off & HATES all of her classmates & family & she wants them all dead, but then Yumi ends up reading about a guy from the USA (let's just refer to him as "Greg") who died 8 years ago who came back as a killer ghost. Yumi summons Greg's ghost & tells him to kill off all of her classmates & family which he ends up doing throughout the movie.

The majority of the victims who die in the movie are Yumi's high school classmates that she summoned Greg's ghost to kill.

HERE'S MY QUESTION TO EVERYONE:

1.) Where do high school students in Taiwan usually hang out at?

I'm asking because throughout the movie, Greg's ghost stalks and targets each of them one by one. (Greg's ghost has supernatural powers & is able to appear anywhere). But i didn't want it to just be, Greg's ghost appearing in each of their bedrooms at night & murdering them because that sounds boring.

But they aren't always alone when Greg's ghost comes for them. So far, I came up with one idea of a few of Yumi's classmates studying at the library during late afternoon & Greg's ghost appears & slaughters them. Another idea was a few of the guys are at karate lessons at night & Greg's ghost appears & they all try fighting him but they all loose brutally. & Another idea was a bunch of the cheerleaders get stranded on a road at night when the bus breaks down & Greg's ghost picks slaughters a lot of them one by one, yet roughly half manage to escape.

BUT, I wanted to have more locations than that. Where else would imagine an evil ghost hunting down & murdering highschool students in Taiwan?

2.) Does anyone know any scary Taiwanese or Japanese movies that have done something like this? What movies are those? (besides Ju-On)

I really want to try the 18 Days beer on draft in Taipei, does anyone know where I can find it? Anywhere between ximen and Taipei 101 would be fantastic.

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Hey r/taiwan! I need some advice on selling my custom gaming PC. I had it built in 2022 before coming to Taiwan for my Masters degree. Since arriving, I've barely used it - before Taiwan I only played League and some indie games, and with graduate studies keeping me busy, I rarely touch it now.

The PC is in excellent condition and I have the original quote (attached). Original build cost was ~78K PHP. Would really appreciate advice on what would be a reasonable asking price in today's Taipei market and the best places to list it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hello! We are planning to arrive at Kaohsiung Airport at 7:00 PM. We would like to know if it is feasible to travel directly to Alishan the same night in order to catch the Alishan Sunrise train ride the following morning. Initially, we had planned to stay overnight near Shizhao Station, which is approximately 50 minutes away from Alishan Station. However, I read in this subreddit that it may be challenging to catch the morning train for the sunrise if we are not staying in the Alishan Forest Recreation Area.

Any thoughts? TYIA.

Hello beautiful Taipei people! I am visiting this week from Australia (this afternoon until Friday!).

Do you have any suggestions for nightclubs to visit to? Where do backpackers go? Is tonight (Saturday) the best night since I won't be here for a Friday night?

Thank you in advance, any other recommendations across the island for day activities are welcome too!

I've been living in Taiwan for the past few years, and I'm still amazed at how cheap it can be to eat out here. I do still often make dinner myself because I like to cook, and sometimes I want something I can't easily find at any nearby restaurants, but tbh it can be hard to beat the prices of eating out! I'd say cooking for myself, it costs about 60-100NT a meal, depending on its simplicity. But meanwhile, I can get a bento box down the street for 75NT, so I often don't feel like I'm saving anything at all!

(Obviously, a lot of this will depend on where you live in Taiwan. I live in Taipei, for reference.)

大多是小物品，例如燈和濾鏡。Mostly small items like lights and filters. I am here for a few more weeks so we can meet up before we work together remotely. 我還會在這裡待幾週，這樣我們就可以在遠端合作之前見面。

In Taipei for a brief trip for tourism- haven't seen any antique stores. Looking for old military memorabilia...hats, coins, medals, trinkets, etc. love collecting these sorts of things when I travel.

I'm staying in the Wanhua District. Any ideas where I can find such items?

Let us consider an aspect of United States and world history other than the impending chaos of the next four years. Do you admire any President(s) of the United States from 1776 to 2016 in particular? Or perhaps do you notably dislike any one(s) of them?

what should i prepare for the interview and exam that will be held on december, im bad at math any advice thank you

Hi!

So it's going to be my first time in Taiwan next week and I bike a lot, so I'd like to get 150-200km of biking in while I'm there. I'll be staying near Hsinchu for reference, but wouldn't mind getting ride to Taipei if I need to think order to get a good rental bike.

On the note of a rental bike, would I be better off getting a road bike or something more like a gravel bike? Are higher end bikes generally available without much trouble?

As far as actually navigating, I'm planning on bringing my Garmin so hopefully I can download some route - or even more ideally find a fast group ride of some sort. I'd love to be able to get up into the mountains and do some climbing as well, but I'm also looking for routes that are reasonably safe. I'm used to being in/around traffic as I do maybe 12000km/yr on roads, but I was curious if there were any recommendations or tips around navigation or just anything generally good to know. I'm not tied to any specific type of rides (for example, fast group rides or tons of climbing or the most scenic...although that'd be a plus) but I would like to be able to get some good workouts in.

Thanks so much for any tips or recommendations!

Hello! Just wanted to ask for suggestions for shops / buying gifts in Kaohsiung :)

My seniors have been helping me in school a lot and I would like to buy them a thank you gift. I’m new here so I don’t really know what is good or not, but if you have any suggestions please let me know 😄

Hi everyone! I am planning a wedding and for the father daughter dance, I would like to play a song that is either in Taiwanese or Mandarin. If there are any suggestions at all, I would greatly appreciate it!!