So I went to Taiwan. I got engaged there. It was pretty dope. I have a cousin who lives down there, I researched a bunch of cool things to do all over the country from Taipei to Kenting. And somehow some things managed to escape me and I only found out about them as I went there. So now, along with some pictures of our sweet ass trip I present to you: Stuff About Taiwan I Didn’t Know About (Part 1).
Bring Water and Drink It Constantly
S0 I’m from Montreal and I thought that I knew a thing or two about humidity. I didn’t. If you plan on visiting Taipei in the summertime holy cow do you need water. All the time. Fortunately, there is always a 7-11 nearby. I mean always. That could practically be its own item on the list. 7-11’s are all over the place. But guess what? There’s no Slurpees at any of them. So that’s a bit of a bummer. If you travel to Taiwan with a friend who hasn’t read this article and want to freak them out you can go to a 7-11 and buy a hard-boiled egg that’s floating in that dark fluid and then eat it without fear. It looks weird as shit but it’s just a hard-boiled egg floating in tea. Not that weird at all.
Back to water. Drink it and bring it with you. Don’t ever assume there will be water anywhere. There might be, but there also might not be. It’s kind of a crap shoot. So ere on the side of water. Always.
Why am I so adamant about this? Because we ended up going on a 6 km hike up Mt. Qixing in Yangmingshan National Park with only a water bottle each. 6 km! That’s not that far. Oh wait, but it’s also about a km up. And did I mention it was 40 degrees Celsius in the humidity? Take a look at that picture. Notice that my shirt is translucent? It’s because I sweat right through my clothes.
On the upside, every hotel we stayed in, even the cheapest ones, gave you 2 water bottles a day for free. So there’s that. Speaking of hotels. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
