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6/30/2025, 3:03:44 PM
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Awesome which part of Taiwan is it?
>If there is any advice any anons can give to a noob to Taiwan, including must have apps, cultural norms to be aware of, etc I'd appreciate any advice
I dunno how much you know about Chinese culture, but nothing major springs to mind, honestly. If you're mindful and observant I doubt you'll go around making many faux pas.
If you're interested a having a relationship over there maybe keep in mind people are generally (not all) relatively traditional. And if you ever get invited to eat say with a family it's very difficult to refuse their hospitality and I honestly never figured out how to handle that properly. Whenever people go travelling they bring back food to share from where they visited. You could perhaps bring something from where you're local to endear yourself to your new colleagues.
Oh yeah, wear masks if you're noticeably sick. IME if you don't, that is a faux pas (and that was a thing even before the rona).
If not already I strongly recommend making an effort to learn Mandarin. People will really appreciate even a rudimentary grasp of it, and you'll find your time there far more satisfying if you do. I always used Pleco to help translate stuff and Line is what everyone uses to communicate. As bonus learn a few words of Taiwanese.
If you're living anywhere outside probably Taipei/NTC or Kaohsiung you'll almost definitely want a scooter and even there it would be nice to have a license for when you travel. I hear the test is really easy to pass in Taiwan but better organising all that before you go.
Taiwan has a great transportation system to get around the island (I'm a fan of the intercity buses and non-highspeed rail) but you just can't explore easily outside those cities or tourist attractions without your own transportation. I spent 9 months in bumfuck, Nantou, but spent my weekends out in Taichung because I didn't drive and that was the only place the buses went, which was a damn waste!
Awesome which part of Taiwan is it?
>If there is any advice any anons can give to a noob to Taiwan, including must have apps, cultural norms to be aware of, etc I'd appreciate any advice
I dunno how much you know about Chinese culture, but nothing major springs to mind, honestly. If you're mindful and observant I doubt you'll go around making many faux pas.
If you're interested a having a relationship over there maybe keep in mind people are generally (not all) relatively traditional. And if you ever get invited to eat say with a family it's very difficult to refuse their hospitality and I honestly never figured out how to handle that properly. Whenever people go travelling they bring back food to share from where they visited. You could perhaps bring something from where you're local to endear yourself to your new colleagues.
Oh yeah, wear masks if you're noticeably sick. IME if you don't, that is a faux pas (and that was a thing even before the rona).
If not already I strongly recommend making an effort to learn Mandarin. People will really appreciate even a rudimentary grasp of it, and you'll find your time there far more satisfying if you do. I always used Pleco to help translate stuff and Line is what everyone uses to communicate. As bonus learn a few words of Taiwanese.
If you're living anywhere outside probably Taipei/NTC or Kaohsiung you'll almost definitely want a scooter and even there it would be nice to have a license for when you travel. I hear the test is really easy to pass in Taiwan but better organising all that before you go.
Taiwan has a great transportation system to get around the island (I'm a fan of the intercity buses and non-highspeed rail) but you just can't explore easily outside those cities or tourist attractions without your own transportation. I spent 9 months in bumfuck, Nantou, but spent my weekends out in Taichung because I didn't drive and that was the only place the buses went, which was a damn waste!
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