Leaving Taiwan today after an 11 days trip. Took my mum and was our first time here. Mum speaks Chinese, I only speak English. Pleasantly surprised with the country. Woman are really hot, most food is cheap is delicious and the city is decently easy to navigate. Overall makes me want to learn Mandarin/Chinese and move here.

Kaohsiung - 4 nights
Highlight: For Guang Shan Budda Museum. The temple and area was actually pretty impressive.
Alishan/Fenchihu - 2 nights
Highlight: Mum made friends with one of the tea sellers. We spent a few hours each night drinking free tea and chatting with the tea lady. Sacred tree hike was pretty nice. And I live in Canada with forests like that.
Taipei - 4 nights
Highlight: Taipei 101. It was actually impressive how high we were. And the mass dampener was cool. Food downstairs was delicious. Best tri-sauce noodles ever. Had a pleasant encounter with the cute barista upstairs.

The bad: in our spare time we went shopping. Prices not much better than Canada and more western brands which I don't care for. Weather was very hot. Climbing Elephant mountain got me completely drenched in sweat. City feels kinda dirty. Less English friendly than Japan.