A Truly Terrific Trip to Taiwan

I finally got to visit Taiwan for the first time in my life and I absolutely loved it!

Jiufen

I wasn't originally planning to go to Taiwan. My initial idea was to travel to Spain with my family this year. However, I didn't get to sort out our visas early enough. Morocco then became the new plan because Filipinos don't need a visa to go to Morocco. A friend of mine owns a travel agency and she shared with me a tour of Morocco that was scheduled in October. It took me a while to decide but by then, the tour was already fully booked. I could have tried looking for a different one but it was already close to the end of the year and I didn't want to lose any more time so I told my mom that maybe we can just go to Cambodia. However, my nephew, who was going with us on this trip, didn't seem all that interested in Cambodia. My mom finally suggested Taiwan and I figured, that has to be our best option. And indeed it was!

National Palace Museum in Taipei

Most people I know who travel to Taiwan go there for the food. There are a couple of places I had seen from photos that my friends posted on social media but almost everyone I know who has been to Taiwan don't really talk much about the places to visit there; they just talk about their Taiwanese food trips. Since my family and I are the stereotypical travelers who go to all the tourist traps and we don't normally focus on food when we travel, I used Chatgpt and TripAdvisor and did more online searches to help me build my itinerary. As it turns out, there are so many amazing sights and places of interest in Taiwan! Taipei served as our home base but we did get to visit places outside of the Taiwanese capital.

Shifen Waterfall

We got to see some of the most prominent places in Taiwan, like Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei,

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

 Jiufen,

A-Mei Teahouse in Jiufen

Shifen,

Sky Lantern Experience in Shifen

Yehliu Geopark,

Yehliu Geopark

and Rainbow Village in Taichung.

Rainbow Village in Taichung

I will be writing in more detail about my family's amazing trip to Taiwan over the next several posts.

Songshan Ciyou Temple in Taipei

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