how was ur trip

pretty sick, went to mainly malls (101, sogo, new york) and night markets. definitely felt a lot different than bangkok, more like an american city. night markets are a lot of fun to go to, shilin seems like a great place to dick around. food is great too. really wish i could have checked out the nightlife though.

Hello

I'am looking for Taiwan but there is a problem !
What kind of Visa to live in Taiwan ? How do you do ?

There is only 30 days or 60 days visa available !

Thanks by advance and sorry for my english

For tourist visas, yeah they're pretty short. But you can always do visa runs and re-new them. Don't know the logistics too well behind visa runs though.

i may go down for a month by myself, i hate the idea of doin this, but none of my friends can take off work. has anyone gone by themselves?

or should u at least find someone to travel with

Sorry I didn't understand.

What do you mean by " But you can always do visa runs and re-new them." ?

I have to go out taiwan each 30 days (for hong kong for example) and come back in Taiwan after few days ?

There is no problem after 3-4 times ?

hi, for under 30day, you don't need visa
you just have to leave taiwan on the 30th day and you can even come back at the same day.
but flight ticket is not free. maybe cheaper to apply for a 3 month or 6 month visa

Guys all of these questions are answered in depth on www.tealit.com.

If it's not on tealit it will be on http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/

You can get a 30 day landing visa, but you'll need to leave to HK/Macau on the 30th day and come back. If you overstay you pay a fine. Any time over 1 month and you pay 300$ USD and are banned for 1 year. FWIW having a 'persona non gratis' stamp on your passport can get you denied by other countries.

You can get 60-day multiple entry visas for up to 6 months at any TECO (Taiwan Economic and Cultural Affairs Office) office worldwide. They are all over the place. http://www.boca.gov.tw/content.asp?CuItem=1900. Essentially you can stay for up to 2 months, three times. The benefit of this visa is that instead of having to leave Taiwan, you can just have it extended every 2 months while staying here. So really only need to leave twice a year to get a new one.

Hey, I'm going to move Taipei in a month or so, and I was just wondering if you guys could give suggestions about which area in Taipei I should look into moving.

I'm 25 and would like to live in area with restaurants and bars and stuff. I'm looking for an apartment for one and am willing to spend anywhere up to 30k NTD.

You can get a sweet new appt decked out for like 20-25k in Xinyi which is like the new industrial park area of Taipei (surrounding 101 etc). It's next to a few of the upscale restaurants/nightclubs and like 5-10 minute taxi to everything else in the city. It's definitely the nicest, cleanest area of Taiwan.

Most young people live near the university part of town which would be Guting. Tons of restaurants and bars, sports, hotties, etc. Much cheaper and a bit more crowded/dirty. Da'an is also a great area of similar caliber.

You can find a ton of appts on www.tealit.com

hey how long are you staying?
i am looking for 1 roommate to share 3bed room apartment.
1 room for me, 1 room for roommate, and third room will be use as poker room.
if you are staying 1 year + pm me.
i currently live in a bacholar aparment. and i start to met more and more local players, we play 10/20 with 2k max (taiwan money)

I'm going to be supporting myself supporting myself through poker, so a fast, reliable internet connection is going to be crucial for me. I was just wondering if getting a decently fast internet connection is pretty easy in Taiwan? Is this an issue which I should look out for when I'm looking for a place to rent?

I'm moving from China, and it was a pretty big hassle here. I had to get the landlord and stuff to set it up, and the connection was pretty damn iffy.

Basically, for fast internet should I be looking for a newer apartment building where they have newer cables? Or is the internet speed pretty universal across the board? I also don't mind paying for the internet.

Unrelated, but did you teach english in china or how were you able to stay there?

Also always best to look for a place with an already working internet connection.

i would recommand you get your own line.
alot of p2p downloading for moving on a shareline.
internet is stable, and cheap.
in fact, you can get a 10mb land line + 3.5G (2mb) mobile connection and still pay less then $50usd.

How would the ladies respond to "the blacks"? No love? Too big? Still American? Lol

I was in a language school here, so I could get a student visa while here.

You have a suggestion for which company I should use?

price wise there is not much difference
quality of land base internet line is good.
however the mobile wireless internet will depend on where you live, and how many tower they got in around the place you live.
there is big difference in 3.5g and 3g. speedwise.

Anyone gonna be in Kaoshiung between 21st Nov and 30th Dec? Im going back for a mates wedding and also to trial out life in Taiwan. I grew up in NZ so I'm quite interested as in living in Taiwan as an adult. Everything is so cheap in Taiwan it's gonna be ballin!!

Few questions:

How's the midweek partying in Taipei? ie. Mon-Thur nights.

How much are personal trainers per hour?

OP, I saw somewhere you train at an MMA/BJJ gym - got a link?


Thanks.

a little earlier in the thread, op mentioned something on midweek partying

Has anyone flown Taiwan's EVA Air Evergreen Deluxe/Elite Class? Is it worth the extra money(about $200 or so for a one way trans-pacific flight from the USofA) over economy?

yes
bigger is better
specially long oversea flight.

Heya,

There's group of 3 Europeans arriving in Taipei on ~5th of October. We'd like to rent some nice apartment from nice area for 1 month. Any recommendations? It would be also great to meet up you guys and maybe you could show us some specialities and nightlife of Taipei. If someone is interested to join our group for this period, please pm me.