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I'm going with my mom
D1: Taipei (arrive at 5:20 AM so it's a full day)
D2: Taipei
D3: Taipei (day trip to Jiufen and elsewhere depending on time)
D4: Taipei
D5: Sun moon lake
D6: Sun Moon lake
D7: Alishan rec area (via private car from sun moon lake) SLEEP in Shizhuo tea hills area
D8: Hiking in Shizhuo tea hills area
D9: Take scenic railway to Chiayi, Chiayi to Tianan (if scenic railway is available - otherwise take bus from Shizhuo to Chiayi then go to Tianan)
D10: Tianan
D11: Tianan
D12: Kaohsiung
D13 fly back from Kaohsiung
My mom has never been to Asia so I want it to feel very unique and she likes outdoors stuff but not intense trekking so I think Alishan and Shizhou will be nice and atmospheric. Is it enough time in Taipei? It it too many days in Tianan? I keep reading mixed things on Tainan. My mom and I love coffee shops and I've heard there's lots of alleyways with comfy coffee shops.
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Looks good, enough variety without moving house every day.
>arrive at 5:20 AM so it's a full day
Make sure to account for the time difference, your mum might not be fully fit for the first two days.
>Jiufen
Can be very crowded, just FYI.
>Tainan/Kaohsiung
They are close to each other so you can do them as day trips if you want to stay in one place longer.
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>>2860538
I'm just lazy, there's plenty of good stuff elsewhere in Taipei alone.
Ximen is a weird place and not representative of the country at all.
Of things I regret not doing, Zhongshan in general, Sun Moon and Tarako nat park
Juifen looks cool but the tourist menance puts me off, maybe early weekday or something.
Also ffs if you are going with your mum don't get on the train into town if there's no seats, just wait 5 mins for the next one. Blows my mind seeing people get off long haul flights with jetlag are rushing to stand for 40 mins in a packed train
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>>2860007
If your mom likes outdoors stuff then hell, that's actually too many days in Taipei. The day trip to Jiufen makes sense.
Taipei is surrounded by mountains, so it's cloudy/rainy for most of the year. On sunny days, all you can see around the city are concrete buildings, their parks and green spaces are mediocre, and while they have many rivers, they're just...there. On a rainy/cloudy day, outdoor walk just feels miserable
If you love that cyberpunk aesthetic then you'll love Taipei, but if you and your mom are more the nature type you may as well spend more time at Kaohsiung or Tamsui and check out the seaside
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>>2860884
>if you love that cyberpunk aesthetic then you'll love Taipei,
what total bullshit.
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>>2860886
calling it like I saw it
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>>2860894
One solitary tall building whose aesthetic you attribute to the whole city. Unjustified. This poster >>2860886 much more accurately showed what most of Taipei by area looks like. It's a city not given much to pretension and flashiness.
>>2860884
Taiwan does seem very well-kept if you come from developing Asia. But I likewise had that constant nagging feeling of disappointment. Everything was just too nice and sterile, same same everywhere you go.
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>>2860007
from Taipei, take the train to tamsui one day, and Taipei zoo or Keelung another day. If in Keelung consider hiking on any of the surrounding mountains. The city has nothing to do, so I walked over the mountain to another city, and took the train home from there.