Re: Visiting Taiwan THREAD III

[rasee16]

Yes. Depende nalang sa'yo kung aling stop mo gusto bumaba. Kami, hanggang dulo. Around 30 minutes yung ride one way.

[pinkat]

If visitng jiufen area including the rocks and shifen. Also the taichung area. Need talaga to book driver? If ever yes, kailangan ba ahead of time magbook?

[runbarbierun]

^ Meron sa klook, tour sa jiufen kasama shifen and yehliu

[rocky]

^sis, na-try mo na yon? kasi balak ko din magbook non dahil mura talaga. ang iniisip ko lang monday to friday lang yong tour, so no choice kami last day namin sya gagawin. around 6pm nasa ximen na ba talaga? kasi need namin by 1030pm sa airport. thanks

sis pinkat
https://www.klook.com/activity/2953-yehliu-geopark-shuttle-bus-ximen-taipei/?aid=480

[runbarbierun]

^ Hindi ko pa natry hahaha Sept pa kasi Taipei ko, kaya hindi pa ako nagbook

[luvko23]

^^ sis rocky natry ko yan last May. Okay naman siya you just have to be on time lagi sa meeting points. Usually naman kung saan ka binaba ng driver dun rin siya nakapark so madali makita. Enough rin sa amin yung time to see the places. Overall I would recommend yung shuttle kasi affordable and convenient.

Regarding sa time of arrival in Ximen, kami we arrive 6:15 or 6:30 kasi medyo traffic sa city area na. if 10:30pm ang flight niyo I think abot naman kayo.

[rocky]

thanks mga sis sama ko na yan pati yong maokong gondola, actually madaling araw pa flight namin sa cebu pac. tingin ko kasi yon ang highlight ng trip kaya need talagang isama sa IT

sept. 29-oct 3 yong trip namin, bukod sa weekend bakit halos lahat ng recommended accomm fully booked na. may event ba sa taiwan? nagbook ako ng muzik hotel para lang may accomm kami pero pwede pa namang cancel sakaling may mahanap akong mas mura

[x-y]

Ask ko lang. Since namove ang visa free ng Taiwan, and punta ako this month of June... enough na ba na ipakita ko yun e-visa na inapprove nila and sent via email? yun lang ba papakita kong printed form?

[ataypool]

I like Taiwan better than HK and SG. Hindi mahirap to travel around Taipei and for convenience, the taxis are cheap, screenshot from my phone showing the Chinese address pinapakita lang sa driver and ang trains nila madali basahin. Shopping for clothes pareho presyo sa ibang countries pero it's the food that is truly impressive.

Jiufen kulang ang 2 hours and 45 minutes in the Klook tour. We went on a weekday kaya ang parking lot is closer to Shuqi Rd (the steep stairs). Every 30 minutes yata interval ng bus to the Old Street kesa masayang oras doon na kami sa Shuqi. Kakapagod so the first 2 sets of the steps going up we literally 'lamon' sa closest tea house for every set. Di na namin pinuntahan pinakataas sa pagod na umabot hanggang pag-uwi kaya di kami nakapag-night market.

[pinkat]

^sis ask ko lang if better ba to diy nalang jiufen and places near that para mas masulit namin?

[choco_loka]

^ if you're only planning on visiting Jiufen, it's okay to DIY... there's a bus in Zhong Xiao Fuxing Station that takes you directly to Jiufen Old Street If maaga kayo matapos sa Jiufen, you can proceed to Keelung Miaokou Night Market by bus din, siguro 30 mins away from Jiufen, or maybe a little bit more depending on the traffic. You can then take the local train back to Taipei (Taipei Railway Station).

Pero nakakapagod siya pag Jiufen + other places na DIY. For example pag sinamahan mo siya ng Yehliu Geopark in the morning, Jiufen sa tanghali tapos Shifen (waterfalls viewing deck closes at 4 or 4.30pm), and palipad ng lanterns sa Pingxi, sobrang nakakapagod na iyon. Renting a car with driver will be a better option. 

[darna88]

if may kasama seniors and kids ilan days mas ok magstay in taiwan? and any recommend hotels na family frriendly? any amusement park na parang disneyland?. ..any tips and advice na okey puntahan kapag seniors and kids ang kasama ages (5,6,8) thanks

[ataypool]

^^^okay ang Klook if you want to go just for the sake of going and kung konting photos and relax sa restos na may view. Mainit that time kaya bilis mapagod and kung may taxi lang na huminto sa amin (alam siguro nilang Jiufen lang gusto namin because of the parking lot we came from) madami siguro kami nalibot. Isang driver na huminto sa amin 30 second drive lang dinala kami sa harap ng Shuqi Rd, tawa ng tawa and di na kami pinabayad ng 70ntd.

Iyong sa Shifen, lantern lang puwede gawin within the timeframe. We tried to go to the waterfall by taking a taxi pero wala rin taxi na huminto so balik kami.

[x-y]

Hello! Ask ko lang ano ba better option para magpapalit to NTD?

1) Bring USD then change it to NTD?
2) ATM withdrawal? Ano bang inaaccept na debit card? I'm coming from Abu Dhabi though.

I'm confused kase kung saan ako masmakakamura.

[ataypool]

^ sa blogs I read most banks and currency exchange providers, USD ang isa sa common, to be safe USD na lang.

Re debit cards, check mo ang card mo if it's part of Maestro, Cirrus or Mastercard debit or visa debit or any other network for debit cards. If it is check mo rin ang ATM if those are listed okay na. Nakakuha ako from an ATM in Ximending.

[krabby_patty]

What's the final verdict re visa free entry in Taiwan for Philippine passport holders? When will it take effect? I believe they pushed back the date? 

[runbarbierun]

^ Hinihintay ko rin yan, sabi September? Pero September first week yung alis namin, so worried ako for my tita :|

[rasee16]

Wag nyo na hintayin. Kumuha nalang sya ng Visa. Madali lang naman eh. Kaysa mag-worry pa kayo pare-pareho.

[rocky]

^kung kukuha ng visa, mas makakatipid kung japan visa 800 lang sa discovery tours

[runbarbierun]

^ Hahaha actually now that you said it, oo nga noh. Ang mahal pala ng sa Taipei! 2400 :|