{"id":478,"date":"2019-04-05T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:48:30","slug":"9-reasons-why-you-should-move-to-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/9-reasons-why-you-should-move-to-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Reasons why you should move to Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>1. The island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-485 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ilha-formosa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Taiwan east coast\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ilha-formosa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ilha-formosa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ilha-formosa-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no place quite like it on the planet! Taiwan was called<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ilha Formosa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Portuguese sailors when they first discovered this uncharted island. It means the Beautiful Island and that is the best name they could have come up with! Taiwan has everything! You have wonderful beaches in the south, amazing nature (from high mountains to paradise like waterfalls) \u00a0and the big asian city (Taipei, the capital in the north) with wonderful food, cultural sites, temples and of course an exciting and dynamic nightlife!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2.\u00a0<\/b><b>The Food<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-483 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/group-eating-at-chinese-restaurant-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Bowl of rice and other dishe\" width=\"675\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/group-eating-at-chinese-restaurant-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/group-eating-at-chinese-restaurant-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/group-eating-at-chinese-restaurant.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan is considered as Asia food capital. The interesting thing about it is that they don\u2019t have one main dish that is THE Taiwanese meal, they have so many different specialties! From the famous fried chicken to the beef noodles, or their stinky tofu, oyster omelet, fish balls, pepper buns, soup dumplings, bubble tea, shaved ice&#8230; (I will stop now cause this will get too long!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>3. The people<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-482 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/friendly-Taiwanese-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"People pausing for the picture\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/friendly-Taiwanese-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/friendly-Taiwanese-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/friendly-Taiwanese-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/friendly-Taiwanese.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwanese are the most friendly and welcoming people on the planet!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are always willing to help, intrigued and genuinely interested in discovering \u00a0your culture and eager to share theirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>4. The nature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-crags-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Guy on top of a rock observing the green nature in front\" width=\"358\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-crags-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-crags-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From anywhere in Taipei city you can get to the amazing nature within 30 minutes! So many hidden waterfalls, wild hot springs, forests\/ jungles, East coast offering breathtaking views on the ocean, high mountains\u2026 The nature is so diversified and that is the beauty of it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5. It is a taste of Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-487 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-lantern-festical-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"lanterns in the night sky\" width=\"675\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-lantern-festical-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-lantern-festical-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pingxi-lantern-festical-1024x674.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the best country for a first step in Asia as you have the authentic asian culture and cuisine. But it is not too much of a choc for westerners because the Taiwanese are open minded, you can get western standard service and most people speak English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>6. Easy to get around the island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-480 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/easy-to-get-around-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Train\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/easy-to-get-around-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/easy-to-get-around-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/easy-to-get-around.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan has a developed public transportation system that makes it super easy to travel around the island and within the different cities! From the MRT that\u2019ll get you pretty much anywhere in Taipei to the HSR that will get you to the other side of the Island under a few hours. Taiwan has so many wonderful places to are easily accessible!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>7. It is Asia best kept secret!!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-479 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_1430-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Women sitting in front of a waterfall\" width=\"675\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_1430-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_1430-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_1430-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are almost no western tourists in Taiwan! You can get to an awesome waterfall and get this feeling of relaxation because you won&#8217;t be packed in this place with the hundreds of tourists you have in other Asian countries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>8. Safest place on earth!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-481 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elephant-mountain-cropped-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Taipei City by night fall\" width=\"675\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elephant-mountain-cropped-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elephant-mountain-cropped.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan is one of the safest places I know. There are some crimes like in any other countries, but I feel safe walking in the streets alone at night, I have experienced no thefts since I have been here, and I have been tempting the thieves quite a few times (forgetting my keys on the contact of my scooter and leaving it there for a few hours only to come back to it where someone had hidden my keys in the front part so that people would not steal it). This is one of the many examples I have about how safe I feel in Taiwan!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>9. The location<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.myroomabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/heart-of-Asia-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"plane in the air\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/heart-of-Asia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/heart-of-Asia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myroomabroad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/heart-of-Asia-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located at the heart of Asia, it is a great place to go visit other Asian Countries. You just take a plane for a few hours and you are in the Philippines or in Japan!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The island There is no place quite like it on the planet! Taiwan was called Ilha Formosa by the Portuguese sailors when they first discovered this uncharted island. It means the Beautiful Island and that is the best name they could have come up with! Taiwan has everything! 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