No, you don’t want to visit Taiwan. I mean, who would want to live in a modern city where you don’t even get robbed or mugged? Jeez. Then you have to put up with the nice, clean, efficient, reliable subway system. And let me warn you, you’ll probably gain weight, because the food is delicious, with great variety.
If you visited Taiwan, you might discover that in addition to its world famous tea, Taiwan also produces excellent coffee, and then you’d really be disappointed, because quantities are small and they’re hard to buy. But such coffee!
And all these friendly people around! If you cross a street, who’s going to cuss you out or flip you the bird?
We won’t even go into the scenery. Taiwan is not a very big island, but has over 260 peaks that reach above 3,000 meters, I mean, who would want to see those? You might see some of the birds or butterflies, or maybe some monkeys, and then what would you do? You’d take so many photos that you’d run out of space on your cellphone, that’s what you’d do.
Or you might find yourself on a beach and feel compelled to go swimming, or learn how to snorkel or dive so you could see the coral reefs, tropical fish. And if you touched a sea turtle, you’d get fined NT$300,000, so when they come by, hug yourself tight.
If you stayed a while, you might discover some of the highly talented actors and dancers who perform, and are mostly ignored by society. So then you’d have to go watch a bunch of performances.
And you might even learn Chinese, and see that it’s really not that difficult to learn to speak.
If you stayed and got a job, then you’d get National Health, which means that you pay only a small sum when you visit a doctor or dentist. What kind of life is it when you don’t bankrupt yourself every time you need a filling?
So take it from me, you don’t want to visit Taiwan, because then you might never want to leave.