Despite six years living in Taipei, my opinion of this bustling Southeast-Asian metropolis is not biased. Meeting none of the criteria of a traditional romantic, or vacation destination Taipei has something else to offer, a genuine culture, character and way of life.
With a population upwards of 2.6 million this busy capital city in Taiwan, has a lot to offer.
When I was younger, my view on Taipei was pretty simple. I enjoyed getting animal shaped cakes, Yakult and "Pearl Milk Tea" (which is just tea with chewy tapioca balls that you suck up in a big straw), on the way to the morning markets with my mom. I hated going to the fish and meat section in the morning markets, reeking of dead fish with a ground wet with traces of animal blood. Still, I loved the scooping-for-goldfish games they have at the night market distracting me from the residue of millions of doggy doo left by the millions of stray dogs around the city.
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live it!! (and I'm Taiwanese, but I grew up overseas). But have
never thought of it as a "traditional romantic or vacation
destination".
Nice to see an article on Taipei though!