Taiwan
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| Language: | Chinese |
| Capital: | Taipei |
| Population: | 22,830,000 |
| Currency: | New Taiwan Dollar |
| Hitchability: | <rating country='tw' /> |
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Taiwan is an island nation off the coast of China. It is an easy place to hitchhike.
Taiwanese people are friendly and usually very honest. If you are an English speaker you will find, in the south at least, people eager to practice while they drive you around. Waiting times are short people often don't mind driving a little bit further than the place where they needed to be. Very often, the drivers will also offer you a drink or even food.
Not so many Taiwanese people speak English, but very often they make an effort to communicate with the few words they know or even call an English-speaking friend to talk with you on the phone. Nonetheless, it's a good idea learn some basic Chinese or ask a Chinese-speaking friend to create a hitchhiking letter for you. Taiwanese people sometimes don't believe hitchhiking will work for longer distances (or they are maybe not familiar with the concept), so they might try to drive you to a train- or bus-station.
It might be useful to have a motorcycle helmet with you, when hitchhiking, as it is possible get lifts from motorcyclists.
Cities
Public transport
For e.g., Taipei to Taichung the lowest bus fares are about NT$250, and about NT$600 to Kaohsiung.
