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== General costs ==
 
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Taiwan is quite a developed country, as you will see when first entering Taipei. Unless you couchsurf and hitchhike it might get quite expensive. From the author's experience you can stay in Taiwan for a month for about 300€ and see almost everything. Food is generally cheap everywhere (NT$40 to NT$100), hostels cost 400 to 600 NT$, transportation is mentioned above. Save some money in Taipei by oftenly using the Ubikes.
 
Taiwan is quite a developed country, as you will see when first entering Taipei. Unless you couchsurf and hitchhike it might get quite expensive. From the author's experience you can stay in Taiwan for a month for about 300€ and see almost everything. Food is generally cheap everywhere (NT$40 to NT$100), hostels cost 400 to 600 NT$, transportation is mentioned above. Save some money in Taipei by oftenly using the Ubikes.
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== Experiences ==
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* [http://marcandoelpolo.com/viajar-a-dedo-taiwan-autostop/ Information, tips and personal experiences of hitch-hiking in Taiwan. A 785 km journey on 24 vehicles (only in spanish)]
  
 
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Flag of Taiwan Taiwan
Information
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 a very easy place to hitchhike.

Taiwanese people are very friendly and usually very honest. If you are an English speaker you will find, in the south at least, people are eager to practice while they drive you around. Taipei is not going to be any problem. Even in the province problems might occur, but are solvable. It is highly recommended to have smartphone on you to translate whatever you search into chinese characters and for the use of google maps. You can buy a SIM card (fareastone e.g.) for NT$350 giving you a credit of 150 for calling plus 1GB of mobile internet. The whole country offers excellent wifi services (restaurants, 7-11, Metro and bus stations). Registring is mostly needed. Search help for that. Waiting times to hitch are short and people often don't mind driving a bit further than the place where they needed to be. Very often, the drivers will also offer you a drink or even food. No matter how deep inside the province you are, hitching is possible absolutely everywhere! You might encounter Taiwan to be the easiest place to hitch in the world.

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. This is a tremendously good method. 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.

Couchsurfing is also highly recommended. You will find possibilities in all provinces.

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. The Highspeed train (HSR) finishes its 350km track from Taipei to Kaohsiung in only 2 hours. Fare is about NT$1600. slow trains are generally cheaper than busses. Taipei offers a 30-minute for free bike at almost every station (get the app!). Every 30 minutes after the first 30 minutes cost you NT$10. Get the smart card for the metro and bikes to save money. You will pay a hundred for it, but get 80 back when handing in again.

General costs

Taiwan is quite a developed country, as you will see when first entering Taipei. Unless you couchsurf and hitchhike it might get quite expensive. From the author's experience you can stay in Taiwan for a month for about 300€ and see almost everything. Food is generally cheap everywhere (NT$40 to NT$100), hostels cost 400 to 600 NT$, transportation is mentioned above. Save some money in Taipei by oftenly using the Ubikes.

Experiences