Learn from some of the most popular questions & answers on Taiwan! Have other good questions we should add? Let us know either via e-mail our thru our GuestBook.
Q: Where do you live?
A: We in the northern most part of Taiwan, approximately 15 miles from the coast in a city called Taipei. The area we live in resembles a mixture of rural Costa Rica & New Youk City. We found a house large enough for our family that sits on a hill at the foot of Yangmingshan mountain, and is not far from grocery & department stores. See pictures of our house & materials used for the interior remoldeling.
Q: When is the best time to call?
A: Taiwan is 14 hours ahead of U.S. Central Daylight Time (13 hours in the spring & summer since they do not participate in Daylight Savings Time). In Taiwan local time, our day is from 8:30am to 11:30pm, which relative to Chicago or San Antonio in the fall & winter, our morning begins at 6:30pm CDT, and our day concludes at 9:30am CDT respectively. Want to call us for free? Do it via Skype and save!
Q: Can we come visit?
A: Yes! Friends & Family are always welcome, so we'd love to have you come! We have plenty of room, the kids would love it, and we would too! Just let us know. We'll also post our vacation destinations on-line too. Perhaps we can vacation together at the Four Seasons in Thailand, or the Cook Islands, or have lunch in Japan! Never been abroad? Not to worry, we will help walk you through what you need to do.
Q: How long is the flight?
A: Approximately 23 hours including layovers.. Not as bad as it seems though..
Q: How far away is Taiwan from...?
A: It is more than 7,000 miles from Taipei to the United States as the crow flys, ie more than 3 times the distance from New York to LA! Below are time differences & distances between Taipei, Taiwan at 9:00am Mon morning and several popular desitination cities:
City
Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Dallas, TX
Honolulu, HI
Kansas City, KS
Minneapolis, MN
Naples, FL
New York, NY
Portland, OR
Rochester, MN
Round Rock, TX
San Jose, CA
Seattle, WA
Vancouver, WA
Washington, DC
Bangkok, Thailand
Hong Kong, China
Manila, Philippines
Singapore, Singapore
Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
away
7,974
8,041
7,821
7,764
7,686
7,722
5,053
7,434
7,137
8,582
7,801
6,124
7,213
7,813
6,489
6,053
6,121
7,870
1,577
478
718
2,018
922
1,303
away
12,833
12,941
12,587
12,012
12,369
12,427
8,131
11,964
11,486
13,812
12,555
9,856
11,609
12,574
10,443
9,741
9,851
12,666
2,538
769
1,155
3,248
1,483
2,097
away
-15
-15
-14
-14
-15
-14
-8
-14
-14
-15
-15
-12
-12
-12
-12
-12
-12
-15
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
time
sun, 6:00pm
sun, 6:00pm
sun, 7:00pm
sun, 7:00pm
sun, 6:00pm
sun, 7:00pm
mon, 1:00am
sun, 7:00pm
sun, 7:00pm
sun, 6:00pm
sun, 6:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 9:00pm
sun, 6:00pm
mon, 10:00a
mon, 10:00a
mon, 10:00a
mon, 10:00a
mon, 10:00a
mon, 10:00a
A: Approximately 22,749,838, w/ about 12% or 2.6 million people living in Taipei.
Q: What are the people of Taiwan like?
A: They're awesome! Like anywhere, you will find a variety of people and character, but everyone we've engaged, both expatriate & native, have been very warm, friendly and helpful. If fact, many have gone our of their way to help us try new foods or interpret the language
