Travel: Taiwan - Taipei

[ter_wen]

BigDevil:

Www:

What are the best months to visit Taipei?


Earthquake frequent there?

For our recent trip from Nov 21 to Nov 30, it rained 8 out of 10 days. :gloomy:

绵绵细雨，倾盆大雨 or 时大时小雨？

need rain coats to walk about?

[crabcrabby]

ter_wen:

BigDevil:

[quote=\"Www\"]What are the best months to visit Taipei?


Earthquake frequent there?

For our recent trip from Nov 21 to Nov 30, it rained 8 out of 10 days. :gloomy:

绵绵细雨，倾盆大雨 or 时大时小雨？

need rain coats to walk about?[/quote]i would consider it 绵绵细雨. was there from 22 Nov-2 Dec.

there was an accident involving singaporeans at alishan this morning. heard over radio during lunch. pple travelling up the mountains eg alishan & cingjing, plse be very careful.

[ter_wen]

cold then? misty? can see up on taipei101?


http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aSOC&ID=201212100015

[KiasooLaupa]

Went to Taipei last mth from 10/11-15/11.

weather was so good w/o rain :imcool:
went up 101 but don't think really good to see. think the monies used for food will be more meaningful

[SarChar]

Just back from 16 days trip.


I will suggest a good quality light windbreaker and waterproof shoes. We wore waterproof boots for the whole trip. Dont even think of wearing track shoes for your kids. Track shoes will be soaked and wet.

I saw some kids wear Crocs Wellies . You can go to their night markets or Taiwan shoes shops to buy jelly boots/Wellies from NT390.

If you are going to Hehuan Shan (like 1 hr visit cos it is too cold to hang around long), good quality gloves and winter coat/jacket is necessary. A family that we travelled with was not dressed for winter at Hehuan Shan, their kids cried becos it was too cold.

[allseasons]

Hi all,


I am planning to visit Taiwan (Taipei, Taroko Goorge, etc) during Lunar New Year Feb 2013. We are 2 adult, 2 children. But recently I read, Taiwan will have one full week holiday during Lunar New Year 2013.

My questions are:
1. Is it a good time to visit Taiwan during Lunar New Year? Will it be very crowded? Or maybe all shops, restaurant, museum, attraction places will be closed whole week?

2. Will the hotel be fully booked during that period? More expensive?

3. How about transportation? Will it be difficult to catch buses / taxis? If we go out from Taipei, will the highway fully jammed with cars?

Hmm... really want to go holiday during the Lunar New Year. But do not know where to go.. I am thinking some alternative destinations e.g. Korea or Japan.. but I heard that both Korea and Japan are very cold in February... :((. Please give me some advises... :))

Thanks a lot

[ter_wen]

SarChar:

Just back from 16 days trip.


I will suggest a good quality light windbreaker and waterproof shoes. We wore waterproof boots for the whole trip. Dont even think of wearing track shoes for your kids. Track shoes will be soaked and wet.

I saw some kids wear Crocs Wellies . You can go to their night markets or Taiwan shoes shops to buy jelly boots/Wellies from NT390.

If you are going to Hehuan Shan (like 1 hr visit cos it is too cold to hang around long), good quality gloves and winter coat/jacket is necessary. A family that we travelled with was not dressed for winter at Hehuan Shan, their kids cried becos it was too cold.

u brought boots from sg to tw?

how cold is hehuashan? got frost?

[Busymom]

BigDevil:

Www:

What are the best months to visit Taipei?


Earthquake frequent there?

For our recent trip from Nov 21 to Nov 30, it rained 8 out of 10 days. :gloomy:

Mine was not much better. Probably 3.5 days of no rain, but on one of those days, it was a driving day.. Such a waste! :sad:

[Busymom]

ter_wen:

SarChar:

Just back from 16 days trip.


I will suggest a good quality light windbreaker and waterproof shoes. We wore waterproof boots for the whole trip. Dont even think of wearing track shoes for your kids. Track shoes will be soaked and wet.

I saw some kids wear Crocs Wellies . You can go to their night markets or Taiwan shoes shops to buy jelly boots/Wellies from NT390.

If you are going to Hehuan Shan (like 1 hr visit cos it is too cold to hang around long), good quality gloves and winter coat/jacket is necessary. A family that we travelled with was not dressed for winter at Hehuan Shan, their kids cried becos it was too cold.

u brought boots from sg to tw?

how cold is hehuashan? got frost?

When we were there, think it was about 9-12 degrees. But raining and foggy and can't see much.

Now it seems to be 3- 12 degrees.

Below is a great web to get weather info. I use it to decide what to dress the kids with. You can choose to check either cities or places of interest such as sun moon lake or cingjing or even hehuanshan. Also if you press on each of those places (the red dots), the weather details for those will be displayed, including weather throughout the day or for the next few days.

http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/forecast/entertainment/forest/

[Busymom]

ter_wen:

BigDevil:

[quote=\"Www\"]What are the best months to visit Taipei?


Earthquake frequent there?

For our recent trip from Nov 21 to Nov 30, it rained 8 out of 10 days. :gloomy:

绵绵细雨，倾盆大雨 or 时大时小雨？

need rain coats to walk about?[/quote]
We had some days of 倾盆大雨! And it can last the whole day. :gloomy: