Mar 13, 2025 For example, I feel like a lot of people in America are rude. Have the people there been nice?
Mar 13, 2025 Oh s--- you right Marsh. Let me go to the corner and help out. #SupportAllWomen #HoesLivesMatters
Mar 13, 2025 Exactly. Just like a dentist or a chiropractic, she helps you with your d-ck and balls care
Mar 14, 2025 I’m sure it’s all anecdotal, but everyone has been very kind. The language barrier is high (my Mandarin is effectively non-existent), but people try to go out of *their* comfort zone and speak the little English they know to me, as opposed to the other way around…which is kinda wild to me because I’m genuinely a proponent of requiring myself to learn some level of the local language prior to visiting somewhere and I believe that that should be the international expectation …this trip happened so quickly that I was only able to learn a few key phrases while in-transit, so I’ve shamefully broken my own rule. Regardless, they’re meeting me on their own territory, as opposed to the other way around…which is very kind. Crime doesn’t appear to exist (obviously, that’s not true, but I haven’t even seen a glimmer). A couple examples: nobody locks up their bikes. People leave the keys in their mopeds (a *very* popular mode of transportation here). I was walking down a riverside in Kaohsiung and there were 2 bikes just off to the side; one of them had an iPhone mounted near the handlebars…with music actively playing out of it….and there was legit NOBODY within sight of the thing. No worries of theft. it’s been a solid experience.
Mar 14, 2025 Meandering my way around the night markets, chasing the sun, mastering public transit (it’s really friggin good here), eating & drinking everything in sight, feverishly tossing my money into claw machine games that appear on every street block, temples, museums, parks, getting really good at playing charades instead of using my voice, beaches, art centers, historical districts, ratting around a tiny island on an electric moped, and pointing the google translate app at every menu & sign I can find. I was averaging 10 miles & 25,000 steps/day the first week here. IMO, the best way to explore a new city is to pick a destination an hour walking distance away and just start zig zagging your way there. Destinations: Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Xiaoliuqiu
