What precautions and suggestions do you have when traveling to Taiwan for graduation?

1. Transportation 1. ipass card/EasyCard and MRT are necessary for travel. They can be purchased at any MRT station and 7-ELEVEn. In fact, it is the Mainland Metro Card or the Hong Kong Octopus Card. In addition to taking the MRT (subway) and buses, the two cards can also be used for consumption at 7-ELEVEn and Family (convenience stores). It should be noted that you are not allowed to eat or drink in the MRT. Once you drank water or chewed gum (forgive my poor quality), someone came over to remind you very seriously, and you really didn't dare to do so after that. Taiwan's public transportation is not very developed and the price is not low (the superiority of socialism is reflected). Small cities like Changhua and Chiayi not only don't have subways, but also don't have many bus lines. If you can't bear to take a taxi, just go. It's not big in cities either. (Tainan is really a city with a big highway and inconvenient transportation)

The EasyCard is used in Taipei area; the iPass card is used in Kaohsiung area (the top is the EasyCard, the bottom is the iPass card, I The ipass is Jimmy’s limited edition O(∩_∩)O~)

2. Taiwan Youth Travel Card (poor card). This card can be applied for at the airport and important train stations and MRT stations (what (is important), just ask the airport staff. There is no charge for applying for the card, but you need to bring a document that can prove your age, such as an ID card, student ID card, etc. Why is it called poor card? Because the discounts it can provide are all for young budget travelers, and it can provide some discounts on accommodation and transportation, which I will talk about later in the Taiwan Railway section.

3. The food and tickets for Taiwan Railway and High Speed ??Rail (most of them are free of charge, and I have never seen tickets exceeding 10rmb) are really not expensive. When we go out to play, it costs about two-thirds of the time. The money is actually spent on transportation and accommodation, but the seats on the Taiwan Railway are really extremely spacious and comfortable. Compared with Taiwan's railway prices, mainland China's railway transportation prices are really conscientious (socialist superiority). It takes about five hours from Kaohsiung to Taipei, 800NTS (160RMB, at this price I can take about 29 hours in mainland China), and the high-speed train takes one and a half hours, 1600NTS (320RMB). It should be noted that the Taiwan Railway and the High-Speed ??Railway generally have branch stations (the same seems to be the case in mainland China now), so don’t get confused when checking routes. If you are really poor, you can save money by using the Taiwan Youth Travel Card (poor card) to buy a tr-pass train ticket. This ticket can be used to ride on any specific train type within a certain period of time (five days or ten days) (of course It is relatively slow, and the timing is not particularly good, such as late-night trains) without seats. With this ticket, you are generally guaranteed to have seats from Monday to Thursday, but there are definitely no seats on Friday, Saturday, and three days. I've only done it once, and it was very painful to take the bus on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (Did you notice the four big characters "Foreign Student" on the ticket:))

The same principle applies. Taiwan Railway's transportation capacity is also very tight on weekends, and there is no difference in price between seated and standing tickets, so you must Book tickets in advance (you can book tickets at 7-ELEVEn). 4. Compared with the Taiwan Railway, passenger buses are cheaper for the same distance, take a little longer, and are less comfortable. The capacity on weekends is also very tight. You also need to book tickets in advance, so I won’t go into details. 5. Motorcycles, bicycles and electric vehicles. If you are traveling in Kaohsiung, rent a bicycle (very cheap at 80NTS); if you go to Green Island and Kenting, rent an electric vehicle (400~800NTS). This will definitely greatly improve the quality of your travel.

But the most enjoyable thing is the motorcycle (you need a driver’s license to ride a motorcycle, so the tourist group is not allowed). I have ridden a Taiwanese friend’s motorcycle. The feeling of the engine vibrating under the crotch, the driving pleasure is really unmatched by electric vehicles :)