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I actually found this place by posting on a Facebook group explaining who I was and what I was looking for (budget and what not). I think that would probably be the best way to get a few decent options. Oddly enough I just moved out of this home yesterday, so maybe it’s back on the market! Haha

台大 “Taida” is also known as NTU “National Taiwan University” and I think that fee your thinking of is for their more premier program known as ICLP which is kind of a crazy price if you ask me…. Although I hope to try one day 🤣 they have a cheaper program albeit less intensive that is more common, it’s called CLD~ In general three month group courses tend to hover around 30,000 in my experience. You can also consider other cities, I am enrolling in a course down in Tainan this week at 成功大學 it looks quite promising!

@@Travelingjoe Thank you. Very helpful, especially as the Taiwanese universities' websites seem to not work. What course would you recommend for a beginner coming to Taipei specifically to learn Chinese? Something with the Practical Audio-Visual Chinese books you prefer perhaps? The textbooks are near impossible to find in England. I am hoping three months intensive study should get me started with basic language enough to continue learning.

@QuoVadistis I think there are two many textbooks that I have seen used, most recently I have used the series “A Course in Contemporary Chinese” which I think is pretty good. I am actually about to start a comprehensive program down at NCKU (Tainan) this Monday, it looks even more promising than the schools in Taipei. In fact I would probably suggest if language learning is the priority to maybe consider studying outside of Taipei. Your cost of living will be lower and you would have more opportunities to speak the language as there are less English speakers~ Maybe after a few weeks I can update how the program down at NCKU is~

Definitely agree with you about Tianmu!

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much! I Didi was the highlight of the house for sure! I myself am moving to Kaohsiung next week so I am back to house hunting again, hope we can both find something amazing~ !

@@Travelingjoe Well if you don't mind I will hit you up from time to time just to check ✅ on the area's that offers the most for your buck 💸 and the surrounding areas!! That👍🏽 again and Happy 😁 House Hunting!!

加油！You can come to Taiwan to keep studying for sure, I think the opportunity to learn mandarin is one of the best reasons to live in Taiwan~

Thank you so much, there is still so much left to explore!

If it were me I would do about 30% dedicated study towards the specific test and 70% speaking practice (either 1v1 or small group lessons). I think the most important thing is getting tons of speaking practice in~!

謝謝，真的好恐怖！😳

I just checked and apparently it was moved by the owner in 2023, I just realized as well~ 😞

It is pretty much a makeshift kitchen~ Many apartments and studios will either lack kitchens altogether or have small kitchenettes

@@Travelingjoe for me that’s tough. I cook all three meals and would be miserable eating out health wise. I’d have to wait and buy a high end apartment in Daan area that has a kitchen

You know, I cannot remember… wouldn’t be surprised if they were~ apologies for my bad memory!

@@Travelingjoe ok thx bro

I am attending one now named "ShuoHao" and it's not bad!

That sounds awesome! If you are participating then good luck at the games~!

I remember it was the price, ultimately after consulting with the doctor decided the price jump wasn’t worth it for me. It’s been probably a year or two now and everything is still going well!

@@Travelingjoe cheers. From what I gather, SMILE is better if you have dry eyes, is less invasive, and has a faster recovery. I’m going to go for a consultation at the same clinic you used. Thanks for the info and video. You have a nice channel.

I think NTU is still a good choice, especially if you are just starting out in Mandarin. The location is good and it is a good entry into Taipei and opportunity to meet people. As far as the age, it is a bit of a younger crowd (oldest I noticed was mid-thirties). The quality really depends a lot on the teacher/classmates. The classroom next to me seemed to be having a great time and was more interactive (I think I was just in a shy class). The visitor visa will get you there (basically you can keep extending the visitors visa depending on if you continue studying or not). You could try it out for one semester and then change it up if you didn’t feel it was a good fit~

@@Travelingjoe Thanks for the infos man

Probably about the same, it’s a bit out of the city center so more affordable. Also it’s a “rooftop structure” (cough cough not technically legal) which lowers the cost.

There is ! (Taipei especially) A lot of people come here not knowing any Mandarin at all and are just fine. Not to mention you will likely pick up the basics pretty quick~

They both have advantages, it really all depends on the teacher and classmates. Hopefully you can get a good group of talkative people and an outgoing teacher. I went with the group lessons because they are cheaper though. If I were you I would probably do intensive group lessons and then find a private tutor or language exchange partner to practice more with I think. (unless you can afford the ICLP program then do that) haha

哎唷，我常常拼錯這個詞！😩

@@Travelingjoe 地名才用「馬祖」，神名則用「媽祖」， 沒關係，我已經原諒你了😂，因為你是外國人。

Hope you made it! There should be a lot of people down on the river, its relatively close to the center of town so you will certainly see it~ (Hopefully they have not closed it off)

We rented a car, I think it is probably the easiest way to get back and forth between spots. Although some people prefer scooters!

There isn't a link that I know of, just a landlord renting it out privately. This was one of the better places I have seen around though, the bathtub and balcony surprised me as well!

There are requirements but they depend on the school, you should check out their website for more precise info! cld.liberal.ntu.edu.tw/en/index.html

If you are looking for English friendly rooms and landlords then I really suggest joining the Facebook groups ! They are called like “roommates in Taipei” or “housing in Taiwan” things like that. (Also it’s easier to find short-term rentals via Facebook). If you want to find housing with a local landlord then I suggest a website named “591”, this is pretty much the top website for finding housing here. The downside it’s not very English friendly~

@@Travelingjoe Thanks for this tip! I will be studying Mandarin while i'm there, but it will be a while before i'm functionally fluent enough to speak the local language.

Sounds awesome, where will you study?

Thank you, it was fun to make!

Hey there! You know I can not really remember... however it is likely directly from youtube's music selection~

The price would be the same no matter resident or visitor, you could likely find an even more competitive price than I did. I think it could make sense because it’s about half the price of surgery back in USA, half vacation half eye clinic trip sounds nice ~

@@Travelingjoe Thank you for your reply. I presume one must plan for at least a 3-4 weeks stay for post surgery care and monitoring, right?

I had to do a check up once a week for four weeks, however I am not sure it is necessary beyond the first week. After the first checkup or so, they just give you eye drops. So I think it wouldn’t be a stretch if you wanted to cut down and maybe do a week or so~

@@Travelingjoe Thanks. Do you need to book far ahead for the first appointment? Can you just walk in? And how long do you have to wait to do the actual operation?

@@ytubby2008 You can call ahead or just walk in to schedule a consultation. At consultation they will tell you if yo are suitable for the procedure and then schedule the procedure for a week or two afterwards. It is really really quick, the procedure itself only takes about 5 minutes or so.

It was super easy, we just had to wait in the harbor for a little bit for immigration to open in the morning. A cool way to get back and forth~

I bought mine online and it was pretty convenient, I am pretty sure you could buy them at the terminal as well so long as they had space on the ferry~