Accompany Me On My Journeys

While I am used to getting to the other end of the city in less than 20 Indian rupees, I find Taiwan expensive in that respect. Actually Taiwan is just super expensive for everything. The trains and bussed are air-conditioned, they have automated doors and swipe cards. The frequency of the buses is horrible in the towns, possibly one bus in an hour sometimes longer and the last bus from Taichung station is at 10.30 p.m. Hence most people travel by either cars, scooters and bicycles in Taiwan.

Getting from West to East Taiwan is another ordeal I have to figure out. There is no direct root, you have to go all the way up North or South and then go to East Taiwan. And transport and accommodation doesn't come cheap either. The road from the West to East has been destroyed by the 1999 earthquake and post that there have been incidents of rocks falling over cars on the road and crushing them. Due to lack of choice the Taiwanese choose safety over ease. The East is supposed to be really really beautiful, also dangerous as it is a highly earthquake prone region. Hence there are parts of it that remain undiscovered.



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