Visiting the Tiny Island With 24 Million People
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Published 2023-04-14
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I'm so happy to be back in Taiwan, one of my favorite nations in the world! I was invited here by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau to cover parts of the island that I never knew existed, which led me down to the countryside to visit a few indigenous tribes. Did you know that the indigenous Taiwanese were the original settlers of the Philippines and many other Pacific Islands? I was fascinated to learn about this!
Along the 4 day journey around Taiwan with Deanna, I found it fascinating to see the difference between rural life and city life, which became the concept of this story. We went to Taiwan's second-biggest city called Kaohsiung to uncover the differences between Taiwan’s rural areas and its bustling cities. I was mesmerized by the amazing temples and delicious food! Finally, we made our way to Taipei where I take you on a journey to understand the wacky (yet fun) culture and experience a night market - one of the singular best things about Taiwan.
This is my Taiwan story, go create yours: www.mytaiwanstory.com/
P.S. - There are a few minor corrections to the video that I want to make - thank you to those who helped fact-check!
1) At 1:40: Taiwan was under Japanese colonial rule from 1895 and left in 1945 at the end of World War II.
2) At 1:35: I misspoke - The Spanish and Dutch colonies were actually in the 17th century.
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All Comments (21)
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Any other Taiwan fans out there? I'd love to hear from you in the comments here!! And if you have any questions about visiting the island, please ask away and I'll get back to you!
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Im a Singaporean and this is why Taiwan is my favorite country in the whole world. I love the people, food, city, nightlife, climate, nature, religion, safety, music, literally everything i can ask for. And the only bad things are honestly not within their control, geopolitics and natural disasters
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As an Indian living in Taiwan, I think Taiwan is very diverse with many cultures and indigenous culture. I highly suggest you to visit the outlying islands in Taiwan, and go to hsinchu where the semiconductor industry booms.
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My favorite place in the world. I studied in Kaohsiung for 2 months last summer, and traveled the entire island. I just received a job offer in Taichung beginning in August. Knowing I’m about to live jn Taiwan feels like a dream. It’s the most beautiful place full of the most amazing people.
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As a Polish used to study in Taiwan, i can say it's one of my favorite countries! The food, the kind people, the landscapes, and the convenience, almost everything there got me missing them! After watching this i'm definitely considering revisiting there asap!
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I worked in Kaohsiung for 6yrs, I miss the food and my taiwanese second family..It was 15yrs ago and looking forward to visit my best friend again.Thanks Drew for this video.
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Taiwan is the most mountainous island in the world. Taiwan is considered to have the highest concentration of high mountains of any island in the world. In fact, 2/3rd of the island is covered in mountains. Even though Taiwan is subtropical, the peaks of these mountains receive snow in winter.
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Taiwan was one of the best places I’ve lived. When I first moved there I had a dream that the island was alive and it was female. It’s a magical place no doubt.
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I just visited Taiwan this month and it was a very peaceful and comforting place 🥺. Will come back in July!!
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I am from Northern Borneo of Malaysia, one of the tribe shares the similarities between the Taiwanese Indigenous tribe. Fortunate enough to travel all over Taiwan and explore around the East side where majority of the Indigenous live. Man, I feel like home but at the same time my brain can't sync because everyone speak mandarin instead of Borneo indigenous language (Dusun or Murut) but the look feels like I'm back home. When I tell them I am Northern Borneo Indigenous, suddenly everyone wanted to be friend with me and check whether our culture and custom shares the similarities... Indeed there's a similarities. Wish I can visit again and stay longer on the East side of Taiwan.
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Taiwan is so underrated! I was there in March and didn't expect to be one of my favorite countries. Very accessible, great food and the locals are so kind.
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Just watching the countryside of Taiwan takes all the stress away and brings a smile on my face….much love from India
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I was so lucky to meet you at the amazing Ding Tai Fung when you were in Taiwan! Still can't believe I happened to meet and take photos with my favorite traveling YouTuber! Hope you have enjoyed everything here! And thanks a lot for introducing the current situation and the culture of Taiwan to the world. Everything that can help us stand out is important to us. Everyone from this tiny island loves to show great hospitality to foreigners that visit here!❤
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I’m a big supporter of Taiwan - it's an amazing, independent, and fully democratic country that's definitely a hidden gem of Asia! Trust me, it's absolutely worth a visit!
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Omg I miss Taiwan so much, I spent 2 years to study there ❤ is like my second home, I will come back in the future!!
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Thank you for showing the wonders of this amazing, free country! Can’t wait to visit this beautiful, free nation for years to come.
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1:42 Correction: Japan did not take Taiwan after World War ll, it did in the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki after Japan's victory over the Qing Dynasty. Taiwan became apart of the ROC on the Mainland in 1945 after Japan lost WW2, however, after the Civil War the ROC on the mainland lost and moved to Taiwan.
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Love to the COUNTRY OF TAIWAN. from Republic of INDIA.
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Taiwan might be the most underrated countries in the world! It looks phenomenal! Love from the UK! 🇬🇧 🇹🇼 😃 😊
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Fun fact: Taiwan is considered by linguists to be the original homeland of the Polynesians, the place from they spread out over vast areas of the Pacific over thousands of years.
