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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet
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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet

Taiwan Data Sheet
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Sup players. I have finally returned from Taiwan, and here's my data sheet for you all.

I stayed around 3 weeks in this great country, I traveled with around 10 classmates, so I had a great time with my buddies, experienced new things that I'll never forget, got to meet new people and places, but well, lets get to the point.

During my stay in Taiwan I visited two cities, which are Taipei and Hsinchu. Hsinchu was the city I stayed at, so I'm going to cover that before Taipei, but first, some general info.

Basic Stuff
Currency: NT ($1 USD ~ 28.7900 NT)
Flight duration from LA to Taipei: Aprox. 13 hours.
Primary spoken language: Chinese Mandarin
Primary written language: Traditional Chinese
Average temperature: ~31 C, very huimid as well. (Its like fucking hell, the only fucking thing I dont miss)

Hsinchu City (新竹市)

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Getting There: If you are in Taipei airport, you will need to take a bus to the Taipei Bus Station. From there you can buy a ticket ride to Hsinchu which costs around 105 NTs. The bus ride is pleasant but long, it takes around an hour and a half to get to Hsinchu, so this is a good moment to sleep if you are tired.

The Hotel:

The hotel I stayed at is called The Chief Hotel. A bit shitty but nothing out of the ordinary, except that it seems its a key place for couples who want to have sex, since we saw a lot of couples go in and out, and we also heard sounds from the other rooms, it was hilarious. Overall I'd say it fits your needs. I think this hotel charges around 400 NT per night.

One good thing about this hotel is that its right in front of a mini night market, there are tons of places to eat just at minutes walking distance, and theres a delicious tea shop just beside it! This hotel is key for gaming as well, since you're only 5 minutes walking distance from the NTHU (National Tsing Hua University) campus, where you can practice your daygame. The insignificant distance between the hotel and campus make logistics not be a problem at all.

National Tsing Hua Campus: Great for daygaming, its a fucking huge campus with beautiful taiwanese girls ranging on the scale. There are around 3 lagoons which can be a nice attraction addition for a date or just for chilling.

Transportation: Main transportation for the citizens here are scooter motorcycles. There are literally more than 200 scooters parked in a single street, its insane. You gotta watch out for them as well when you're walking, because these taiwanese people can't drive for shit, and they use the sidewalks just like pedestrians do.

Now the best option for tourists would be the buses. Buses to downtown are free and you can pick them up almost anywhere, specially near the NTHU Main Gate:
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You can also find the buses to Taipei near the main gate too, as well as their respective ticket booths. Be careful when buying One Way Only tickets! Look for the arrow and you'll know.

新竹 ⇔ 臺北市 or 台北市
Here's the link for the NTHU MainGate in Google Maps, be sure to activate Street View!
NTHU MainGate Google Maps Link


Cabs are an option too, but they are a little expensive. 80% of the taxi drivers don't speak english, so that can be a huge problem.

Food: One of the best things about Hsinchu, the food is ridiculously cheap! You can eat like a king (and im not talking Burger King here) for aprox. 100 NT or even less! The food places near the hotel are great example of this. Be sure to try Teppanyaki, Wasabi, Oysters, Stinky Tofu, Noodles before leaving!

Beer: We bought most of our beer at the 7-elevens (which you can find at any street corner, almost literally true) which had very nice prices. The most popular beer are the Taiwan Beer and Heineken. You can get a six pack of Taiwan beer for ~140 NT.
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The Girls And The Women
Girls in Hsinchu are very pretty, really hot girls are not very common. But if you have a weird strong fetish (like I do) for asian girls, you will feel like in paradise.

Like a well educated player, I did my homework and started pipelining 2 weeks prior departure from my country. I pipilined only through Couch Surfing, I managed to line up and number close around 8 girls. But I had very little time to get to meet all of them, I did managed to go out with 2 of them though. I ran usual game and kino, but never got pass the kiss close. These girls were very very conservative (A very huge disadvantage of Hsinchu, unlike in Taipei), however I did managed to get my flag, and not from the couchsurfing pipelining.

Another weird but interesting thing that me and my buddies noted: We saw in a semi-regular basis very hot taiwanese girls with really beta/nerdy/geeky/chode/[insert beta trait here] guys. Now the reason for this, I never got to find out. The couchsurfing girls shared a little insight on it but I wasn't buying it.

I also noted that most of these girls are not used to getting approached, the lack of trust that emanates from them is very evident, I still managed to get a few laughs from them though, which is always good. However, if they see that you're having trouble with something (for example, using the chopsticks) they will politely try to help you out, and this is when you gotta strike.


The Night Life

Hsinchu night life revolves mostly around the night markets, people love to go to eat to these restaurants with bright signs, night clubs/discos here are not very common.

Still I had the opportunity to go to a nightclub called Savage (link here) that was hosting a Latin Party, it was a blast, and there is where I met my Taiwanese flag. If you are foreigner and know how to dance, you're gonna kill it here. Most of the chinese can't dance for shit, they just jump and fist pump, hell I don't remember ever seing Jersey Shore at the hotel TV.

When I took the girls and lead them to the dancefloor, the faces on the chinese girls who were sitting at the tables bored shitless was priceless, they were practically begging for being asked out to the dance floor. People looked at us like we were Michael Fucking Jackson or something, it felt really good, but then again it was a Latin Party, and me and my friends made to put some presence at the place.

Overall Pros and Cons
Pros:
  • Ridiculously cheap food and alcohol.
  • Barely any transportation expenses.
  • Most needs are at walking distances.
  • Very pretty taiwanese women.
  • Free entrance for daygame practice court (NTHU campus)
  • Not to far from Taipei.
  • Logistics are not a problem.
  • Convenience stores at every corner, open 24/7.
  • Street crime is basically non-existent, you wont get mugged.
Cons:
  • Temperature is fucking horrible, its a nightmare.
  • Grown up people barely speak english, specially cab drivers. Young adults/teens are very likely to speak english though.
  • Girls are very conservative.
  • Using your game to your fullest potential can be futile due to language barrier.
  • Lack of nightclubs and nightlife.
Useful Chinese:
Some chinese that might be useful to you. Note: These are simplified chinese characters.
你好: Nihao -> Hello
谢谢: Xiexie -> Thank you
对不起: Duibuqi -> Excuse me
再见: ZaiJian -> Goodbye
你会说英语吗?: Ni hui shuo yingyu ma? -> Do you speak english?

If you are having trouble with pronunciation, use Google Translate to help you.

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So, this is my Hsinchu data sheet. Keep in mind though, that this is just a data sheet. I will share my stories and experiences at my blog, I'll post here for a new blog post regarding my experience in Taiwan, you'll enjoy the stories and the pictures I took as well!

I had a blast and its a trip I will never forget.

Coming next, my data sheet on Taipei, stay tuned.
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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet

Nice report, was there few years back and could not get my flag.

What was really awkward there is those Betel Nut girls which sells those nuts, they practically looks like hookers and quite attractive ones, I was also wrongly thought saw and even asked their price...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo7ZkLwkng

http://www.google.co.il/search?q=taiwan+...d=0CBsQsAQ
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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet

Quote: (07-23-2011 02:05 PM)Marco Wrote:  

Nice report, was there few years back and could not get my flag.

What was really awkward there is those Betel Nut girls which sells those nuts, they practically looks like hookers and quite attractive ones, I was also wrongly thought saw and even asked their price...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo7ZkLwkng

http://www.google.co.il/search?q=taiwan+...d=0CBsQsAQ

Yes, that really surprised me and my friends the first day we went out and get to know the streets. From what I saw most Betel Nut girls are really beautiful and hot, but I didn't have the chance to go to the place and engage in conversation with one of them.
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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet

Fret, cool report! You being Hispanic from Honduras, what vibe did you get from Taiwanese women in general? Were they eager to fuck you or could care less about your Latin looks?

Mixx
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Hsinchu, Taiwan Data Sheet

Quote: (07-25-2011 10:23 AM)MiXX Wrote:  

Fret, cool report! You being Hispanic from Honduras, what vibe did you get from Taiwanese women in general? Were they eager to fuck you or could care less about your Latin looks?

Mixx

谢谢Mixx. I got very good vibes for being Hispanic, you get more eye contact stablishments easier and alot of eye-fucking too, adding the fact that taiwanese dudes don't do justice to these babes helps even more as well.

Despite that, I wouldn't say they were eager to fuck you, even if they were, it seems that culture plays a big part in their decission with having sex with you or not. During my stay I learned that these chicks limit their talks about sex, nobody makes out in public (but I did, and it felt good. She was loving it too, its like she was showing off her latin trophy, lawl). So even if she's all into you, and she's moaning like hell and makes rodent noises and her pussy is soaking wet, the probability for LMR is still very high, its all related with the culture.

Bear in mind though, this applies best in Hsinchu, Taipei is a different story. Definitely much easier but you still gotta put in alot of work and tight game, because chicks are way hotter, and there is more competition because you're not going to be the foreigner anymore.
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