You know you are in Taiwan when…

Find out some of the most unusual things I’ve seen while I was living in Taiwan.

When you visit a new country for the first time it’s very easy to notice all the weird and interesting stuff. I think this is one of the reasons why traveling is so exciting: you get to see so many new things and you realize that there are many ways to do the same things.

What happens, though, when you live abroad is that after a while you get used to all the “weird things.” You won’t notice them anymore… Well, at least this is what happened to me when I moved to Taiwan (here my travel guide).

But just to remind me that what I saw almost every day around me was very unusual, at least in other places in the world, I decided to write this post…

But after all, this is maybe just an excuse for me to share a part of my life with you. Enjoy it!

You know you are in Taiwan when…

You wonder: why should you walk your dog or cat when you can just walk your rabbit?!

You realize that all you know about marketing doesn’t really matter in Taiwan… After all: why should you use attractive ads to advertise ice cream when the poop-shaped ice cream sells so well?

You find out about fruits you have never heard of before such as wax apple, dragon fruit, star fruit, and custard apple. Meanwhile, apples are considered exotic and quite expensive.

You see this on a regular basis…

There’s no better place to dry your noodles than on the road, is there?

As soon as you see this picture you realize that this is obviously not a plant… but a chocolate ice cream.

Dogs, cats, rabbits and…pigs… There’s no limit to the pets that you can have in the city…

At the bus stop you find free tea.

You thought that the first class was only on airplanes and trains but then you try the first class on the bus with reclining seats and TVs.

Dog is the best friend of man…

For some crazy reason you decide to take a walk in a night market during the Chinese new year and it takes 5 minutes to walk just 10 meters…

You finally find the solution to the biggest problem of mankind: how to eat without having to wash the dishes…

Forgetting where you parked the scooter is not a good idea if you don’t want to spend 3 hours looking for it in the basement of a mall …

It’s quite commond to find pianos in the hospitals…

Orchids grow everywhere.

More “street food”.

More “pets”…

You find out that Bumble Bee is a transformers that spend the week fighting the Decepticon, but on weekends is a nice caregiver…Well done!…

Not many know there in Taiwan there are several ethinc groups. Some of them used to be headhunters.

Formosa Boulevard: one of the most colorful subways stations in the world.

In Taiwan all you know about road safety it’s useless…

Well, safety first… but only if it’s your dog…

Well, where to begin with this…

This actually reminds me of China…

In Taiwan old people are always doing some stretching.

You know that life in Taiwan has a different pace and even macaques sit down and admire a beautiful sunset…

But most of all, you know you are in Taiwan when you realize that what you will miss more about it is the people. They enjoy life with simple things like flying kites.

And what about you? What is the weirdest thing you have ever seen while traveling?

Here is an article about what you can do in Kaohsiung and here is an article about the Lotus Pond Park in Kaohsiung. Here is my guide to moving abroad and starting a new life.