Enuf said, give me 1 day of full on rain, and 6 dry rather than this light misty stuff with the occasional shower, which is what we have been getting. No doubt more in the mountain areas around Taipei and Keelung.
Time to get on that train and head south. Looks the first week of December is telling us that this is what December is going to look like in Taipei.
I even checked the weather in Luzhou thinking Guan Yin Shan was ok to ride on Sunday…and it was raining,
Like…wtf.
Sorry, everyone. I personally love this kind of weather. Wish it got a little colder though…
It’s 3-4 degrees warmer in Taitung; cloudy and windy.
I hate ya.
Today, I ran an errand in Tianmu. It was sunny. I left work. It was clear, no rain. Got to Xindian… rainy, windy, cold cold cold…
I want to move somewhere the humidity does not flow down the walls…
Move to Xinjhang
Anywhere south of Miaoli will do you just fine. Please send us a postcard when you get there 
you know the truth is, as far as skin health goes it seems humid climate is better.
In the states I often had problems with cracking skins, chapped lips, etc. because it was so dry. Especially in the winter when everyone uses forced air heating (which sucks moisture like you wouldn’t believe). It felt far worse than highly humid weather like Taiwan. Like it was actually painful at times.
I know how that feels. I have skin allergies and had to have the humidifier on all winter.
I think my main complaint with the humidity is that clothes don’t ever dry, rust, mold and the cold seeping into your bones. I still remember those days last year? Maybe two years ago, when it rained 10 days straight and the temp didn’t go up any further than 14-16 in Taipei. I never thought the day would come when I needed to use the heat function on my AC unit.
You need to get a dryer. I know most Taiwanese don’t use dryers but honestly I find line drying clothing to take up space, and in most weather or sealed balcony the clothing ends up smelling weird. I have one of those front loader with drying function and I use it all the time. Doesn’t even affect electricity bill in the very least. Those things are designed to be efficient.
I’d get one of those honestly.
I remember that time, and even worse, my partner was away, and I couldn’t read the Chinese on the A/C Remote to turn the heat on, so it was just more layers of clothes.
Can attest to this. Not seeing much change in our electricity bill and we run the thing every few days with a full load that takes 2 hours, lol.
But no more musty, damp clothes to deal with. Best purchase I’ve made since moving here, I think.
I mean if you’re running a laundromat and running an industrial clothes dryer 24/7 then sure you’ll see a huge difference in your electricity bill.
But you run them for 2 hours at best every week. Feeding off of a 110v line there’s only so much electricity it can draw.
Plus the heat from those front loading washer comes from a heat pump and it has a very weak heating element to supplement that. It isn’t drawing very much, not anymore than a Tatung rice cooker.
This or ride Taiwan on Rouvy…
I’ve got a dish dryer in my kitchen for some reason. Do you think it could be repurposed?
No.
Unless you’re drying one underwear at a time, no way dish dryers will even come close to drying your clothe. Not enough airflow, not enough heat.
At least if it’s the dish dryer I see that is common in Taiwan and not a dishwasher that are commonly seen in the US. Even that one won’t dry a pair of jeans at all. You might start a fire or something though. It works about as well as drying clothes with hair dryers.
Buy one used if you don’t have money. They’re not that expensive.
Or dry your clothes in a sealed room with a dehumidifier. It will dry about as quickly as they do in the summer.
One of my coworkers retired, got herself a nice farm in Tainan outskirts. Her doggies went from cold mountain apartment here in Xindian to sunny veggie garden, trees, chasing chickens…
Her FB posts make me wanna cry.
Coin laundry, 30 NTD each load. Set at highest temp.