I would appreciate it Mr @volv1992 if you would stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really think. 
Guy
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Iāve found Norwegians to be nice, much nicer than Swedes, even though they make more money than Swedes.
Came across this. No wonder why Britās are typically unfriendly people.
Didnāt they exile the least desirable members of their society to Australia? Imagine how much worse it could have been!
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Says the Canadian, whose ancestors begged to stay in the cold while the āleast desirableā got shipped off to paradise.
Enjoy your six-month winters and healthcare waitlists, mate weāll be over there barbecuing on the beach with electricity that actually works.
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No. Your post is misguided. Stabbing and all of that is on the money but the air in the UK is great, on the flip side its awful in Taiwan.
Its a joke to make a comparison of air quality between our countries.
From the ratings I see Taipei is not that much worse from London.
Howeverā¦ Iāll take a whiff of PM2.5 over a shiv to the lungs any day.
How about a vehicle driving into you?
Perhaps Comfy was doing a straight up comparison of air quality in the mid nineteenth century? If so, that would make complete senseāand be fully in line with his posts, which do seem to emerge mysteriously from another time and place.
Guy
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You and your flowery, meandering wish wash. In truth I do wish travel guides could be this succinct.
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Thank you @PeiHua-Connie for not continuing the now really tired trend of criticising everything British.
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But there are blue sandals and whisbih!
You shouldnāt rely on those stats then. The difference in air of UK and Taiwan are night and day.
In Taiwan the air quality ratings are often inaccurate. Ive checked them myself plenty of times when its said that its fine but you can barely see across Taipei due to all the air pollution.
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My grandma used to cook that for me before she passed through the pearly gates. Toad in the hole that is.
Interesting article and discussion here on tourism promotion of Taiwan for English speaking people, in particular the UK.
I have a class thatās about how to promote Taiwan in English, and one of the units is about tourism. We look at the pathetic abysmal failure of the governmentās tourism promotion and compare it with what foreigners from English speaking countries might actually find interesting in Taiwan. This particular effort to promote tea is better than a lot of other promotions Iāve seen from the tourism bureau, because it taps into that British love for tea, but still falls a bit flat I think.
I try to get students to focus on things that people here have already mentioned: history, culture, adventure tourism, nature. I practically have to scream in their faces that people are not coming here for the fucking food. Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan all have better food. I limit their tour packages to be about 10% maximum about food and they can only choose one night market. Of course people must eat while they are here and should try some stuff, but itās certainly not getting anyone to spend up to $2000 USD and 16 hours on a plane ticket just for that. Plus people from a major international city like London could probably find much of the food on offer in Taiwan somewhere in the city, if itās good enough. As writer and long time Taiwan resident John Ross Grant says about the whole food thing in Taiwan, if it were any good, it would be everywhere, not just a specialty particular to one very specific location. In the end, most of them do a decent job of putting together a tour package based on what I tell them will attract foreign tourists.
This thing with tea could be a worthwhile thing to do in the Alishan area if itās offered alongside the stunning scenery of the area plus the train ride. An interesting stopover and worthy of being on a Taiwan tour itinerary, but Iām not so sure if itās putting any asses in airplane seats heading to Taiwan.
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Maybe a casino would attract a lot of Britsā¦
They are better than before and getting cleaner.
Amazing those two guys just got on their bikes with the clothes on your back and stopped off at hotels on the way. No toiletries, phones, computers, change of clothes, etc.