The tap water here is not drinkable, you either boil water or drink bottled water. We're spoiled in NYC with excellent drinking water, spend a little time boiling you drinking water and you will come to appreciate how nice it is to have clean drinking water.
The exchange rate is a bit wacky..to get out the equivalent of about $300 US.. I had to take $10,000 NT out of the cash machine.. took a cab ride this afternoon and it was $90 NT or about $3 dollars.. takes a little time to get used to.
It's humid here.. damp and humid most of the time.. you smell mildew everywhere.. hard to avoid I guess.
The MRT uses a card similar to the Metrocard in NYC, just add money to the card and use it to enter and exit the trains, but the card here just needs to be waved over a panel on the turnstyle for it to register.. the cards are more permanent and solid like a credit card, you don't dispose of them ever, just keep filling them up..
In the US we have Hurricanes, here in Asia they have Typhoons, same thing, different name, we have a Typhoon hitting us over the next few days but seems like it will mostly bring a lot of rain.
Lot's of American TV here. With Chinese sub-titles.
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