Name: Why He Chose Taiwan 跟朋友世界各地旅行後選擇在台灣??定居
Uploaded: 2024-09-08T15:01:35.000Z
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What brought you from one, to me, one of the most beautiful parts of the world to Taiwan?

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I convinced one of my buddies to backpack around the world with me.

Gerund

So we started in Europe, in the UK, and backpacked all the way through Europe and Asia, mostly over land without flying.

It was a great adventure, obviously, but Taiwan was always the end point of the journey.

Believe it or not, I like the political situation in Taiwan.

I feel like it's an interesting place to be because there's always kind of some tension.

Cole Fogle here, and today I am with, I'll let you introduce yourself.

From the West Coast, from Vancouver Island.

So what brought you from one, to me, one of the most beautiful parts of the world to Taiwan?

So after I graduated from university, I thought about starting a career as a teacher.

I have an education degree, and I was kind of poking around for jobs, but I thought, you know, I really like to travel.

This is my opportunity to travel before I settle into a career.

So I convinced one of my buddies to backpack around the world with me.

So we started in Europe, in the UK, and then backpacked all the way through Europe and Asia, mostly overland without flying all the way here.

We flew a couple of short flights, but that's it.

So how many countries would you say you visited?

It was a great adventure, obviously, but Taiwan was always the end point of the journey because before I left, I was thinking about maybe staying a year in Asia to teach, and I was researching Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan.

Obviously, I liked, believe it or not, I like the political situation in Taiwan.

I feel like it's an interesting place to be because there's always kind of some tension It fascinated me more than other places, and then just everything just sort of fit, the salary, the quality of life, the cost of living, all of these things.

And the biggest thing is one of my cousin's good friends and her boyfriend were living here in Kaohsiung.

They were already here, and they were leaving the same time that I was going to arrive.

So before I left on the trip, I arranged this all, and so I basically slid into their lives.

So I just arrived, and then they left, like, the next day.

You mean, like, your life was literally set out for you?

It was an easy transition for me, for sure.

So did that prevent culture shock a little bit?

No, because, well, okay, when I arrived at the airport, it was December 10, and ...

I was met at the airport by Lori's boyfriend, Nathan, and so we took a taxi back to the apartment, and he's like, all right, so here are the keys to the scooter, and here's the rental agreement for the apartment, and I'll take you and show you the job.

So he took me on the back of the scooter to the job, and I said hi, and, like, the next day, they left, right?

So I was thinking, okay, I better learn how to ride this scooter.

So I got on the scooter, and I just sort of got lost, and after, like, four hours, I think I drove halfway to Pingtung, and then I ...

So I eventually saw the 85 Sky Tower building in the distance, and I was like, that looks like Kaohsiung.

And so I drove that way, found my way back home.

I'm hearing your experience, I relate so much to it compared to some of the newer foreigners who come here who have the Google Map and all that.

Wasn't it exciting, though, getting lost?

And at this point, you didn't know the language, I'm assuming, at all, so you ...

Body language to communicate with people.

I didn't even have a cell phone at that time.

Because the phone is really what, like, changed things.

And so the person you were traveling with stayed as well?

In Hong Kong, he flew back home to Canada.

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