English libraries - in a corner of the big public libraries English language Radio
- ICRT,
on FB
- Radio Taiwan International
- Etaiwan-news , Taiwan Today ,
Taipei Times
Mo | Tu | Wed | Thu | Fri | 5 | Sat
| Sun | 7 |
| TaiwanHOT LINKS : Some useful stuff
TOURISM
DIRECTORIES
- main newsblog
Couch Surfing Forums (sometimes hidden on FB)
- Complainers are moving to bewelcome.org only 1 member or forums are active
- South East Asia Forum
- Taiwan Forum
- Around 2010 a redesign screwed up the CS website, so check FB Group Couch Surfing Taiwan quite active
FB PAGE CouchSurfing Taiwan quite active, mostly Chinese
Hitchwiki Taiwan or from couchwiki.org no page
- wikivoyage Taiwan
- LP Taiwan no info ..
Madeira LP Forum thorntree thorntree Forum not much
| EVENTS
Best list
?? Where are the interesting events ?? I can't find much by searching in English .Yes there is food and temple stuff but nothing I am interested in
- see meetup.com
- official tourist site doesn't have a comprehensive list of events - Their FB page has events
- eventaiwan.tw has nothing
Taichung March 2015 Taiwan Lantern Festival and Orchid Show Posted in Taichung
- 3/5-3/15 11-day ICRT LIVE Broadcast@Taichung Lantern Festival ..probably
not interesting to me.
- from Taiwan Today not much
- Taipei Times almost nothing
| Clubs
Want to practice English ?
check groups for Cultural and languages exchange meeting ( CLEM ) checked on Google and FB NONE active
but there is always similar on Meetup taipei
- Babel's meetups are NOT language lessons, we just meet, talk and have fun together while making new friends. - no group find
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- Expat Forums
- alloexpat.com Taiwan not very active apart from news not many posts
- Forumosa is by far most active eg
Good events list- also worth checking the regional lists not comprehensive Taiwan Events Calendar ; Events in Taiwan Calendar
-Tealit - taiwan forum consider editor list
- Anglo info Taipei need to check properly - NOT rest of Taiwan
- expatexchange.com not active TW - britishexpats.com nothing found for TW - expatfocus.com nothing found for TWToo many Asia TA & VT to keep track - TA Madeira_Islands loads of posts TA Madeira Forum the busiest forum - TA Funchal travel guide is hidden away (not on the main Funchal page) Useful cos already answers most of peoples questions that they post in the forum...can't edit from Internet Explorer TA FUNCHAL Forum - VT Madeira island ..some under province also VT Madeira island Forum quite active
- VT Funchal Guide
VT Funchal Forum on VT
(renamed TRAVEL ANSWERS)
| JOBS
Hi, English guy hanging out , looking for live-in job.
Engineer & internet expert, but with wide variety of experience from farmwork to festivals, taught English in 7 countries.
Super flexible Not afraid of work or dirt, ..but not all artistic... and I don't work for mafia.
- Forumosa has 2 classified sections : teaching, other work
- 104.com Taiwan jobsite use terms like English, engineer to search for listings in English - ohjobbank.net on ICRT
- justlanded.com some beware only top of page is jobs rest is ads and most are people looking for work
- employment Agencies list not found
Gov employment Offices ??
| Volunteer Jobs checked
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11 Volunteer jobs
inc Hippy guy has student hostel in Cijin
Another place in Nantou webpage,
blog
There is ECF but it is a church
- WWOOF Taiwan is an alternative to staying at a hostel You pay by working half the day on the organic farm. maybe 100 places
- From Helpx.net 26 ..inc Global Village ..is it a Canadian cult ?
VOLUNTEER check vfp.org- but
UK site has better search to filter out younger age projects
| Pingtung
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Translates Events list - Events List
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