November Expenses

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Review of Christmasland in New Taipei City 2018

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The Cost of Moving to Taiwan: The First Month

How much does it cost to move a family overseas? One important question to consider when moving abroad is: How much will this international move cost?

How to compare cost of living between countries

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Toy bank - aka the Taipei City Parenting Resource Center

Those of you who are parents probably know that kids tire of toys very quickly. So the Taipei city government has this great resource for parents with kids ages 0-6 years old, the toy rental bank!

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Travel adventures: Keelung's badouzi daping shore

 So family came to visit us so we went to the very rocky shores of badouzi with fun tidal pools.

We used Aiky's youtube channel to take the 2088 bus from city hall station on the blue line. It took around 1.5 hours from our house. 

The video helped us to figure out how to get onto the water front. 


We consulted the tide chart to make sure we'd be able to go onto the rocks. It is very rocky and slippery here so we recommend some good beach shoes. You can use nets and we saw people snorkeling here too so we might do that next time we go again. 


There are a lot of interesting rocks, including one that's suppose to look like a seal but I didn't find it. 


My kids liked searching for little sea creatures here. We saw some people with nets and buckets but people will put them back into the ocean before they leave.