This first blog is parts from an email I just sent out to friends and family! First off: The Weird things in Taiwan ~ Taiwanese pick their nose in public!! SICK ~ NO flushing toilet paper ~ Laws are suggestions only, no one follows them ~ No chewing gum, drinking, or eating on the subway...we saw 2 foreigners get tickets ~ Cheese is hard to find and very expensive ~ Restaurants are as cheap as buying groceries ~ There is a 7 eleven on almost every corner ~ McDonald's has rice cakes for buns ~ Nobody buys things in stores, just night markets ~ You cannot drink the water, you must find a giant water cooler ~ They like to stare and point at me ~ Everything is sooo cheap here ~ Stray dogs are everywhere,
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