November Expenses

Life in Taipei has been a lot of fun but it can get expensive very fast if we're not careful...

Review of Christmasland in New Taipei City 2018

If you're a foreigner living in Asia, then Christmas can be a bit different. But there are festivities here...

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

Will I spend more money in Taiwan compared to my home country? Less money?

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: Yilan Jiaoxi hotsprings

We love the hotsprings here so went to Yilan Jiaoxi again where there are great hotsprings. 

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This time we went to chuang-tang hot spring hotel, which is only minutes from the train station.

We were fortunate to get a view of the train station from our window, our son who loves cars and trains was so excited to watch the trains go by. 

We were fortunate to get a view of the train station from our window, our son who loves cars and trains was so excited to watch the trains go by. 

This time around we pretty much just spent the whole time in Jiaoxi at the hotel as it has a great children's play area at their hot spring facilities and in the hotel where you get to drive toy cars for kids under 15 kg I believe. Here's the hotel's official website's descriptions of their children's play area. 

https://www.chuang-tang.com.tw/bathhouse_spa/parent-child-play-area/

However, if you don't want to break the bank, here's a cheap option for hotspring hotel in Jiaoxi in our video below: