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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taiwan (hugely underrated, let the crowds go to Japan).  Beaches in Indonesia or Malaysia.  [/quote]
Any specific recommendations for Taiwan?[/quote]

Obviously a few days in Taipei - do the night markets, see Taipei 101 (it's an engineering marvel) and go to the top to see the view and the mass dampener, get up early and do the xiangshan elephant mountain trial hike to get another great view, get up early another morning and see the scooter waterfall, Chiang Kai Shek memorial, walk through the beautiful and very instagrammable old streets (look at a map), visit a few temples, get lost and find some teas to try and beef noodles.

Spend one day going to Jiufen by train. You can also stop at Houtong Cat Village if you think they'd like that.

Another day you could do Beitou hot springs for something unique or do Alishan National Park where you can see incredible nature or take a train ride around to see a lot. Definitely get some tea there.

That should be more than enough for 5-7 days. You can the head to the beach somewhere in Malaysia, Indonesia, or even the Philippines.  If you don't want to make multiple flights, there are plenty of beach towns too in Taiwan. But the countries have better ones.

Taiwan is insanely safe and very clean. Not a speck of graffiti anywhere and very little trash on the street. You basically don't have to worry about violent crime. We never worry about being scammed or pick pocketed in Taiwan unlike Europe. Language barrier is harder, but there's enough English to skate by. Use a translator app or point.  It's fine. We also like Taiwan because the people are super welcoming and are friendly.  Korea and Japan have welcoming and very polite people, but you can and do encounter virulent xenophobia there some times. Some times Korean and Japanese people can be very cold, and everything can be very formal to the point of suffocation. Many times Koreans, especially the older ones, will shove you out of the way with a scowl on their face in public areas like the trains.  Taiwanese are super laid back and way less formal.  Taiwan is sometimes described as a cross between China and Japan, which is kinda apt (since that's their history).  So if you want flavors of Japan, you'll still get it in Taiwan. [/quote]

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