Name: 去過中國的外國人第一次來到臺灣會有什麼驚奇的發現呢？一起看下去！ (First Impressions of TAIWAN (Surprising!))
Uploaded: 2024-10-05T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 12 min 51 s

It's Doug, and I'm coming to you from Taipei, Taiwan, and there is a storm a-brewin'.

我是道格，我正在臺灣臺北為您報道，這裡正在醞釀一場風暴。

In this video today, I want to hit the streets and give you guys my first impressions, my raw, unfiltered impressions of what it's like here in Taiwan in 2024.

在今天的視頻中，我想上街給你們看看我的第一印象，我對 2024 年臺灣的原始印象。

And then tomorrow, I'm going to be meeting up with the tourism board of Taipei City and going to show you all of the highlights of this city, from the hotels to the restaurants, the things to do, the So, yesterday, I flew here from Istanbul, Turkey, and then from the airport, I took a train right to this station here in the center of Taipei, Taipei Main Station.

明天，我將與臺北市觀光局會面，向你們展示這座城市的所有亮點，從酒店到餐廳，從可做的事情到其他。 昨天，我從土耳其伊斯坦布爾飛到這裡，然後從機場乘火車來到臺北市中心的這個車站--臺北車站。

Now, a lot of people say apparently that it looks like a pizza hut.

現在，很多人都說它看起來像披薩小屋。

I think it's meant to be like a modern take on a traditional Chinese building.

我認為這就像是對中國傳統建築的現代演繹。

Either way, I think it looks pretty cool.

無論如何，我都覺得它看起來很酷。

It brought me right here to the center of the city.

You know, it's interesting because if you're an avid viewer of the channel, then you will know that I went to mainland China earlier this year, and I have a whole series of videos from over there.

你知道，這很有趣，因為如果你是頻道的忠實觀眾，你就會知道我今年早些時候去了中國大陸，我在那裡拍攝了一整套視頻。

You can go check them out at the playlist at the top of the screen if you haven't seen those yet.

如果你還沒看過，可以到螢幕上方的播放列表中查看。

But now, coming here to Taiwan, it's also Chinese, and similar, but at the same time, totally different.

但現在，來到臺灣，這裡也是中國，也有相似之處，但同時又完全不同。

So it's going to be interesting to compare and contrast the two.

是以，將兩者進行對比會很有趣。

Is Taiwan a country, or is it part of China?

臺灣是一個國家，還是中國的一部分？

That's a big question, and if I've learned anything in my four years on YouTube, it's that I shouldn't really answer those questions here, because it'll make people very angry.

這是個大問題，如果說我在 YouTube 四年學到了什麼，那就是我不應該在這裡回答這些問題，因為這會讓人們非常生氣。

So I'll let you come to your own conclusions.

所以，我會讓你們自己得出結論。

However, one thing I can say for sure about Taiwan is that it functions as a de facto independent country.

不過，有一點我可以肯定，那就是臺灣實際上是一個獨立的國家。

They have their own currency, their own government, their own military.

他們有自己的貨幣、政府和軍隊。

So it is de facto functioning as an independent country.

是以，它實際上是作為一個獨立國家在運作。

If you don't know how Taiwan came to be like this, well, a very brief history lesson.

如果您不知道臺灣是如何變成這樣的，那麼，我可以給您上一堂非常簡短的歷史課。

Back in the 1940s, there was a civil war in China.

20 世紀 40 年代，中國發生了內戰。

The nationalists fled over here to Taiwan and started this system, and the communists stayed over on the mainland, and they have the People's Republic of China.

國民黨人逃到臺灣，建立了這一制度，共產黨人留在大陸，建立了中華人民共和國。

There's the People's Republic of China, the communist one.

還有中華人民共和國，即共產主義國家。

And obviously, you know, you hear about it in the news a lot.

很明顯，你知道，你經常在新聞中聽到這件事。

I'm very hungry, and I'm back in Asia, so it's time to eat another bowl of beef noodles.

我很餓，又回到了亞洲，是時候再吃一碗牛肉麵了。

Alright, that was delicious, and look at that.

One thing I'm very happy about is that the third wave coffee scene here in Taipei seems to be alive and well.

有一件事讓我非常高興，那就是臺北的第三波咖啡風潮似乎正在蓬勃興起。

I've already been to a couple great coffee shops.

我已經去過幾家很棒的咖啡館了。

However, one thing to be aware of is that they might not always have their menus in English like the one that I just went to.

不過，需要注意的一點是，這些餐廳的菜單不一定都是英文的，就像我剛去的那家餐廳。

I had to screenshot and translate everything on their QR code menu, which is why I'm very happy to have great internet connectivity throughout my entire trip, thanks to Olafly.

我不得不截圖並翻譯他們二維碼菜單上的所有內容，這就是為什麼我很高興在整個旅途中都能有很好的網絡連接，這要感謝 Olafly。

Recently, Olafly has become my go-to eSIM provider for everywhere that I travel to.

最近，Olafly 成了我去各地旅行時的首選 eSIM 提供商。

Well, an eSIM is basically a digital SIM card, so you don't need that plastic little chip to put in your phone anymore when you go to a new country.

eSIM 基本上是一種數字 SIM 卡，所以當你去一個新的國家時，就不再需要把塑膠小芯片放進手機裡了。

Now you can just download it online and have it all ready to go right when you get to the country.

現在，您只需在網上下載，就可以在到達該國後立即使用。

Okay, cool, but there are a lot of eSIM providers out there.

好吧，很酷，但現在有很多 eSIM 提供商。

So over 190 destinations around the world, and in over 140 of those destinations, they offer unlimited data.

全球有 190 多個目的地，其中 140 多個目的地提供無限數據。

And that leads me to the second reason, which is Olafly's unlimited data plans.

這就引出了第二個原因，即 Olafly 的無限數據計劃。

You see, with a lot of other SIM providers, you have to choose how many gigabytes you need, and like, you never really know how much data you're going to need until you get to a country and see how their Wi-Fi is, or when you're going to actually need data when you're out and about.

你看，對於很多其他 SIM 卡提供商來說，你必須選擇需要多少千兆字節，而在你到達一個國家並瞭解他們的 Wi-Fi 狀況之前，或者在你外出時真正需要數據時，你永遠不會真正知道自己需要多少數據。

It's so much easier to just get an unlimited plan, then you know you're going to be covered.

購買一個無限制計劃就簡單多了，因為你知道自己會得到保障。

And the third reason why I love Olafly is that it is so easy and simple to use.

我喜歡 Olafly 的第三個原因是，它使用起來非常簡單方便。

You just go to their website, olafly.com, you enter the country that you are going to be visiting, enter the number of days that you're going to be staying there, and the best part is you can download it and install it on your phone and have it all ready to go, so that right when your plane touches down in your destination, you can flip on the service and you will have internet immediately.

您只需訪問他們的網站 olafly.com，輸入您要去的國家，輸入您要在那裡逗留的天數，最棒的是您可以下載並安裝到您的手機上，一切準備就緒，這樣當您的飛機降落在目的地時，您就可以打開服務，馬上就能上網了。

If you want to give Olafly a try on your next trip, then click the link down in the description below, and for a I'm in an area called Ximending, and it's like a walking area.

如果您想在下次旅行時試試 Olafly，請點擊下面描述中的鏈接，我所在的區域叫西門町，就像一個步行區。

There's a lot of shops around, little restaurants, cafes, dessert places, all that good stuff.

周圍有很多商店、小餐館、咖啡館、甜品店，應有盡有。

It's totally closed off to cars, so the streets are just filled with people.

這裡完全禁止車輛通行，所以街上到處都是人。

And apparently it comes alive at night, so I'm going to stick around a little bit and see what that's like.

顯然，一到晚上，這裡就會變得生機勃勃，所以我要在這裡多呆一會兒，看看會是什麼樣子。

But I've already seen a bunch of street performers, got jugglers, acrobatics, hula hoops, a ton of cool stuff.

但我已經看到了很多街頭藝人，有雜耍演員、雜技演員、呼啦圈演員，還有很多很酷的表演。

So it seems like a very lively area, and very close to the center of Taipei.

是以，這裡似乎是一個非常熱鬧的地區，而且距離臺北市中心非常近。

There are a lot of these little like toy arcades around, and you'll see a lot of machines like this, which reminds me of like my childhood in the U.S., or even like little ones with the capsules inside, and you just pay like a coin and get a little time.

周圍有很多這樣的小玩具商場，你會看到很多這樣的機器，這讓我想起了我在美國的童年，甚至還有一些裡面裝有膠囊的小機器，你只需支付一個硬幣，就能獲得一點時間。

Here right outside the walking streets, you've got these flags.

就在步行街的外面，就有這些旗幟。

They say Taiwan's self-determination establish a sovereign state.

他們說，臺灣自決建立了一個主權國家。

And interestingly, the flag is also a rainbow, and you can see here on the street is also a rainbow paint.

有趣的是，國旗也是彩虹色的，你可以看到這裡的街道上也有彩虹漆。

Another interesting fact about Taiwan is that gay marriage was legalized here in 2019.

關於臺灣的另一個有趣事實是，2019 年這裡的同志婚姻合法化了。

So that puts it in quite a different place than a lot of other countries in the region.

是以，它與該地區許多其他國家的情況截然不同。

Apparently this area is one of the hot spots for LGBT life here in Taipei.

顯然，這裡是臺北 LGBT 生活的熱點之一。

Overall, what's my first impression of Taiwan?

總的來說，我對臺灣的第一印象如何？

It almost reminds me a little bit of Hong Kong.

I haven't been there in a long time, but it reminds me of Hong Kong because it's clearly Chinese, but it's like easier for a foreigner to tackle.

我已經很久沒有去過那裡了，但它讓我想起了香港，因為它很明顯是中國的，但對於外國人來說更容易對付。

Like if you saw my videos from mainland China from earlier this year, then you'll remember I talked a lot about how it's not an easy place necessarily for a foreigner to travel.

如果你看過我今年早些時候在中國大陸拍攝的視頻，你就會記得我說過很多關於對外國人來說，中國一定不是一個容易旅行的地方。

I really really enjoyed it, and once you learn a few things, it becomes a bit easier.

我真的非常喜歡它，一旦你學會了一些東西，它就會變得容易一些。

但就像所有事情都有不同的運作方式一樣。

There's a different system for everything from payments to ordering taxis to getting food.

從付款到叫計程車，再到獲取食物，都有一套不同的系統。

Maps, like you have to use all different apps.

地圖，比如你必須使用所有不同的應用程序。

Whereas here, all of those difficulties and kind of things that make traveling in China complicated don't exist here.

而在這裡，所有這些讓在中國旅行變得複雜的困難和事情都不存在。

It's like all of the stuff that you're used to coming from a western country or really any other country works here.

就像你在西方國家或其他國家習慣使用的所有東西在這裡都適用。

好吧，這裡還有一件很酷的事。

顯然，這是手工製作的蕎麥麵。

So these are the little chewy pearls that go at the bottom of bubble tea, and I had no idea that they look like this.

這些就是泡泡茶底部有嚼勁的小珍珠，我完全不知道它們是這個樣子的。

And then apparently they get cooked here and turned into that dark brown gelatinous little gummy that goes in the bottom of the drink.

顯然，它們在這裡被煮熟後，就變成了深褐色的膠狀小軟糖，放在飲料的底部。

So you can see she starts out with this dough, then rolls it into little sticks, then puts it in this thing, and it separates into these little dots.

所以你可以看到，她從這個麵糰開始，然後把它搓成小棒，再把它放進這個東西里，然後它就抽成了這些小點。

And they've also got the automatic one doing it over there.

I guess one person still does it the old-fashioned way.

也許只是做做樣子，但還是很酷。

Like there's only a few examples, I think, in the world of a civilization being split into two different systems, but both continuing on in real time.

我認為，世界上只有少數幾個例子表明，一個文明被分割成兩個不同的系統，但兩個系統都在實時繼續運轉。

And you can go and observe both systems and see like how they came from the same culture, but now they're different but also so similar in ways.

你可以去觀察這兩個系統，看看它們是如何從同一種文化中走出來的，但現在它們在某些方面既不同又相似。

Like it's, I mean, an extreme example would be North and South Korea, but then here you have mainland China and Taiwan, like the same civilization that has kind of branched into two separate directions, one communist, one capitalist.

我的意思是，一個極端的例子是南北北韓，但這裡有中國大陸和臺灣，就像同一個文明分化成兩個不同的方向，一個是共產主義，一個是資本主義。

It's just fascinating to be able to visit both of them and see the similarities and the differences.

能夠參觀這兩座城市並瞭解它們的異同，真是令人著迷。

One of the great joys of visiting East Asia is checking out a convenience store.

到東亞旅遊的一大樂趣就是逛便利店。

You can see they've got all sorts of hot food, and it's like better quality than in the West, and people can heat up their food.

你可以看到他們有各種各樣的熱食，而且比西方的品質更好，人們可以加熱食物。

And sometimes there's even like a seating area.

Let's see what kind of drinks we got here.

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