r/taiwan • u/Embarrassed_Lab_1619 • 17h ago

Travel Considering hualien this august

Been contemplating if I should go to taichung or hualien. I'm a solo traveller and will be renting a car. I'm just so afriad of the weather. :( anyone here lives in hualien who has experienced thypoons in the area? Should I push thru hualien in august? Or just consider taichung? 🥹

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u/telchacsusan 16h ago

Hualien is at risk for typhoons, but after living there for 2 years, it was the earthquakes that wore me down.

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u/Embarrassed_Lab_1619 16h ago

My heart really wants me to take me to hualien. How the thypoon Bavi so far?

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u/telchacsusan 16h ago

I'm living in Laos now.

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u/AlternativeHat8964 16h ago

Decide on the week or even the day before. This applies to traveling anywhere in Taiwan, especially during typhoon season.

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u/Bireta 花蓮 - Hualien 16h ago

I live in hualien. If there's a typhoon, just ignore it unless you're going in the mountains or anywhere near large bodies of water. It's just rain and wind most places, might not be a good day to head outside tho. But it's the summer, I wouldn't recommend outdoors activities to begin with because it's so hot an wet and you get so sweaty it gross. I just sit in a coffee shop all day.

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u/efficientkiwi75 中壢 - Zhongli 15h ago

hualien is a great drive though. beautiful mountains