Ben's Guide to Taipei and Taiwan

Taipei City: http://www.dot.taipei.gov.tw/dot2004/EN/web/map_en921103.jpg Mapquest : They have a map, but no point-to-point directions. As with most English language map sites, the Romanization is questionable. Maporama : They offer a decent map. It does include a search function to map from point-to-point. The site is randomly about half English and half French. MRT Station area maps : they have detailed maps of areas around each station. The maps are not always formatted with North on top, so be sure to check if you orient yourself that way. Taiwan Map : This site lets you search by landmark or street. I don't care for this site. The map is not detailed and the search function can be frustrating.

Most of these sites have no relation to Taiwan or Taipei, but I find them useful, interesting, or amusing. e4ward forwards email from disposable addresses http://e4ward.com/ Free 1GB Data Storage http://www.esnips.com Freeware Directory http://www.freewarehome.com/ Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/ Quicktopic Bulletin Board Forums http://www.quicktopic.com World Time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page More links: Country Calling Code Reverse Lookup: http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/Reverse-Lookup.php US Area Codes: http://www.bennetyee.org/ucsd-pages/area.html Cubed Root Calculator: http://www.csgnetwork.com/cuberootcubecalc.html What the hell is volumetric weight? http://www.dhl.com/publish/g0/en/tools/volume.high.html

English-Chinese-Pinyin online dictionary: http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html Mandarintools zhongwen.com Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart: pinyin.info Pinyin Tone Numbers to Tone Marks Conversion: pinyin.info Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart Podcasts Convert Chinese to Pinyin or Zhuyin: www.pin1yin1.com Convert Pinyin with numerical markers to Pinyin with tone markers (zhong1 becomes zhōng) http://www.foolsworkshop.com/ptou/ Freeware tutorial http://chinese.yuehan.net/ http://www.inputking.com/EN/index.php Type Chinese characters using Pinyin input without installing software or altering settings. http://www.pin1yin1.com/ converts Chinese to Pinyin (and Zhuyin / bopomofo) http://babelfish.altavista.com/ machine translations, also translates websites. http://www.romanization.com/ List of Taipei and Taiwan place names in Chinese and Pinyin http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html DICTIONARY http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/onli...

My Top Picks: Pinyin & Chinese for Cities, Counties, Trains, Taipei streets, etc: http://www.romanization.com/ General Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei Maps to Points of Interest in Taipei: http://wiki.forumosa.org/wiki/index.php?title=%5C%27Mosa_Maps Mapping site set to Taipei City: http://www.maporama.com Maps and tourist infomation: Tourism Bureau MRT clickable route map: http://home.trtc.com.tw MRT Pinyin route map Classified Ads: Tealit.com Forumosa.com www.taiwanho.com Bulletin board forums set up for expatriates in Taiwan. Taiwan Railway Administration or Taiwan Railway Administration train schedules Websites: www.ait.org.tw American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy www.amcham.com.tw American Chamber of Commerce, promoting business ties in Taiwan. They have a bulletin board, some useful information, and links to more sites. www.boca.gov.tw Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.btco.org.tw www.britishe...