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It may sound corny and overly sentimental but I have to start with this – my dream came true. Living in a tiny Japanese house, like the ones I saw in countless movies, filled me with so many beautiful emotions I could just cry tears of happiness

Four weeks in Taipei plus three weeks to write this article and I’m still unsure what to say. We enjoyed Taipei and would recommend visiting but if you ask for more details on “why exactly?” I will struggle

After spending 5 weeks in Malaysia, which wasn’t our favourite place in the world, we weren’t really sure we want to stay much longer in Asia at all. VND = 1 782.41 AUD Groceries: 2 672 322 VND = 160.31 AUD Eating out (we went out for meals, snacks or ice cream 90 times): 16 203 850 VND = 979.85 AUD Coffee: 3 663 250 VND = 219.61 AUD Alcohol: 16 260 221 VND = 985.09 AUD Transport (public transport, Grab, Be, GoViet): 2 530 000 VND = 152.30 AUD Entertainment (tours, museums etc): 3 742 600 VND = 223.81 AUD SIM: 370 000 VND = 21.75 AUD

The coffee got me a bit confused – the hot flat white (95 000 VND) was served with a straw. Side note, I don’t like to call my flat white hot because it shouldn’t be served hot. The coffee is good (68 000 VND for a flat white), teas are from https://clippertea.com.sg and there is also food available. The coffee is equally as good as at the Vietcettera but at 50 000 VND, it was the cheapest flat white we got in Saigon.