Robert Schrader - Day Tours Guide

I’m Robert Schrader. When I first visited Taiwan back in the mid-2010s, it was a revelation. Although I’d previously traveled extensively in mainland China—I lived in Shanghai for a year—Taiwan embodied everything I once imagined China would be. Everything I hoped China would be.

I’d be lying if I said my decision to move to Taipei in 2019 (and my having gotten stranded here, as thankful a stranding as it is, during the coronavirus crisis) wasn’t my main motivation to launch Taiwan Starts Here. However, the initial magic I felt during my first days on this incredible island years ago still courses through my veins every time I take to the streets (or tea fields, or bamboo forests—you get the idea).