My wife and I live in Hong Kong, but usually take two short breaks each year in Taiwan. The main purpose of these are to see performances by Shen Yun Performing Arts Company. We go in February or March, is to see the Shen Yun impressive stage show and then again in September is to listen to performances by the full Shen Yun Orchestra.
We quite often hire a car and extend our stay for a few days to explore Taiwan. We did not hire a car last year but in 2016 we were in Taichung and the only car we seemed to be able to hire was a small family car ─ a Honda Fit. I usually hire bigger cars and looking at the vehicle specification I was not overly enthusiastic to the prospect, but after driving it for a few days and putting it through its paces in town, on freeways and up steep, twisty mountainous tracks I ended up giving it a thumbs up. On all driving terrains, I was impressed with its overall handling and performance and in particular the way it coped with the narrow mountainous track to the upper reaches of Yushan mountain.
