mr. taxi taxi taxi takes me traveling?

[meitachi]

Off to Thailand in a few hours! Will be there a few days and so far my plans involve EATING and SHOPPING (cheap LFC jerseys? hell yeah) and, okay, sure, palaces and temples and possibly the aquarium. :3 While I'm over there having fun, though, I do have a quick question for any friends familiar with Taiwan (which is next week alskgjd):

What's the best place to stay?

- around Shida near Guting MRT station
- Nangang District near the Songshan Train Station & Taipei Metro
- Ximengding District near the Ximen MRT station
- around ZhongShan MRT station
- elsewhere? other suggestions?

Thanks kindly for any suggestions or other pointers! Throw in any amount of advice on places to go, things to do, things not to do, or things to watch out for. I would particularly enjoy any talk of FOOD. /priorities. :D