As much as I love the excitement of traveling to new places and having new experiences, I've found myself repeatedly returning to Taipei and specifically Bass's homes when I am in the region. There's something really special about the experience of living in Bass's Songshan homes, particularly if you can speak Mandarin (the local language). Let's first talk about the commute: Your booking and arrival process should be very straight forward. I was contacted immediately by Barry who provided instructions on getting to the home and answered any questions I had. After traveling to Songshan multiple times, I've tried all the methods of getting to and from the Taoyuan airport. I recommend taking a cab/uber if you are traveling with multiple people or if you don't mind paying ~$40 USD for the trip. After the cab, I'd recommend taking the bus from the airport bus terminal to one of the stops close to Songshan ie. the city hall bus terminal and then taking a cab to the home. The bus only costs a few bucks USD and gets to the Songshan area in just a few stops (depending on which company you take). Use google maps to find the next bus company that leaves for Songshan. The cabs in Taipei are also relatively cheap so you can take a cab to the home for a few bucks USD. Finally, I do not recommend taking the airport MRT and then transferring to the green line that takes you to Songshan. It's way too time consuming to transfer MRT (there's a very long walk between the two lines) and it is just a worse form of travel in terms of speed, comfort, and stress compared to the cab/bus method. I think that the airport MRT may even be more expensive than a bus ticket, so it doesn't even have the benefit of being lower cost. Just take the bus, you could find all the info on google maps. Next let's talk about check-in and the space: Barry messaged me before my trip as well as on the day of my trip to learn about my plans and coordinate my check-in. He was in constant communication with me after I landed and we met outside the home. This home is on the third floor of Bass's building and it is accessible through an elevator that requires an RFID key to access the floor you are staying on (you have the entire floor to yourself, there are no other units or neighbors). The sense of quiet, peace, and privacy you get from having an entire floor to yourself is one of the reasons I love staying here. The space looked exactly like the clean, open, and cozy home shown in the pictures above. Onto the neighborhood: the immediate neighborhood feels like a cozy residential area with small alleyways intersecting larger streets but also has the benefit of being right next to a lively street market that's open during the day. The MRT is a...