“The cockroaches here fly, you know,” she said. “And one time I was walking down Roosevelt Road at night and thought I was alone, but then I realized I had company — a band of roaches crawling by my side.”
While Aoki said she might leave Taiwan one day, she had no plans to do so yet.
Her parents have visited her in Taiwan and felt certain their daughter would be happy staying here because of the warmth of her friends.
If there is one thing that tourists simply must not miss in Taiwan, she said, it is the chance to “interact with Taiwanese.”



