14D Taiwan Itinerary. Pls Advise!

Hi all,

First time traveling to Taiwan with some friends. Pls advice if my itinerary looks feasible. Thx in advance! =)

Traveling from 25th Dec 2008 to 7th Jan 2009.

25th Dec : Reach Taoyuan Airport at 6pm. %26gt;%26gt; Take GuoGuang Bus to Beacon Hotel. %26gt;%26gt; FengJia NM.

26th Dec: Sun Moon Lake (take Nantou Bus from Taichung stn) Possible to travel around the area without tour guide?

27th Dec: XiTun District %26gt;%26gt; DongHai University %26gt;%26gt; Luce Memorial Chapel %26gt;%26gt; Shopping at Art Street

28th Dec: A-Q Teahouse %26gt;%26gt; ZhongXiao NM

Any other places to visit?

29th Dec : Travel to Alishan by the Chiayi Bus Stn (8.10am). %26gt;%26gt; Find Xianyun Minsu (Do we need to stop halfway or simply take to the last bus stop?cos i read from quite a number of posts that it is located midway up Alishan) %26gt;%26gt; Explore Alishan

30th Dec : take sunrise train to view sunrise %26gt;%26gt; take bus back to Chiayi %26gt;%26gt; proceed to taipei %26gt;%26gt; Future Star Hotel (Near XinMen Stn) %26gt;%26gt; Travel to Jintan stn and take shuttle bus to take ferris wheel %26gt;%26gt; shop at ShiLin NM.

31st Dec : Travel to Taipei City Hall %26gt;%26gt; Shop ard the area %26gt;%26gt; Taipei 101 %26gt;%26gt; Ding Tai Feng %26gt;%26gt; Eslite Bookstore %26gt;%26gt; Countdown concert (After the concert, will buses still be available for us to travel back to our hotel?)

1st Jan : Take bus to Yang Ming Shan from Taipei Main stn %26gt;%26gt; Hot Spring %26gt;%26gt; travel to Tian Mu %26gt;%26gt; PS Bu Bu %26gt;%26gt; Shop at sports wear street

2nd Jan : Dan Shui Yu Ren Ma Tou %26gt;%26gt; ShiDa NM

(any suggestions for activites in the day?)

3rd Jan : Take train to Hualien %26gt;%26gt; visit Taroko National Park (possible to travel ard without taking tour cab?) %26gt;%26gt; Travel back to Taipei

4th Jan : Shop at XiMenDing %26gt;%26gt; Taipei City Mall and Underground shopping mall %26gt;%26gt; Zhong Xiao Dong Lu

5th Jan : Ye Liu %26gt;%26gt; Jing Hua Shi %26gt;%26gt; Jiu Fen %26gt;%26gt; Kee Long Miao Kou

6th Jan : Travel to National Palace Museum %26gt;%26gt; Wu Fen Pu %26gt;%26gt; Rao He NM

7th Jan : Last Minute Shopping (anyone knows if we can leave our luggage anywhere at the TaoYuan Airport? our flight is 8+pm. hope to visit TaoYuan as well.

Possible to slot in any farm visit? would like to try fruit picking.. haha

Once again, thx! =)

14D Taiwan Itinerary. Pls Advise!

Hello,

Taichung:

The National Museum of Natural Science and National Museum of Fine Arts is in Taichung City:

http://www.nmns.edu.tw/

http://www.tmoa.gov.tw/home.php

Alishan:

I think that your minsu owner would be the best person to give you directions on how to go there by bus---you may even ask if they can pick you up at the bus stop if necessary.

Taipei:

The MRT will still be running, so you will be able to get back to your hotel after the concert.

Dec. 31 - Better to do Din Tai Fung before heading out to Eslite and the Taipei 101 area, because as evening approaches, more and more people will be taking the MRT to that area.

Jan. 1 - Yangmingshan on New Year%26#39;s Day will probably be packed with people!

BTW, Jan. 1 %26amp; 2 are holidays, which means it%26#39;ll be a 4-day weekend. Be prepared to fight for your right to party, for booking hotels and transporation may turn out to be quite a challenge.

14D Taiwan Itinerary. Pls Advise!

okie! I think I%26#39;ll swap the activities on 1st Jan to later date.

Also, for the countdown concert, is there any website to see more details of it?

And, what about the tour around Taroko? The cab tour is too expensive for us. any other options?

Thanks! =)

for Taroko,

one could, 1.take the Hualien keyun aka hualien bus service, there is a bus stop right outside the railway station, tix ard 1-200NT.2.Join a half or 1 day tour, bookable at any hotel, used to cost 600nt and 1200nt per person,not sure if the price have cahnged.