Trip report

Hey guys, i%26#39;m back. 14 days trip in taiwan seems short. haha

Day 1 - Taipei

Reach Taoyuan Airport in the evening, took freego bus ard 630pm. Arrived TS Hotel shld be before 730pm.

Checkin hotel and 1st stop is ximending.

Day 2 - Taipei; 11 degree celsius; rainy

Went to buy Kaohsiung HSR ticket and Hualien TRA ticket. Proceed on to CKS Memorial Hall. Not many ppl, its on a monday i supposed. Super windy and cold! quickly get a few shots and moved on to yongkang st. for lunch. Had lunch at Gao Ji, equally famous as ding tai feng. Very delicious xiao long bao. After that we went to taipei 101, supposed to go up to observatory tower BUT its raining and SUPER cold. decided to postpone to other day. our feet were numb due tot he weather, we had a quick shopping and took a cab back to hotel.

After resting for 1 hour in hotel, we went to shilin night market for dinner.

Day 3 - Hualien

Took TRA to hualien and met Mr Lu Lai Fu ard 11am. he told me he had 6 groups of ppl that day and i booked him the earliest, so he personally bring us ard taroko. he brought us to buy lunchbox and proceed on the taroko.

Dont remember all the stops i went hahaha too many stops. all i rem was the last stop - water curtain cave. super tiring but it was fun!!

After that, everyone dozed off in Mr Lu%26#39;s cab to hualien city. checkin to rose garden minsu and mr lu brought us to get fireworks. it was fun. mr lu dropped us at the dumpling shop for dinner and thats the end of our trip with mr lu. after dumpling shop, we moved on to fried oyster located the next street, then dessert before we headed back to rose minsu.

Day 4 - Hualien / Taipei

Mr Lu reminded Ms Liu to bring us to train station. after the breakfast in rose minsu, we went back to our room to rest.

After reaching taipei, we didnt have any energy left. we stayed in ximending to settle our dinner and shopping.

Day 5 - Taoyuan; windy

Booked Mr Meeky Yang to bring us to window of china, lu4 guang1 sen1 lin2, ci hu and sanxia old street. its super windy day. especially at lu guang sen lin. our trip supposed to end ard 830pm but we came back to taipei abit too early, so Mr Yang asked what are the other places we wish to go but not yet visit. then we told him to bring us to ShiDa night market. we just stroll ard and bought the crepe and back to hotel.

Day 6 - Kaohsiung; sunny

1st stop - Dragon %26amp; Tiger Pagoda

2nd stop - Cijin seafood feast for lunch

Ordered alot and cost about $30 per person.

Crabs, Crayfish, Scallops, Prawns, Fish etc

3rd stop - Shinjuejiang

Last stop - Liuho NM.

Back and reached taipei ard 11pm.

Day 7 - Taipei; Cloudy

went to Ding tai feng for lunch at 1230pm BUT i waited for 1.5 hours. got in ard 2pm.

after lunch we went to xinyi district. they have some carnival going on there. after that, we went up to 101 observatory.

last, we moved on to wufenpu. really nothing to buy there cos all winter clothes. had dinner at Hu Xu Zhang Lu Rou Fan.

to be continued......

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Day 8 - Taipei; Rainy

Breeze centre %26amp; shop ard zhongxiao east road.

Bought some clothes but shopping in zhongxiao east rd not cheap~

Dinner at Yuanshao. SUPER NICE! must try! cost about less than NT650 per person.

http://www.yuanshao.com.tw/something.htm

Day 9 - Taipei; Rainy

Had macdonald for lunch.

GuessX3 recording - long hours sitting there was torturing BUT jacky wu is super funny~

back to ximending, finally found Show Luo - Stage Outlet. Bought a bag there. :)

Day 10 - Taipei; Rainy

Took a cab to Taipei Medical University; Mr J Restaurant. Food was ok but i like the ambience.

cab to dunhua eslite bookstore and walked down to zhongxiao east rd again. In the evening, we went to danshui, no ppl at all cos its super cold and its raining.

after a torturing walk down the street, we decided to move on to shilin NM for dinner again.

Day 11 - Taipei; 12 degree celsius; Rainy

Had brunch at Jin Yuan Pork Cutlet at Wan Nian Building B1.

went to xinyi district, decided to hide away from the wind, we went to Chun Shui Tang at Shinkong Mitsukoshi for 2 hours.

ard 6pm, we walked down to countdown concert. under rain for 1 hour before the concert started.

I love the countdown concert and taipei 101 fireworks! impressive!

after 1am, we reached taipei cityhall station, human jam!! we walked up to yongchun station to try luck. lucky enough, managed to get in the train and reached hotel ard 230am.

Day 12 - Taipei; Cloudy

went to zhongshan shinkong mitsukoshi to get some tees. only can be found there. after that we went back to zhongxiao east road to get something we wanted to but not yet buy it. went to Mayday Ashin Stayreal Shop too. Alot of tourists were inside the shop getting the hello kitty robot tee. i supposed everyone saw the countdown concert and ashin was wearing that~ i didnt get one for myself cos its too cute~ haha

do our last shopping in ximending and had dinner/supper at Fei Tian Hot Pot opp. TS Hotel.

went to carrefour to grab some tibits.

Day 13 - Jiufen; Windy

Super long queue at the busstop opp ruifang station! its really OMG! i doubt we could get into the bus within an hour, so hailed a cab to jiufen and cost about NT190. once we reached there, shocking! the street was jammed with human! wrong day to go there - public hoilday!

bought floral tea, tea plum and some taiyang bing then we took cab again back to ruifang station. though we didnt do much walking but we were stucked inside for nearly 2 hours doing nothing. :(

KTV session opp ximending. i love the KTV over there BUT not cheap! 2 hours cost about S$90+

Pack luggage~

Day 14 (last day); Sunny

Booked a cab a day before, NT1000 from Mr Xu.

A very friendly man. He droved us back to hotel on 2nd day, so i asked him for his namecard and he offered NT1000 to send us to airport if we want. So i called him up a day before departure.

set off to airport ard 3pm. did tax refund and strolling in the airport. the plane took off at 625pm.

*Home Sweet Home*

Trip report

Sounds like u had a good time, thanks for the great report.

Wow, 14 days! Thanks for making a note of all those details to share and recommend. Haha, I also noticed the hybrid Hello Kitty T-shirt that Ashin was wearing!

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