Taiwan!
I took 13 days to finish this entry, so READ! Hahaha..
This is the 2nd trip overseas in 2 months, the last being vietnam. Oh crap, i forgot to blog about that. Well, vietnam is boring. Lots of walking, jungle trips, tunnels, pulling muscles in tunnels, nothing to buy, aggressive stall holders, very warm weather. Photos are on my Facebook. Everything looks much nicer in photo.
Alright, back to Taiwan.
1st day. We landed at around 4+pm. Blah blah blah until 5pm then got outside the airport to find our awaiting transport. It takes about an hour for us to get to our hotel from the airport. But in Taiwan, the sky starts to turn dark from 5.30pm and the feeling is so weird. At around 6pm you will feel like it’s 8pm cos it’s so dark.
Our hotel is fabulous! A business hotel, the room is better than 5 stars hotels. 3 tvs, 1 in the bathroom and jacuzzi big enough for 4. Perfect. The hotel is located on 忠孝东路, which is one stop away from Taipei 101. So we had our 1st meal in 101 foodcourt, which was expensive and tastes like singapore’s. Btw, 1st day was 18 degrees. Cooling, and one jacket is enough. Oh and they show the temperature on some buildings.
Since it was quite late after dinner, we headed to a pub. It’s quite relaxing to have a beer in a cooling weather.
Butterfly park at T3.
Cocoons.
Looks like it’s from postcard right?
Mum and I on plane, waiting for takeoff.
Our very nice hotel.
Our very man tour guide, who is my cousin’s bf.
Extra bed for my cousin.
The main bed.
Jacuzziiiii!
This is still inside our hotel room.
Our train station.
Taipei 101.
Somewhere on the streets.
At a pub.
2nd day. Rise and shine! This day we went down to Xi Men Ding and here we start our shopping! After awhile of shopping, I realised that almost every shop sells the same thing at almost the same price. And they are all selling winter stuffs which nobody needs in Sg.
We had our lunch at the toilet restaurant where the food wasnt really nice. So dont bother going there.
At night, we went to RaoHe Night Market which the hotel staff said it’s 15mins walk away. But actually it’s half an hour away. -.- Dinner was from roadside stalls, abit of this and that. Taiwanese loves their dogs alot, so lots of stalls selling dog’s stuff and their dogs are really adorable! On this day it was also 17-18 degrees.
When we got back to the hotel we made full use of the jacuzzi! Ah, a luxury. But i soaked for too long and almost fainted. Lol. This was the only time we use the jacuzzi cos the next few days we got back very late.
The famous mee sua, which i didnt quite like.
The streets of Xi Men Ding.
The place we had our lunch.
Inside the restaurant.
1st Night Market.
3rd day. This day is when the 寒流 starts. The temperature dropped to 10 degrees. Omg. We werent prepared for this at all. Everyone of us is wear a few layers of clothes to keep us warm man.
Since we’re tourist, we went to one tourist attraction, the 中正纪念堂. We reached there just in time to see the soldiers changing shifts. They’re so well coordinated!
It was too cold to let my hands leave my pocket thus photos are getting lesser. Hahaha.
At night we went to Partyworld! Their sound system is great! But price is just abit cheaper than Sg.
Otw to 中正纪念堂.
In front of it.
Changing shifts.
Look at the crowd gathering to watch.
Partyworld!
4th day. Early morning we went to visit the hotspring place. We initially was planning to try out the hotspring but it was too freaking cold to even walk! Let alone take off clothes! It was around 8-9 degrees lor. Cold until we can see our breaths man. So we just took a few pictures and quickly take the train to 淡水.
At 淡水 it was even colder!! OMG. We practically ran to the 1st shop to buy gloves and caps. And walk a few shops we have to find some restaurants or whatever to warm ourselves. Hot chocolate never tasted so heartwarming before. We walked until a point where our faces were numbed by the cold that we dont even feel the wind against our cheeks.
After that, we went to the famous Shilin Night Market. And the weather’s even colder at night. -.- It’s so unbearable that we only shopped there for awhile. Most of the things are same as other places also.
In their MRT to Hot Spring place.
At Dan Shui. Beautiful sunset.
We werent prepared for this cold.
They’re going to set up a pasar malam stall. Hahaha. Look how cold they are.
5th day. Today’s our last full day so we decided to spilt into 2 groups to go to the places we wanted to go. For mine, we went back to Xi Men Ding then to some shopping center on the way back to our hotel. Mostly this day is for buying things that people asked us to buy.
Then we went back hotel to slack, then to TGIF for dinner, then CLUB! Yes, i go clubbing with my mum and cousins. LOL. When the club just open for business we got in, then slowly the crowd starts coming in. It’s just like sg, except i nv saw anyone stripping down to their lingerie and do lapdance on guys.
Inside the club.
And out of it. Lol.
To the airport!
That’s it! Photos will be up the next time i find the energy to plug in my hdd! Laptop’s too full to store anything.
I PROMISE!
I KEPT MY PROMISE! (27 Feb 10)
