Taiwan Trip 2012 Day 10 (台北 － 新加坡)

30th Dec Sun

ready to check out le.. bgt airport transfer tic to Taoyuan airport for NT125 from 國光客運 which is located opp of 新光三越.. today is a very cold weather.. ard 9deg.. sad.. always kana cold weather n raining on last day.. previous trip also like tat.. went XMD for the morn.. To end the trip, each had 阿宗面线.. a must to eat for me.. went Mirada 美華 to get 我的美丽日记 masks for sis.. din noe gt a big place to buy toileries, juz beside Wonstar hotel.. of cos cant leave without 老天滷 duck tongues.. NT600 for a box.. a must for me also!! went bk 美觀園 for sashimi again! this time bigger slices.. found out old taiwanese loves to eat jap food.. 

nth to buy le.. went bk Main Station juz to waste some time.. and he finally bought his automatic umbrella for NT300.. saw our 2nd tw artist in this trip.. 小宇.. the one who looked like Jay Chou n acted in Jolin Tsai 就是愛 MTV.. 

tabao sushi set NT100 frm Sushi Take-out.. really cold when reached Airport.. abit lousy as nt much food can b found in airport T1, nt even 7-11.. only can go eat at 2 places after check out.. Jetstar is no longer stopped at T2 liao.. think T2 has more things ba? ordered one set of braised beef brisket with rice at Homme for NT190.. 

Bye Taiwan.. when will be my 5th trip to u~
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Taiwan Trip 2012 Day 9 (台北）

29th Dec Sat

ate 永和豆浆 near hotel for brkfast.. den tried their kfc 紙包雞 at underground mrt station.. so so la.. but at least trying new food~ gona spent our day on 地下街.. there are many undergrd malls (K mall, Q mall, Y mall) at Main Station.. but seems like is getting v bored.. unsure y, our energy were like been used up suddenly.. body was too tired and we just walked aimlessly unless we found Q Square! familiar place~ at least somewhere we can find suitable things.. decided to give up walkg at undergrd..

went bk to 复兴 station for 乾杯 bbq~ bgt custard cookie at 小林煎饼 Kobayashi on e way.. heng tat we booked an appt with 乾杯.. cos almost every night is fully booked! once u entered, u can feel and see their excellent service.. juz soo diff frm sg service.. ordered their xmas package for 2 for NT1350.. their beef chix meat is v awesome!  marinated with great sauce.. the guy helped us to cook some of the meat until we tot if he is gona cook all for us? heng no, cos wana cook by ourselves.. meat is great.. maybe can come here eat again nxt time.. always fully booked~ so muz rem to reserve! 

we are bk to 士林夜市 again.. had only one aiyu drink as he wanna chk for his jacket.. after hesitating for soo long, sad to say that theres no stock for his siZe.. haizz.. bk to hotel for tml check out~ so fast.. its time to go homee~ *boo*

Taiwan Trip 2013 Day 8 (台北）

28th Dec Fri

early morn walk to Xi Men Ding as we can just walk along one road to there.. went to 大車輪 to try out.. once enter inside, u will feel in a lost world as no price tagged on e food along the convey belt.. price tags are hanged and pastes everywhere.. quite ex also.. left after eating 3 items.. went opp 美觀園 for next one, recommended by joanna.. and NOW i gona recommended to ALL sashimi lovers! the sashimi portion is so big n thick! damn worth the money.. 7 big fat slices for NT260.. had salmon n yellowtail~ eat until shiok! bit full liao but had one big bowl of 阿宗面线 after tt.. lol.. 

went 敦化 again.. for Porter International n StayReal Cafe.. ordered their lychee choco wine n banana choco waffles.. nice.. went to Dunhua Sogo also.. walked back to yest Bape store and bought his bape.. time for dinner at  七十二牛肉麵 72 Beef Noodles.. once enter the shop, strong beef smell is in e air.. scared tt beef is too beefy for me to eat, we only ordered one bowl.. indeed v big bowl.. but the meat is nt beefy at all.. but the soup base nt as gd as it looks.. sad for him.. as still early, we went bk to hotel to empty our hands and ready for our late destination, 士林夜市.. tonite din really eat alot.. haa.. but bgt alot instead.. finally bought an 2-in-1 Adidas windbreaker cum flee jacket for SGD$120 after 30% discount.. gloves tt cater for touchscreen for NT220.. wall sticker for NT250.. 10 packets of crispy almond sliced pork meat for NT150ea (just locate outside 士林妈祖庙口).. and he finally get to eat his 胡椒餅~.. is getting late.. left Shilin after 12 to catch the last train.. always gd to stay near main station.. no need worry of train transfer! hee.. our soles are freaking pain n ache.. mine esp.. 

Taiwan Trip 2012 Day 7 (花莲 － 台北)

7th Dec Thurs

took 623am train bk to Taipei~ finally! but the stupid train no space to put our luggages, had to cramp my leg with luggages for 3hrs journey.. haiz.. had a gd zz thou.. weather is hot in Taipei.. our Taipei stay will be at 

名邑旅館 Miyi Hotel which has v gd location at 台北车站.. checked in our luggage and off we go shopping~ was so comfy in Taipei as been here b4 ma.. feelg is juz different~ had an early mac brkfast den went for his Zara sale at Dunhua st.. had our lunch at Solo Pasta.. ordered grilled squid, squid ink pasta and duck pasta.. all yummy and portion juz okie.. but the squid ink pasta has nt much taste of olive oil.. thanks to google map app again, next we walked to Bape n Pirate Bape store.. at least all in walkable distance.. nw then realise theres so many small shops at 敦化 area.. my next explore place in taipei liao.. after tt go bk check in hotel put shopping stuff and zoom to Taipei 101 for 2nd round of Zara.. haa.. took speed bus to Taipei 101.. den took bus from Taipei 101 to 師大夜市.. thou need to walk a distance to rch there.. can get to see more locals in there.. as nth much in 師大, we went 西门盯 walk walk, eat some duck tongues and explore places where we gona eat before heading bk to hotel..

Taiwan Trip 2012 Day 6 (合欢山 - 太鲁阁 - 花莲)

26th Dec Wed

today will b a cabby day again for NT4800, booked through 阿珠姐 (a.fang@yahoo.com.tw) .. travelling from 清境 - 合欢山 - 太鲁阁 - 花莲.. 9am set off.. our driver drove his big big car for juz 2 of us.. he din realise his passengers only 2 pple.. weather was kinda bad.. went to the highest peak of the mountain at 3500m altitude.. 

but up there is v hazy, cant get to see anything.. ard 8deg based on driver.. and from driver, was still snowing 2 days ago~ 

car started to drive in turns ard the mountains.. only scare will have motion sickness.. n hungry somemore.. juz pray wun vomit.. went to see 碧绿神木 which is more than 3000 yrs old.. reached 天祥.. our lunch stopping area.. theres only 3 restaurants which sells almost the same thing.. juz went to the nearest one and eat.. din really gt appetite due to the car journey.. ordered fried rice, carrot cake and mushroom soup..  walked further down is 雅晖桥.. next is the 慈母桥.. along 太鲁阁 route, wun missed out 燕子口.. get to see swallow and their home.. stopped by to see the shape of the sky tat looks like Taiwan, which is surrounded by mountains.. 长春祠 next.. known to be stable in location even after earthquake or landslide.. before exiting 太鲁阁, took a pic with the entrance of route which connects the east west of Taiwan.. 花莲 to 台中..   last stop 七星潭.. nice beach with strong wave..  

Reached 花莲 ard 4pm.. checked in 青葉綠地飯店 Green hotel.. its location is v near to train station.. decided to buy our train tic bk to taipei first.. planned to take 230pm train.. but no more~ only left either 623am which tk 3hrs or 315pm which tk 4hrs? decided on 315pm.. damn sian as plan spoilt.. bgt some 麻糬 frm 曾記.. as no bus service can be found in google for Hualien, we gona spend ard 30mins to walk to 自強夜市.. really glad tt google map app is made available for ios6 at a very right time. well, actually the market is only 2 small stretch.. nth much also.. but had their famous grilled food and coffin bread.. v nice..since this market is really small, planned to change our train plan and switch to 623am train bk to Taipei since we hv one free chance to do amendment.. will be better than stayg here doing nth.. took cab bk to train station for 140nt to get a free train tic chg.. as the time is stil v early.. nt yet 730pm~

time to hv second rd of food! walkg time again.. found out Hualien actually has a shopping street at 中華街.. so great to see these crowd.. went to the recommended wanton stall at 液香扁食.. 11 wantons for nt60.. meat is v solid n alot.. the wanton wrap is v smooth.. nxt is Red Tea at 庙口红茶店.. ordered iced almond as welll~ nice..  
next is the 公正包子, which we tot is Xiao Long Bao~ but ends up is only BAO.. so sad.. and we ordered 8? haha.. sad choice.. seems like gona rain n left one more fish soup stall 新站虱目鱼专卖店 recommended by driver.. nice soup with QQ fish balls~ juz outside our hotel..  and tada~ we had finished all our planned food~ at ard 1030pm.. eat and walk.. 

Taiwan Trip 2012 Day 5 (清境）

25th Dec Tues

damn cold at nite.. cant bear to leave the warm bed.. went for brkfast near 8.. went bk room to rest awhile den set off to 青青草原.. decided to walk there for 15mins frm hotel..  too bad no villa transport provided.. bgt 青青草原 admission tic frm hotel for NT140 each.. weather is getting hot.. useless to wear so thick le.. 15mins walk to 青青草原 entrance from hotel.. need to stamp on hand for admission, cos theres 2 parts of 青青草原.. woah,  saw many sheeps roaming freely at the grassland.. can buy food to feed em too.. spent time tk pics with scenery, sheeps.. 

Can u spot me?

Can u spot him?

finally 1st area of 青青草原 finished.. was so tired.. bought their season fruit 雪梨 for NT80.. omg, was soo refreshing and juicy.. juz suit for this weather.. continue to walk dwn all the way to the next area  which consists of horse and natural forest.. 

den finally the 步步高升 which consists of 499 steps.. at least is walking down.. we are nt gona climb up when we return~! end of this place, u will reach Cingjing Tourist Information Centre.. 

nxt stop is 小瑞士公园.. NT120.. hmm, actually can give a miss,nth much also.. but when u hv nth to walk, another place to spend ur time.. 

inside there also has free entry for 纸箱王.. objects tt made of paper or cardboard.. opp of 小瑞士公园 is the CingJing tourist resting centre.. where u can rest ur tiring legs and hv a gd meal.. over there has 7-11,starbucks, mos burger, steamboat restuarant.. went for steamboat to hv a full lunch.. ordered one pork meat steamboat 350nt and one beef mala steamboat 280nt.. din expect the portion so big.. at least worth the price.. 

took some pics at the surrounding and its time to walk bk to hotel frm resting centre.. 

is a BIG challenge ahead.. ard 1.5km upslope.. jialat.. juz to siam the 499 stairs.. think we took ard 30mins to walk along the road.. cant wait to reach 青青草原.. thinkg will it be more easier to climb up 499 stairs? haiz.. well~  finally reach the 2nd chkpt of 青青草原 and which means hotel is juz near by.. walk through 青青草原 and another 15mins walk back to our home sweet home..! 

was a v early rest.. went 7-11 to get our dinner.. bgt bbq chix wings, curry katsu don, siew mai.. yums~ and of cos.. taiwan beer! packed our bag and heading towards Hua Lien~ 

Siew Mai, BBQ Chix Wings~

Curry Katsu Don~