My Little Small World: 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Taiwan Itinerary 2012

26Jun (Tue), Day 1
HSR from Taoyuan to TaiChung (台中)--- Alishan
921地震園區>觸口天長地久吊橋>奮起湖>竹林步道>阿里山園區住宿

27Jun (Wed), Day 2

阿里山做小火車看日出>遊園區>鹿林神木>夫妻樹>觀音瀑布>日月潭遊湖>清境民宿

28Jun (Thu), Day 3

清境>青青草原> Puli> Taichung HSR Station (to take a train to Taipei HSR station)

29Jun (Fri), Day 4

XMD --- Taipei main station underground--- Taipei 101 @ Taipei City hall--- Wufenpu --- night life

30 Jun (Sat), Day 5

Taoyuan

1 Jul (Sun), Day 6

Yang Ming Shan --- Xin Bei Tou --- Dan Shui

2 Jul (Mon), Day 7

Last min shopping/ eating at XMD & TMS underground - Singapore

Taipei Day 4 to Day 7 (26/04/2009 ~29/04/2009)

Here is a brief summary of Taiwan itinerary from day 4 to 7 in 2009.

Photos will upload some other day..

Day 4

Taipei storyland - Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall - Taipei City Hall (101) - Wufenpu

Day 5

Hualien

Reached 10am, finish the tour at 6pm, railway train back to taipei at 8pm

Engaged David who is highly raved (NT2700 for 4person) for a one day tour. All of us think that the raves were overrated. He kept on rushing us and kept on saying that because we never stay 1day in Hualien, we might not be able to finish touring the place.We knew that this is true but we are not comfortable with him.

We were like rushing and rushing and the last stop was at Cingshuei Cliff which before starting the tour, he told us that we might not be able to go if the sky got dark.

Oh ya, he brought us to a restaurant-like kind of place for lunch. One plate of rice with some veggie and few slices of pork plus a drink cost us about SGD$10. That is consider expensive and the food SU*K! He didn't sit with us for lunch. Instead he sat with the restaurant owner and we suspected that he will have commission for bringing us there..

6.30pm he droped us at nearby railway station and went off. Because we have booked the 8pm tickets back to taipei, we just wander around the shops nearby the station.

Hualien is very nice, but the tour guide SU*K.

If i have a chance, I would like to visit Hualien again but i will never ever use this guy anymore....

Day 6

Xinbeitou for hot spring - Danshui & Lover Bridge - Shilin night market again

Day 7

Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall - Last min shopping at TMS underground and XMD - Flight at 7.10pm back to Singapore

Taipei Day 3 -- 25/04/2009

The weather was cold... at about 16 ~ 19 degree..

Engaged Meeky for a day tour to the following places:-

- Yehliu - Shifen - Yingyang Hai - Juifen - Jinguashi - Zhong Zheng Gong Yuan - Keelung night market

** Will post up the photos some other day as i have saved them in another pc...

Engaged Meeky for about 12hours on that day for only NT3000. Shared his cab with a couple ( so each couple only paid NT1500)
Meeky's service is good! I think i don't need to say more.. you can google his name
Meeky Yang (Cellphone no.: 018-886-9-2191-5586, meeky589@yahoo.com.tw)
and you will find alot of GOOD reviews about him.

We are comfortable with him thus will be engaging his service again this coming Jun.. Yeah, I am going to Taiwan again (I missed Taiwan!!) He charged us NT3300 for 4person to Taoyuan this time.

Taipei Day 2 - 24/04/2009

I know i'm lazy... and I am really very lazy to update my 2009 Taiwan trip.. (-_-;) Here was the 2nd day of Taiwan in Taipei 2009...

24/4/2009 Friday; Sunny day

Wake up early, prepared and waited patiently for Kenny to woke up. While waiting, i looked out the window of the hotel room and saw this...OMG "nice" view!

And also spotted this shop selling 蛋饼... tot the 蛋饼 was only 18NT as stated but it was 30NT...

Brought a ham 蛋饼 and the packaging was nice. Kenny liked the 蛋饼 and i liked the box.
We went to the nearby Mac for breakfast and ordered pork sausage muffins. I liked the muffin and Kenny still perfered the 蛋饼.
After breakfast, we went Long Shan Si to pray pray and take photos. There were alot of people there praying and chanting.

Our next stop was Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (CKS). But before that, we went Wanhua clothing wholesale area near Longshan si to have a look. Brought some clothes for my kids at one for only 99NT. While I'm buzy shopping, Kenny got bored and brought a box of 槟郎. I popped one into my mouth, chewed and i sweared that i will never ever eat this thing again! OMG, it's like there's something in my throat and suddenly i had a sore throat. Kenny ate 2 and also felt the same.

CKS - Walked around, took photos, climbed up the steps to the memorial hall, took more photos, climbed down the steps, took a few more photos and headed down to Xindian - Bitan Scenic Spot.

Saw a row of crafted bricks along the walkway to Bitan bridge, which we guess were done by primary school kids. Some of them quit meaningful and some quit funny.

Bitan Scenic Spot - It was windy and we felt relaxing there.

Next Stop - Wulai

While waiting for the bus, a taxi driver approached us asking whether do we want to share his cab with another 2 passengers for 100NT/pax to Wulai. Without hesitation, Kenny agreeded and pull me to the taxi.

Stay on the right hand side of the vehicles on your way to Wulai for best view.

It took about 25mins to reach Wulai by cab. The driver dropped us somewhere near the bus terminal.

Went to Wulai old street for hotspring. Alot of hotspring shops there.. Saw a shop with beautiful pictures of hotspring rooms posted at their entrance and so we entered. See the 1st photo below... We took the pic after our hotspring session. Tot the room will be as beautiful, but to our dismay, they gave us the room as shown below... 350/pax for 80mins. There were 2 tubs in the room. One for hotspring and one for coldspring.