Taiwan again.. =)
yepyep.. went to taiwan for grad trip from 18-23 may.. many things happen ba.. haha.. anyway, i tink i planned e itinerary quite well, except for e minor slip up which resulted in us half running to catch e bullet train.. lol
1st day: realised i forgot to bring comb, so went to buy one at changi airport.. haha.. no gst, so it's cheaper.. been wanting to get a new comb anyway.. haha.. on board e china airlines plane, they said no more chicken set meals, left beef ones.. haha.. in e end we jus ate bread n dessert.. lol.. i nv knew this could happen.. haha.. but e bread was nice.. i tink e food is better than e ones at eva airlines.. budden e movies nt gd.. haha.. some only showed e later half of e movie.. but half blood prince was gd.. rewatched tt on e flight.. reached taoyuan airport, n e five stars ppl gave us free transport to ximending.. which was gd ba.. i heard fm ps tt e taxi there cut throat, one trip can cost NT1000 (S$50) for tourists.. lol.. checked into royal castle hotel.. which was much better than first world hotel.. lol.. e rooms big enough n even gt bathtub n water cooler.. haha.. n we went out n begin our feast.. haha.. 1st stop - modern toilet cafe @ ximending.. yummy!! den huiping wanted to see e astronomical center oso, so we took train n bus there, but it was closed oready.. took afew photos n bus back to shihlin night market.. but too full le, so din eat much.. i wanted e fried chicken but din order.. haha.. den, we went back ximending n sang k at e ktv nx door..
2nd day: breakfast @ hotel.. average only.. nt much variety.. haha.. cos it's a small hotel.. den went to beitou hot springs.. 1st time soaking in a hot spring.. lol.. except this is in hotel kind.. e bathtub has a tap which flows e hot spring water.. lol.. nt as interesting ba.. i feel.. hmm.. den had noodles there.. couldn't finish.. lol.. n their hot spring egg is actually half boiled egg.. haha.. den we went to wufenpu, n met ps.. so qiao.. haha.. she doin some last min shopping b4 flying back to sg.. n i tink our shopping tastes diff la.. so i walk alone, nv join et they all.. lol.. i actually walked 4/5 of e area in 3hrs, buying 3 blouses, 1 shorts n a belt, but et they all only walked 1/5 in e same time, buying not as much.. lol.. den went to 101.. e lift super fast.. n e view nt bad.. nx time i wan see e dayview.. haha.. see which one nicer.. or mayb shld go there to see sunset.. lol.. we had dinner at 10pm at ximending.. cos we din wan to miss out 101 which closes at 9.30 i tink.. had some taste of e local food there.. e pancake wasn't fantastic.. lol..
3rd day: ah zong mian xian for breakfast.. shop alittle at ximending, n went to take train to hualien.. =) cool.. 1st time taking a train.. e seaview was superb.. haha.. n e scarecrows quite cute.. gt wear clothes de.. e minsu rachel offered us free transport to e minsu.. v beautiful.. haha.. explored a bit there.. i like exploring.. it brings new surprises.. but some ppl dun like.. haha.. e streets were full of vehicle shops.. finally reached a restaurant, decided to go in n settle our stomach 1st.. haha.. is a steamboat la.. quite nice.. haha.. wanted to go to nanbin night market, but e rest gt persuaded tt there not nice.. minsu paul wanted to drive us, we tot we goin nanbin there to play fireworks, but no leh.. jus some ulu place w not much cars.. lol.. went to lan shop aft tt.. v cheap, but ppl smoke there la.. =x
4th day: had fish soup w kou rou fan for breakfast.. e rice super nice la.. e pork jus melt in ur mouth.. haha.. but e fish too much bones le.. shld hav ordered fish skin soup instead.. tt one is heavenly.. e skin v soft w some flesh n no bones! den went to qixingtan n taroko.. splendid views la.. haha.. once a lifetime shld go there! lunch at e mountains was nice too.. =) n climb lots of stairs aft tt to reach e temple.. haha.. super tiring la.. half e lunch gone le.. lol.. but e view was gd.. n i prayed there for good grades.. haha.. by e end we were too tired to walk, so we went back n had some ice kacang.. quite nice.. paul said can hav free flow ice n caramel n milk.. haha.. he joked tt if this shop opened in sg, will go bankrupt v soon.. lol.. den went to dinner at a restaurant.. zichar style.. ordered three cup chicken, hualien vege n fried chicks.. nt bad la.. haha.. though i tink can be nicer.. dessert we had tiramisu n cheese cake.. quite gd.. den went to zhiqiang night market which was nearby.. but quite disappointed.. cos there only sell food, no clothes, etc.. lol.. ordered a guancaiban w honey chicken inside.. yummy.. played sabouteur at night.. haha..
5th day: had cup noodles for breakfast.. lol.. cld hav sth better, but they dun wan go out eat leh.. lol.. cos mus wake v early.. took train back to taipei, tried to find food n wanted to shop alittle there, but not enough time.. lol.. e food was right at e end of e underground shopping center.. n we walked like half an hr to reach there.. lol.. so we quickly buy some stuff n half ran back to catch e bullet train.. lol.. i tink some of them were unhappy abt it ba.. almost din catch e train.. if late 5min jiu gone le.. haha.. though i admit i oso wrong cos i dunno it was so far to get food, if no happy den u go plan e itinerary lor.. lol.. anyway.. e bullet train ride was not as exciting as i tot it wld be la.. cos of e incident n e journey was too short.. 19min only.. lol.. reached taoyuan.. da guan forest farm had a driver pick us up.. Mr Lim brought us to some of e tourist attractions there.. but not fantastic la.. haha.. i bot 2 water bottles at e lovestory center.. afew dollars only.. when sg sells each for $20.. lol.. e reception there nt gd.. cos near e mountains le.. lol.. finally reached e minsu.. super huge.. tink cos they gt extra rooms ba.. haha.. so gave us 2 8-bed rooms.. dinner was included.. n it was gd.. played sabouteur again aft tt
last day: jumped up cos alarm clock failed.. lol.. had 15min to get ready for breakfast n pack some stuff.. we had porridge w dishes.. e doufulu v nice.. haha.. den went to climb abit of lalashan.. haha.. n headed back to minsu.. bathed quickly n packed bags to leave.. went to eat doufu for lunch.. nt bad, though i prefer sg's more.. haha.. den went to airport.. had chicken w rice on e plane.. quite gd.. haha.. n den, reached changi.. was 40min early, but somehow e changi airport ppl need to maneuvere e link bridge n had some prob, so wasted 10min there.. lol..
anyway.. e trip was nt bad la.. i wan go hualien again.. dis time i wan go nanbin night market, watch whales n dolphins, go to their ocean park, do some water sports.. haha..
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