Sunday, December 03, 2006,8:45 PMhaha..i went to taiwan for 9 days.from 21th nov to 29th nov. =D
sat jetstar there. its a budget airline if you have not heard of it. its much cheaper than a normal airline and therefore, we get to save some money and have more money for shopping!! hahaa. :))
took about four hours to reach taiwan from Singapore.
the airplane we took!
upon reaching taiwan, we took a bus from taoyuan airport to the city. it was about a 2 hours bus ride. lugging our heavy luggages, we took the local subway to our hotel. our hotel was located at ximenting..taipei's orchard road. the things in ximenting are super ex! i bought a braclet there and realised i was ripped off towards the end of my stay! if you ever go to taiwan, never buy things there! hahaha.
walking along ximenting.
cute right? taiwanese do keep piglets as pets!
ohh. i went to try the ah zhong mian xian. its the originator of the shih lin taiwan snacks back in Singapore. i prefer the shih lin mian xian they sell in Singapore! the ah zhong mian xian there isnt nice and its filled with pig intestines! yuckss! =X
us at ximenting
this is the cute lil pau i caught from the machine! in taiwan such machines are all over the place! they tend to place these cute lil thingies strategically so it seems easy to catch and ppl would be tempted to try their luck on it..=D but it isnt as easy as it seems!
on the second day, we went to national palace museum. one of the largest museums in the world. comparable to the louvre museum in Paris. the museum has many interesting collections dating back to early centuries. some works are simply so detailed and refined tt its mind boggling how ppl managed to achieve such fine works. no wonder they are priceless treasures. for example, on a small piece of stone, artists could crave out a ship with many ppl inside. each person has a diff expression on his/her face. cool huhh! too bad no pictures were allowed! :(
we went to shih lin night market at night. shih lin night market was a real disappointment as it has become too touristy . it has lost its orignality!
we ate smelly tofu there!
its nice! and i heard tt the bacteria it contains is more useful than the ones found in yakult.
third day
we made our way to taipei main station. we would be taking a train from taipei main station to chiayi. we were going to alishan. hahaa.
i used to thk alishan was smth like this.
with civilization only at the peak of the mountain.
saw them roasting a pig there. quite disgusting! the pig is super big and i can see the fat droplets dripping out from its skin..=X
the scenery there is simply breathtaking! whahaah. we stayed at a local's house and for the next three days..we went about the mountain. hahaa. the weather up there was really cold!
on the last day, we woke up at 4am and made our way to an observatory area just t witness the sunrise! beautiful sight! ><
sakura!
this rose is pretty right?
nice scenery!!
landslide. quite scary...you never know when the soil would give way and tumble on you.
beautiful sunset. marks the end of our stay at alishan.
after coming back from alishan, we went to CKS memorial hall. wah. the structures are enormous and there was a bustling of activities going on. many taiwanese students were there having their CCAs. saw some cheerleaders practising cheers and a group of guys marching. hahaa.
beside the huge CKS statue there would always be two guards standing there and they were not supposed t move at all. every hour, there would be the changing of guards. quite cool. we witnessed the changing of shifts of the guards. it was a rather formal process. i wonder how they managed to keep this tradition going for such a long time!
us at CKS memorial hall
we went to taipei 101 too. currently the tallest building in the world. it has the fastest elevator too! 1010m/min.
saw this mailbox there. quite cute right?
random pic i saw. aritistic right? study the picture closely..it may not be what it seems like..
taiwan is famous for its night markets and we went to many of the night markets there. each market has its own speciality. for example, we went to huah si night market. its famous for the snake dishes and all. ahh. saw a dead snake with body slitted open. blood was still dripping from it. damn gross! =X ahh.
night market.
one other nice place we went to was yehliu. yehliu is made up of beautiful rock formations.
the rock structures seen were due t years of wind and wave erosion.
my dad and i :))
stone shaped like a pig..i spotted it! cool huh!
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hahaa. look at the toilet! cool huh!
my stupid bro!!
after our return from alishan, we stayed at a hotel near the taipei railway station. there is an underground shopping area there and it was indeed a shopping haven!! hahaha.
it sells mister donut there. the donuts there are very popular. it is forever a sell-out.
their mrt train.
random pic of me and my sis eating
we did lots of shopping and all! the things in taiwan arent exactly cheap though =((
ahh. cant believe ive already blogged for two hours! time t sleep! if not i wont be able t wake up tmr..whaha..=D
cyaaa! beybey!!
wish me luck for obi! heee.
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