Back From Taiwan (Part One)

Hello people, i'm back from taiwan. To be exact, i reached singapore on monday 16/03/09 at around 7.20pm.


Now that i'm back, i shall show you some pictures! haha.


Was a little unwilling to create this post due to the excessive number of pictures..



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Well, can u believe the fact that my family actually packed our bags a few hours before the flight.. haha.

And so, we woke up at around 4 in the morning. Actually i woke up the latest. :X


Got ready and all, we reached Terminal 1.



FIRST DAY

Some photos at Changi Airport..



Was still kind of early, so we headed to Killiney Kopitiam to grab some food.


Had no appetite to eat anything at such an early time..

Mum and Dayi.

My adorable dad, once again..

Dad and mum at where we were supposed to wait before the flight.

It was finally time for us to board the plane.

And,

I LOVE CHINA AIRLINES!

haha and why?

BECAUSE,

you can watch movies, listen to soundtracks, play games and a lot more with the screen just in front of you!!!

So, i listened to the soundtrack of HSM3 first haha. Was totally enjoying myself that i forgot the fact that i only slept for a few hours the previous night..

Then,

I watched Twilight!!! :D

whee.. Bella and Edward! (btw is that how "bella" supposed to be spelt as?)

Since it was a 4 hours and 15 mins flight, i went on to watch HSM3 again. :X

hehe..

Soon, we reached Taoyuan International Airport!

While queuing up for the immigration thing.

On the coach.

Headed to take the 台湾高铁 to Taipei's 西门町

This is how a 7 Eleven in Taiwan looks like..

Anyway, there was mist outdoors whenever we spoke. um. u know those kind people always see in 古装片？ Mist coming out from your mouth in cold weather that sort of thing. And this made Dad and I excited. haha! We were like trying to capture the mist out of our mouths. Unfortunately, we still failed. I discovered on later part of the trip, the mist only occurs when there's a rainy weather. So it was not what we thought to be a really cold weather.

The ride's really cool, because seats are being allocated for passengers. The seats are really comfy too, that is also why it costs more than the MRT in Singapore.

Having reached Taipei!

Haha, dad captured this when the train came...

Did not take any pictures in Ximending, as the time given for shopping was not really enough :X

Hmm. Ximending is just like Bugis Street, just that it's um almost HUNDRED times bigger?
And the things there aren't exactly cheap either.

I did not get much except for a few pair of socks and a necklace..

Was a little disheartened that i did not get what i want because i initially thought it would be the only place for shopping during the entire trip..

Oh yeah, if u ever go there, you should try the Ah Zong Mian Xian. Nothing beats that in such an icy weather.

We tried Bitter gourd juice too. It's nice! Kind of refreshing.. Not bitter at all.

BUT IT WAS NOT THE ONLY SHOPPING PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. :))

wa ha ha ha ...



After that. we went to 基隆庙口夜市

Had our dinner there and we went to the first hotel of our trip, Howard Beach Resort Pacific Green Bay.

There was an activity of lighting up sky lanterns.

Everyone writing down their wishes..

One of the lanterns got burnt up in the process..

okay well, the sight was not as magnificent as what i thought to be as there were only two lanterns lit.

But still, it's still something new that i've never experienced before.

And it's funny to see people writing things like, '1570 HUAT AH!'

haha..

Not to forget the fact that it was indeed VERY COLD outside, especially whenever the icy wind brushes past your face, due to the reason that the hotel's located near the beach.

But i was wondering, shouldn't it be land breeze in the night???

So why was the wind blowing towards the land?

Okay nevermind.

SECOND DAY

Something that i took when i woke up in the morning.

Nice yeah?

Breakfast time!

It was a splendid spread, with a wide variety of choices to choose from!

They provided Western food, Chinese food, nice toasts, delicious oats and many more..

The scenic view outside the diner.

The beach's really pretty. Have to see it for yourself. I guess it cant really be seen from the picture...

THE WATER IS REALLY BLUE!

I particularly like this photo because it shows a fantastic view of our hotel!



Went to Jiu Fen next..

Then to Yi Lan Chuan Tong Yi Shu Zhong Xin.(dont know why i cant type chinese characters suddenly)

The performance starts..

The Cai Shern's really cute haha in the way he moves..

Picture with the adorable Cai Shern!



Mum bought me a pudding ice-cream and we all sat down eating it..

It's SGD $0.50!

Okay, enought photos of me eating the ice-cream! Must be sick of it already right.

Let's move on to some other stuff!





Ended the visit there and we took the Huo Che to Hualien..

It was a forty minutes ride and i fell asleep!

Reached Hualien and went to Nan Bin Ye Shi (night market).

The really cool thing is,

YOU CAN SET YOUR OWN FIREWORKS THERE!

There were many different kinds of fireworks u can choose from..

Could not really capture the sight. But it's beautiful!

Like those that are always shown on TVs.

But the feeling is much much better because you get to set the fireworks yourself!

Hotel we stayed for the second night...

Blue Sky Blue Ocean Hotel

Nice lightings...

Our first group photo!

THIRD DAY

On the third day, we went to Tai Ru Ge..

Reminds me of Geog. :X haha

Initially, the tour guide wanted to bring us past this Jiu Qu Dong. But it was blocked due to falling rocks for the past few days..

Oh well..

See this was the notice put up..

On our way to the Ling Zhi place, we made our way to a fruit farm!

Could pick your own berries!

How cool is that!

Err.. Apart from the annoying bugs that were buzzing around..

Dont you think Dayi looks nice in this picture? :)

Picking tomatoes too!

The Lingzhi place

The people there were indeed very persuasive. I seriously think they will do well in those persuasive essays just on persuading people to buy Ling Zhi and the Deer thingy.

They'll really bug you and try their very best into convincing people to buy their products.

Mum was really persistent and so we made our way out the shop.

The lingzhi and the deer were really expensive!

Can believe that people actually consume the deer baby! Even though they say that the baby deers they got are from those mother deers that had a miscarriage.

Taken on the coach..

Hotel for the day...

This is what a Fa1 Piao4 is. Something like a receipt. But it matters a lot as it is taken into account whether a shop is corruptive that kind of thing.

FOURTH DAY

Was some Hai Jiao Qi Hao (海角七号) day. Went to the places where the movie was shot..

Reached Kenting!

Also the day when i discovered there was a lady in our group whose name is also, Hui Qi. (Chang Hui Qi).

i almost thought i heard it wrongly when she told me her name for the first time..

haha..

Hot day!!

Funny father and daughter..

Hotel for the day!

Whee nice beach again!

Taken on our way out on a vehicle used in golf activities.

They have such a service to bring people to and fro the hotel!

:D

Want to fight ah!!

Bought a pair of shades(not this one) during the visit to the night market. The sky gets dark really early.. can u believe that it was only 6.45 then?!?

TO be continued...!