- 15. Taipei: 淡水 -
Went to 淡水 early in the morning most shops are not open yet but well, is there to see the scenery and buy 铁蛋 for Auntie Winnie!!! LoL..
While traveling there, we saw a big lorry full of eggs!!!
see so many eggs!!!!
Ok, back to the main topic, was at 淡水 walking around, taking photos. Most importantly is to buy 铁蛋 for auntie winnie~
As mentioned earlier, not many shops are open so nothing much to shop.. But there is this souvenir shop that open jus in time for us... Bought most of the souvenirs for colleagues here and a surfer's wristband for myself~ 
Personally, i feel the 铁蛋 is quite disgusting, therefore din try it. But tried the 鱼干, its Nice！！！
Here r the pics taken at 淡水~~
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
- 14.TaiPei -
忠烈词 | Mao Sisters
From previous post, after Lunch at Shanghai Story, we went to 忠烈词 to look at the so called Yandaos from Taiwan. They are ppl serving their NS and those standing guard there are so called selected Handsome guys, tis part is mostly for the gals, budden okok only... Some of my friends are way more handsome than them~hahahah.....
omg sounds so gay =.="
They will stand guard everyday, the 3 forces, will take turn to be on guard, 4mth each. They will change the guards every hour and we are juz in time for the guards changing ceremony..
Here r the pictures.
After that, we went to Mao's sister where they introduce us their 灵芝, 鹿胎，蜂蜜 and Royal Jelly...
The Mao's sisters are the decendent of 绍族 where their great grandfather is titled 王爷 by Sun Yat Sen reason being 绍族's 鹿胎 cured Song Mei Ling of her Asthma. So to show his gratitude, Sun titled their great grandfather as 王爷。
They(Princess)intro and explain to us the use of each of the items, price wise is, like a bomb...
The bottle of Royal Jelly cost S$750, the 鹿胎 200g cost S$400。 The 灵芝粉 i forgot the price...
Look at the honey at the below picture. No tricks, juz pour some honey into the water and shake it, it will automatically form the hive-like shape...
Next up will be 淡水，渔人码头~
Friday, December 14, 2007
- 13. 台中 last part -
Last stop at Tai Chung before going back to Tai Pei, went to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall, where they kept all the information and things about Sun Yat Sen, the history and pictures and items, lots and lots of them...
I dunno which pics to choose from them so decided not to post those items...
Exterior of the Memorial Hall...
After this we went for Lunch at 上海故事。This is something like 丁泰峰 in Singapore but its food is much much tastier... Their fried rice is the best i have tasted in my entire life~
Will be posting the last few bits on Taiwan Trip and will mostly be based in Tai Pei... Stay tuned~~~
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
- 12. 台中： 五角船板 -
This restaurant is one of the Specialty Meals included in the Tour package. Its an artistic restaurant. The Design and artifacts in this restaurant are all recycled things and pick ups from rivers or somewhere else.
The bowl that we use are all hand made by the boss of this restaurant. Atmosphere was great, the design and the whole place looks great!!! Not to mention, the food taste GREAT too!!! The Best dinner that we had at Taiwan will be 五角船板~ :D
The Interior...
The Exterior.. Family photo taken there :D
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
- 11.日月潭, 文武庙, 孔雀园 -
After leaving 九族文化村，we headed to 日月潭 for our Lunch b4 looking at the actual 日月潭. This meal is one of the better meals that we have tasted in Taiwan, i would say its in the top 3...
After lunch, we headed to 日月潭 and took some pictures. The scenary is Nice.. why they call it 日月潭 is becos this place consist of 2 lakes, 1 lake is rounded which is like the Sun,and the other lake is a crescent shape,both of them are side by side, so ppl call it 日月潭.
Went to 文武庙 and drew lots there, was asking about career and studies and the answer was as long as i put in effort wholeheartedly, I will be able to achieve what i want, and the chinese part has something to do with music, which i was thinking whether its hinting me to continue with my Piano Grade 8 and complete it...
Enuff said, Lets look at some photos from 日月潭 and 文武庙...
Its time to look at some birds~ hahaha...
Went to the Peacock Garden which is also nearby. Many peacocks and endangered birdies down there...
Next up will be 五角船板 dinner in 台中~
Monday, December 10, 2007
- 10.Formosa Aboriginal Culture Village -
九族文化村
This is a culture village for all the 9 tribes in Taiwan. Many informations in there and we also went to watch a show where it gives us a brief idea of their culture and showed us some of their rituals...
Let the pictures do the toking ba...
Besides all these, there is a theme park where we took some rides~
Next up will be 日月潭 and 文武庙~
- 9.埔里晶园度假村酒店 -
After leaving Alishan, travel to 埔里晶园度假村酒店. Along the way, we passed by 日月潭 and 九族文化村 which we will be heading the next day.We spent our Dinner and Nite @。。Oh ya, and not forgetting the SPA session~ =D
We had our dinner there, its a 8 course dinner. Food is not as good and the pork is omg!!! the 猪骚味 is so strong that we din even touch that dish~
Went to SPA 30mins after dinner, and its Nice, but when leaving the water is COLD!!! Enjoyed it there... Stayed tuned for my 九族文化村 updates...
Friday, December 07, 2007
- 8. ChiaYi -> AliShan -
On the 4th day, we travelled up to Alishan, a mountain resort and natural preserve located in the mountains of Chiayi County in Taiwan. Its a long long long journey. It took us around 3 hours to reach the top of the mountain of cos there are nice scenaries along the way. I'd juz post pictures to show the beauty of this place...
After travelling all the way up, its Lunch time and we had lunch @ 阿里山阁大饭店.
Another 10 course meal, but i forgot to take the fruits~ LoL~~
After lunch is a short distance walk down Alishan park where we see many many interesting trees. At 3000m above sea level, it was the most beautiful and cold place that i have been too, my favourite place for this whole trip.
Just look at the arrays of trees...
Look at the frozen 妹潭 below... That's how cold it is up there. Oh and see the fog at 姐潭... it's so beautiful....
Look at those funny trees..
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
- 7. Towards KaohSiung -
After leaving HuaLien, we enroute TaiTung towards KaohSiung, again its a long travelling time, took some photos here and there..
Had 2 toilet breaks and finally a lunch break at 山水轩餐厅。
Another 10 course lunch, the food is not bad but the rice is VERY NICE!!!
Its their 土产 it taste much better dan thailand rice, its more of jap rice...
After our lunch we continued our journey towards KaohSiung. Travelled along Pacific Ocean. Looking at the Sunset as we travel along Pacific ocean, Awesome...
Finally after reaching KaohSiung, we went to DreamMall to do some shopping and had our dinner. Nothing much to shop except i got myself a 罗志祥 CD+DVD(Karaoke&MV). Most of the time is spent on settling dinner =.="
After which we proceed to Urban Spotlight aka 城市光廊 and Love River aka 爱河。
Monday, December 03, 2007
- 6.Promised Land Resort -
-理想大地度假酒店 -
Rest at Promised Land Resort, its a superb resort...
At nite, we had a 10 course meal, not as nice as the breakfast thou but acceptable...
After dinner we had a chance to realease the Heaven Lantern, 放天灯。。。
Next morning b4 breakfast we took some time and took some pictures...
**All pictures taken from camera, no editing done~
- 5.太鲁阁峡谷 -
After our Train ride to Hua Lien, we board our bus and proceed to 太鲁阁峡谷。I really admire the bus driver, he drove the bus alone with out luggages all the way from Tai Pei to Hua Lien while we took the train ride...
The sceneries were really breath taking, simple awesome....
Some stops along the way as we took some pictures with the sceneries as background~
Type rest of the post here
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
- 4. HuaLien Here we come~!~!~ -
Took a bus to the train station where we will take a train to HuaLien to go to 太鲁阁峡谷 where we will see big marble mountains and other attractions.
During the Train ride, there are many nice scenaries, below are some of it....
- 3: Breakfast -
Breakfast is the 1st meal of the day and of cos its important, but not all hotels provide good Breakfast.
The 1st breakfast which is on Day 2 is no good, little variety to choose from and the food Sux!!! =(
Food Rating: 2/5
3rd day's breakfast is eaten in Promised Land Resort, The french toast is nice, food is NICE!!! =D
Food Rating 4/5
4th day's Breakfast okok lar... Taste not bad too... =D
Food Rating: 3/5
Other days breakfast are not as good, din take any pictures as its not worth taking~~~ hahaha.... =D
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
- 2: Things from Taiwan -
10 Days in Taiwan and visited numerous places, have bought 2 things which i needed and most expensive of all purchases. Some are small souvenirs bought at different places and some are souvenirs bought for colleagues...
Monday, November 26, 2007
- Taiwan Trip 15th Nov 2007 - 24th Nov 2007 -
- Summary -
15th Nov 2007 (Day 1)
Singapore -> Taipei
- Assemble in Changi Airport for our flight to Taipei 3pm Depart.
- Arrive in Taipei @ 8pm
- Went to 饶河夜市
- Check in Hotel "City Suites Hotel"
Taipei -> HuaLien
- 1st stop @ 九份 where we bought muachees, some souvenirs and took some pictures
- Proceed to train station leaving for 花莲
- Bought 矿工便当 for our Lunch
- Board Train @ 11am
- Reach 新城（太鲁阁）站 and proceed to board bus
- Reach 太鲁阁峡谷 saw big big marble Mountains and took many pictures there
- Proceed to a 5 star resort for our stay - 理想大地度假酒店
- Had our dinner there and we had a chance to 放天灯 where we write down our wishes and send it up to heaven
HuaLien -> TaiTung -> KaohSiung
- We will enroute TaiTung towards KaohSiung today
- Lunch break at 山水轩餐厅 @ TaiTung, one of the Specialty Meals
- Continue Journey through 中央山脉
- There are breaks throughout the journey
- One last one was where we had 烤地瓜
- Reach 高雄 @ 6pm where we went shopping and have dinner @ 梦时代广场(Dream Mall)
- After Dream Mall, we went to Urban Spot light and Love River b4 proceeding to hotel.
KaohSiung -> ChiaYi -> AliShan -> PuLi
- After we our breakfast, make our way to 嘉义, 阿里山公园
- The scenary is really breathtaking
- Climbed 阿里山 which is 3000m above Sea level, the air up there is so fresh and cool
- Had our Lunch up there tasting 阿里山美食, one of the specialty meals
- After lunch, had a leisure walk down 阿里山, enjoying the scenery and taking many pictures
- Went towards 埔里 for our hotel stay @ 埔里晶园度假村酒店
- Had our dinner there and went for a SPA session 30mins after dinner
PuLi -> The Formosa Aborignal Culture Village Theme Park -> Sun Moon Lake -> TaiChung
- After breakfast, we proceeded to 九族文化村主题乐园 to see the the 9 tribes of the Aboriginal
- Saw a welcoming show b4 entering and had many rides and spent half a day there
- Lunch is a tasty 日月潭风味餐 one of the Specialty Meals
- Visited 日月潭 and proceeded to 文武庙 where i took a very rare nature picture, stay tuned
- Visited 孔雀园 where we saw peacock many rare species of birds in taiwan
- Headed towards 台中 where we had our dinner @ 五角船板 one of the Specialty Meals
- Went to 逢甲夜市 where we were told its the best place to shop as things here are cheapest
- Spent 2 hours shopping but din get much
- Proceed to Hotel
TaiChung -> Taipei
- Today we will be heading back to Taipei
- Our lunch is 浙江名菜 + 上海小笼汤包 @ 上海故事
- Headed towars 台北 to visit 忠烈词 and saw the hourly changing of guards
- Went to 毛家公主 where we bought Royal Jelly, 灵芝 and 鹿胎
- Went to Taipei 101 but did not went up as its too foggy to see anything.
- Saw a bookstore and went in to check if there sell the book Jacky wanted, but No, dun haf
- After Taipei 101, went to 士林夜市 where we tasted the authentic 鸡排 haha....
- Went back to Hotel After that
TaiPei
- Proceeded to 淡水 after breakfast and bought some souvenirs there
- Went to 渔人码头 and took many pictures there too, its so so so nice!!!!
- Went for lunch @ Yakiniku 日式无烟烤肉自助餐 one of the specialty meals, superb food!!
- Went to 故宫 after Lunch to see all thoe ancient exhibits
- Tour guide brought us to 玲珑阁 to help us see our Names, but the main point is to sell their 天祿. Of cos, we did not buy any of those. LoL~
- Went to 西门町闹市 where we tried 阿宗面线 and had some funny encounters of food signboard
- Went to Hotel after that, and this Hotel SUX!!!
TaiPei
- Where the rest of the tour members went home after breakfast, we stayed back as we extended our stay for 2 days.
- Had a very leisure breakfast and checked in to our 富园酒店 hotel that we will be staying during the extension.
- After settling down, we proceeded back to 西门町 to Shop again.
- Where we bought many bags
- Had Lunch at Tamago Ya aka 蛋蛋屋, the food is nice~ =D
- Proceed to Taipei 101 again. As today's weather is good, we went up 101 and the view up there is so nice!!!
- Went to bookstore to help Jacky find his book but this branch has sold out the book.
- Proceed back to Hotel. Tis hotel is much much better although its only a 3 star hotel. Best part is, it provides free internet access.
TaiPei
- After we had our breakfast, we went seperate ways
- We and Young uncle's family went around Taipei where Kaima and family went to 杨明山
- We pass by 总统府 and saw ah bian going to work in this president convoy.
- Went to 国父纪念阁 to take some photos.
- Went to 国父纪念馆（Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall) and there are guards there too..
- Look at the history and some exhibits
- Went to 龙山寺 took look for 观音 statue for our home, we saw a nice one but we din buy
- Went back to hotel to gather b4 having dinner
- Had Steamboat dinner which is so Yummy!!!
- After dinner went to 忠孝钝化 bookstore branch to continue hunting for Jacky's book, his last chance. LoL~~~
- Went wif Kai Yeh and young uncle.
- Spend some time there and bought some books, whether or not jacky got his books, stayed tuned
Taipei -> Singapore
- Woke up early in the morning and took a bus to Taipei Airport
- Some things happen along the way
- Took a 4hr flight back to Singapore
- Home Sweet Home
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