Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Okay I am free now so I shall blog abt the trip! Flight was 7th Dec 0030 can't really slp and hence was kinda tired when we reached TW early in the morning. Had breakfast somewhere at Taonan and then sat on the coach to Taipei and went to Fisherman Wharf and Tamsui Old Street. It's super cold and windy there!
Erm.. some stone thing which says dan shui sth se! I didn't know what it says I was just snapping away haha.
At the Lovers' Bridge with messy hair cuz of the wind. Youngest sister on the first pic her name is Donken or Chickey cuz she's a mixture of a donkey and a chicken! Sorry that's our own joke!
That's Tamsui Old Street where I finally tried the long long ice cream which wasn't very nice! 
The fish ball thing and soup above is very nice! So comforting in a cold weather.
Our hotel in Taipei is located near Xi Men Ding (XMD) so in the aftn after lunch, the tour guide taught us how to navigate around XMD before leaving us the time to roam around ourselves. Chose to rest a little while in the hotel for 2 hours before hitting the streets cuz we were all tired. The streets of XMD..
First shop to visit at XMD: where else but Ah Chung Mian Xian?! Anyone want some? haha we ate a bowl and da bao back to the hotel another serving after shopping at 9 plus. I want to eat it again! Although the queue was very long, it didn't take much time before everyone got their share which is good!
We then wanted to eat the snow shavings at 三兄妹 but couldn't find it. It was after some time tt we realised that it was closed for the day. Oh wells we settled for this erm.. ice thing haha. I also duno what it's called. Quite nice also!
And yup, that's end of Day 1. Very tired! Good thing the hotel bed was comfy haha.
First shop to visit at XMD: where else but Ah Chung Mian Xian?! Anyone want some? haha we ate a bowl and da bao back to the hotel another serving after shopping at 9 plus. I want to eat it again! Although the queue was very long, it didn't take much time before everyone got their share which is good!
We then wanted to eat the snow shavings at 三兄妹 but couldn't find it. It was after some time tt we realised that it was closed for the day. Oh wells we settled for this erm.. ice thing haha. I also duno what it's called. Quite nice also!And yup, that's end of Day 1. Very tired! Good thing the hotel bed was comfy haha. Day 2: Didn't feel like waking up but no choice! Morning call was at 0630 the
sun had risen by then. First stop after breakfast was National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall. Didn't spend a lot of time there though. Like erm 10 mins? I wanted to climb the stairs up to the hall but time didn't allow that. Oh wells.. could only take pics from afar. 
Martyr's Shrine was next. Went there to view an elaborate ceremony of changing guards hourly. That's what was written on the itinery.
Hmm nth much though. Witnessed the ceremony and then went around to take pictures!
Yes, and more pictures....
The coach then took us to Chiufen. Nice scenery and food there. Hmm nth much to buy though! Okay I didn't really buy anything until the last day of the trip. Small and cute dog spotted. It was really small and had on a bumble bee clothing. How cute!
Left Chiufen and then proceeded to go to Hualien where we passed by and visited a Mazu temple at Yilan. I forgot to upload the pics from there. This was a toilet break from the 4 hrs of coach journey from Taipei to Hualien. Beautiful view with mountains and sea. I think I like the mountains haha.
Hualien is the place where many natives originate from. Hoho according to the tour guide, Jerry Yan is from a tribe too! The natives, aka yuan zhu ming in mandarin, are known to have powerful voices, have big eyes and double eyelids, and very good complexion. Hmm.. but I think almost everyone in TW have v good complexion cuz of the weather!
The picture above was taken at Ami Aboriginal Cultural Village where a performance was put up by the tribal ppl.
Martyr's Shrine was next. Went there to view an elaborate ceremony of changing guards hourly. That's what was written on the itinery.
Hmm nth much though. Witnessed the ceremony and then went around to take pictures!
Yes, and more pictures....
The coach then took us to Chiufen. Nice scenery and food there. Hmm nth much to buy though! Okay I didn't really buy anything until the last day of the trip. Small and cute dog spotted. It was really small and had on a bumble bee clothing. How cute!
Left Chiufen and then proceeded to go to Hualien where we passed by and visited a Mazu temple at Yilan. I forgot to upload the pics from there. This was a toilet break from the 4 hrs of coach journey from Taipei to Hualien. Beautiful view with mountains and sea. I think I like the mountains haha.Hualien is the place where many natives originate from. Hoho according to the tour guide, Jerry Yan is from a tribe too! The natives, aka yuan zhu ming in mandarin, are known to have powerful voices, have big eyes and double eyelids, and very good complexion. Hmm.. but I think almost everyone in TW have v good complexion cuz of the weather!
The picture above was taken at Ami Aboriginal Cultural Village where a performance was put up by the tribal ppl. Overall that's Day 1 and 2. A bit boring I know haha. Day 3 and 4 were better! I'll update some other day. That's all for now. Time to slp! Nights!