Day 1 of taiwan

Left Singapore at 8.10am. Reached Zhong zhen airport at 12 plus. Taiwan and Singapore have no time difference. Went to tamsui old market, fisherman wharf and shi lin night market. We were given only 1 hour for that place which is completely insufficent. Smelly tou fu is everywhere and the smell is intolerable although i managed to tried abit of it. Though going to taiwan will end my world cup life but luckily they have it. The only problem is that they have advertisement in between a live match and they minimise the live match which is utimately irritating. Since i didn't bet hence watching a full match will shorten my melodious sleep, therefore i watched 2nd half then off to my la la land. Taiwan got one big problem which is lack of rubbish bins. Plenty of motorcycles ( 16 and above can drive a bike easily). When u shop for stuffs, plastic bags is not provided at all/ chargeable hence all of us had to carry the items. My grandma's sis came over in the night and brought us for dinner at shabu shuabu (steamboat). Burnt my skin with a piece of noodles... What the hell... there goes my face... The hotel sucks!... We are going to live the life of a refugee because everyday we are changing hotel.


Shabu-Shubu


Street road full of really cheap and nice food

Fisherman-wharf


Day 2

Embarked from taipei to hua lian. Hua lian is the hometown of granites/marble. Hua lian is considered country side hence the streets is rather peaceful and quiet. In taiwan aound 5am, the sun is already out shining brightly comparable to Singapore 8am. Went to some cultural village and watched people performing ( Super boring and the performers looked like shit).





interesting rocks



Boring cultural performance

Unique rock

ma zhu temple

"dinosaur" attack... RUN!!!!



Day 3

From hua lian, we headed on to zhi pen hot spring. Din managed to go for a dip because i din brought my swim wear along. Shorts is prohibited... wth...


Change of guards hourly

memorial park


Welcome to my jewel in the palace.... Chang JIn where r u???

standing beside a "statue" look like human right?


Day 4

From zhi pen hot spring, we headed on to gao xiong which is 2nd biggest district in taiwan. Went to earthquake musqem.


Earthquake in action... nice anot...?? where is captain planet?? Muz be eating snake... no wonder got earthquake


A temple where got tiger and dragon... are they trying to devour humans??

Day 5

From gao xiong, we went back to taipei. We went thru this particular stretch of road called tofu street. This is the place where all the smelly tou fu unite. They held meetings and fight with smelly toufu. The air around this street is intoxicating... SO STINKY.... cho tou fu everywhere... ARGH!!! Y!!! zzzz.... The meal we consume everyday is alright. The rice is very tender and soft. Heard from the tour guide that japanese love taiwan rice. Then we went to 101 "shopping" mall. This is a place totally not suitable for us as they sell branded stuffs. I mean really branded hence if u got the money go there. At night, we went to xi men tin. Though i could buy some clothing but it turns out to be otherwise cos most of the shops sold women stuff.... sianzz... Taiwan arcade got alot of basketball shooting game and pick the doll game. IT'S ALOT!!! taiwan is in favour of basketball and baseball. The streets of taiwan is all basketball courts and it's ALOT!!!!




It's impossible to take the whole building because it's damn high


Day 6

Off to Jin men. We need to take plane to this place. This is where my grandma was born and she left this place when she was 5 due to war. Jin men is very close to china hence china wanna conquer this land thus they launch a attack for 44 days and used 400000 bombs. Going to Jin men is more of a educational tour. This place is really pleasant. Very quiet, peaceful... they should develop this place into some holiday chalet or casino. It's such a waste of a beautiful land.





What a beautiful sky.... spectrum of light...



Old house

more old houses

Cave/tunnel where people and ships seek shelter from incoming bombs


Day 7

Climbed tai wu mountain early in the morning. The view at the top of the peak is magnificent. The air is very cooling and refreshing. A good way to really relax your mind from everything. Trip around jin men plus xiao jin men then took plane back to taipei. Since this is the last night, we took cab to shi lin once again to satisfied our shopping needs. Shi lin got this place which sells alot of small puppy which is damn damn damn damn damn cute. So tempted to buy but it cost $400 plus and it's very troublesome to bring pets into Singapore. Shi lin at night is rather packed and a nice place to shop. The clothes pricing is around the same as Singapore hence not much of a difference.


A shop that sells helmet.... hahaha so funny... got cartoon mask also...


My grandma

endless road


Day 8

Went back to Singapore. Home Sweet Home. Brought Chivas regal from the duty free shop because it's reallty damn cheap. only 39.70... cheap anot... vodka 24 bucks... cognac bleu at a cheap price.