Since I am too lazy to blog the details of my recent Taiwan Trip, i'm gonna let the photos speaks by itself.
The first day in Taipei was fairly relaxing. We went to Taipei main station to purchase in advance our Taipei- Hua Lian Train Ticket first thing in the morning. Followed by breakfast in the famous "Yong he dou jiang dian" which can be found at the corner of every main street in Taipei.
Hearty breakfast with soy bean drinks, xiao long bao and stuffed onion pancakes
Next we head to the Confucius temple at Datong district, whereby the temple is modeled after the original Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province of China. It was quite fun to look at all the details of the architecture and design of the chinese temple while reading about the write-about of the famous Chinese fu-zi of all time. We even got the chance to view the famous Confucius 4D show for free!
Then, we found out accidentally that opposite the street there is a Summer open air concert going on, and we can resist the chance to have a look inside. The whole area was super huge whereby it used to be the exhibition site for flora expo. We went from one stage arena to the next, some are open to public but some imposed restricted entry. Overall we enjoyed the atmosphere but decided to leave after a while as we cant stand the 37 degrees heat!
Next stop was our favorite place in whole Taiwan, the Beitou hot spring. But before that, we had simple lunch with Taiwanese local cuisine - braised mince pork rice, dry squid soup and pork balls. Yum yum. I am super in-love with the hotspring in Taiwan. The first time we came to Taiwan, we went to the Beitou public bath rather than private bath due to a simple reason- its cheaper. You can find all sort of private bath hotspring package which is basically a small bath tube in a hotel room available for 2-3 hours in ALL the big hotels in Beitou. Some may goes up to hundreds, we had chosen the public bath which only cost at a few dollars, but with much better ambiance and surrounding! The public bath is consisting of at least 4 big pools of different temperature, the pools are surrounding by tall trees which not only provide great nature view, but also shield the pools from the outsiders. Although this is not our first time being here, we still love the place!
After a good soak, we went to famous dan sui shopping district , which is just a station away from Bei Tou. The street are full with flocks of tourist, good street -food, and many many lovely dogs. Taiwanese love to walk their dogs, i think Dogs in Taiwan live a happier life compare to Malaysia's.
Peter has his 10 dollar head neck massage which is ok. But the highlight was the fisherman wharf. We hop on to the boat to go to the fisherman wharf for a sunset view.It didnt occur to me how fast the sun goes down the horizon. 1 minute the whole sea is bathing in the golden sun rays, and the next minute the whole sky turned pitch black. And the next thing you will see is the colorful neon light of the Fisherman wharf's bridge shimmering brightly in the dark. The view is simply magical. Frankly, I cant think of a better way to spend the night than this.
Then, we ends the night with good ramen, a bit expensive but i guess you pay for the view as the restaurant was located on the harbour overlooking the sea. Then while on our way back to hotel, we were munching more snacks while passing by the shopping street.
Stay tune for the rest of my Taiwan photoblog!
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