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Woke up at 5am, showered and went for buffet breakfast at 2nd level around 7:20am with eldest sis for there was no anime to watch unlike the day before. Had some porriage, cereal, bacon, sausages, ice cream. This time, parents and other siblings came down around 8:20am.
Around 10:30am, we took 2 cabs to Shilin station.
From there, we took a bus to Yuanming shan.
Alighted 3 stops earlier and had to retake the bus again to go to the interchange there.
From there, we waited for the bus for around 20mins. From there, we took bus 108 at 15 taiwan dollars/pax.
We were aware that there was plenty of nice scenery to see if we alighted along the way, but there was totally no time to explore the place.
Left for Ximenting via bus to train around 2pm. Xi Men Ting is a shopping district for fashion stuffs, almost similar to Orchard Road in Singapore.
There, we had lunch in a Korean restaurant. I had noodle soup that came with white rice at 140 taiwan dollar.
After a bad experience with poorly tasted stinky beancurd the night before, I did not wish to try the same food there.
After having a quick tour, we went for Wufen pu around 4pm. Wu Fen Pu, like Xi Men Ting, was a shopping district, but it was more for make-shifted stalls/shops than fancy buildings like the former.There, I bought myself a top and a pair of shoes. Dun like the staff who sold the shoes coz of her unpleasant way of handling customers, maybe I should not have buy shoes from her. It started to dizzle and we quickly left for Taipei MRT shopping mall around 5-6pm coz bro wanted to buy some Gundum models there. There, I further bought myself a better pair of shoes as well as Inuyasha movie VCD and FMA OVA VCD. Dad was pretty pissed for bro took too long a time hunting for his stuffs. While buying some handphone decors, I kana some parrot shits on my forehead when I disturbed the 4 parrots in the crystal shop.
After waiting here and there, we finally made it to Dan Shui around 8pm after spending 60 taiwan dollar/pax on the train.
From there, we took a shuttle bus to fisherman wharf. As we were super-late, most of the shops in the fisherman wharf were closed, but I still managed to take some good shots while having some noodle and hor fun at an expensive looking restaurant. Went for Hokkaido pork burger at McDonald in the Dan Shui central where I finally had a taste of Frogs' eggs- some kind of Taiwanese dessert drink with jelly balls. As the time was reaching late and we were loaded with bedsheets, tibits, etc, we took 2 cabs back to hotel around 11pm. When I thought only Singaporean taxi drivers always lose their ways, our cab driver could not find our hotel after turning a few rounds on the road. Reached our rooms around 12am.
After washing hair and shower, I slept around 1am. Too exhausted.
Oh yeah, throughout my tour in the past 2 days, I've managed to try all public transport in Taipei-train, bus and cabs.
About bus, passengers usually pay either before or after each trip and there's a detailed route image above the windows. Like the train, there's a LED panel at the front informing passengers which stop it is reaching. Shuttle bus - 15 taiwan dollar/pax and normal bus trip ranges from 30 - 60 taiwan dollars.
Cab fare starts from 115 taiwan dollars onwards. Have explained train in earlier entry, so I'm not gonna repeat myself.
Around 10:30am, we took 2 cabs to Shilin station.
From there, we took a bus to Yuanming shan.
Alighted 3 stops earlier and had to retake the bus again to go to the interchange there.
From there, we waited for the bus for around 20mins. From there, we took bus 108 at 15 taiwan dollars/pax.
We were aware that there was plenty of nice scenery to see if we alighted along the way, but there was totally no time to explore the place.
Left for Ximenting via bus to train around 2pm. Xi Men Ting is a shopping district for fashion stuffs, almost similar to Orchard Road in Singapore.
There, we had lunch in a Korean restaurant. I had noodle soup that came with white rice at 140 taiwan dollar.
After a bad experience with poorly tasted stinky beancurd the night before, I did not wish to try the same food there.
After having a quick tour, we went for Wufen pu around 4pm. Wu Fen Pu, like Xi Men Ting, was a shopping district, but it was more for make-shifted stalls/shops than fancy buildings like the former.There, I bought myself a top and a pair of shoes. Dun like the staff who sold the shoes coz of her unpleasant way of handling customers, maybe I should not have buy shoes from her. It started to dizzle and we quickly left for Taipei MRT shopping mall around 5-6pm coz bro wanted to buy some Gundum models there. There, I further bought myself a better pair of shoes as well as Inuyasha movie VCD and FMA OVA VCD. Dad was pretty pissed for bro took too long a time hunting for his stuffs. While buying some handphone decors, I kana some parrot shits on my forehead when I disturbed the 4 parrots in the crystal shop.
After waiting here and there, we finally made it to Dan Shui around 8pm after spending 60 taiwan dollar/pax on the train.
From there, we took a shuttle bus to fisherman wharf. As we were super-late, most of the shops in the fisherman wharf were closed, but I still managed to take some good shots while having some noodle and hor fun at an expensive looking restaurant. Went for Hokkaido pork burger at McDonald in the Dan Shui central where I finally had a taste of Frogs' eggs- some kind of Taiwanese dessert drink with jelly balls. As the time was reaching late and we were loaded with bedsheets, tibits, etc, we took 2 cabs back to hotel around 11pm. When I thought only Singaporean taxi drivers always lose their ways, our cab driver could not find our hotel after turning a few rounds on the road. Reached our rooms around 12am.
After washing hair and shower, I slept around 1am. Too exhausted.
Oh yeah, throughout my tour in the past 2 days, I've managed to try all public transport in Taipei-train, bus and cabs.
About bus, passengers usually pay either before or after each trip and there's a detailed route image above the windows. Like the train, there's a LED panel at the front informing passengers which stop it is reaching. Shuttle bus - 15 taiwan dollar/pax and normal bus trip ranges from 30 - 60 taiwan dollars.
Cab fare starts from 115 taiwan dollars onwards. Have explained train in earlier entry, so I'm not gonna repeat myself.
