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Taipei - Day 2
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Day 2 at TaipeiWe started of the day with the one day tour package to the following places:
1. Shrine (9-9.30am)
It was a performance conducted by the army where they do marching around the shrine. According to the tour guide, only the toughest ones get to perform for the crowd to see.
2. Tea ceremony lesson, buying of Taiwan's famous biscuits (MUST buy) and a visit to the jade museum (Rest of the morning)
3. Jiou Fen (1.30pm-2.45pm)
I would definitely recommend following a tour to Jiou Fen and Ye liou. Initially, i wanted to visit these places on our own. Luckily we did not, as taking a bus and walking to the destination will be quite troublesome.
After a 50 minutes ride to Jiou Fen, we had to take the public bus up to the hill where the market was. We managed to get a seat on the bus because our tour guide knew the bus drivers there. =) It was quite a short journey up and the mountain scenery was nice. A hustle and bustle place where not only tourists and locals frequently visit during the weekends. We tried their yummy snacks like big fishball noodles (MUST try, check out how humongous the fishball is. You can try the mixed soup with fishball, sotongball and meatball), fried potato, fried mushroom, bbq sotong, fried muah chee (MUST buy), beef noodle soup (can don't try).
# Tip 1 - Taiwan's way of saying nu rou tang (beef soup) is without noodles, so if you want noodles you would need to say nu rou mian (beef noodle). If you are traveling with your partner, always order one serving so that you can order and try other types of snacks.
4. Ye Liou (About an hour ride to Ye Liou where we stayed from 4 - 5pm)
A nice scenic place at the Pacific Ocean. Do go and see the Queen's head. These rocks formation are caused by the volcano eruption. Not really recommended for old folks as there is lots of walking and the ground is uneven.
5. Hot Spring at Yang Ming Shan (7-7.40pm)
The rest of the tourists didnt want to try the hot spring so the tour guide dropped them at their hotel at Xi Men Ding while Kelvin and myself carried on with the tour. It was a 40 minutes hot spring bath with sulphur water. (MUST try) Very relaxing and nice mountain view. =)
6. Shilin Night Market (8-11pm)
The bus driver then left us at Shilin for dinner and we had to make our own way home. The food is on the left area while the shopping is on the right area. We tried the usual milk tea, ou ah jian and other delicious snacks.
End of Day 2
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