Thursday, September 27, 2007
Back from Taiwan trip! (Part 1)
Hello ppl, i'm actually officially back on sunday, 23rd sept. Didnt have time to blog cos there's 'so many things to do' and a little bit of laziness. The whole trip was great and wonderful! How i wish i could stay a little bit longer in Taiwan. Started to fall in love wif the country. haha. Due to some technical problem, i need more time to upload the photos. will upload the photos asap.
It is a 6D5N trip. Our group onli consists of 9 of us, and our tour guide, xiao luo. haha.
First day 18th sept
Boarded the plane at ard 2pm. It took off at ard 240pm, the whole journey on the plane was ok. Our first destination was Kaohsiung (高雄), it is the second largest city in Taiwan. By the time we reached Kaohsiung was ard 7pm. Ya, 4 hours flight from Singapore to Taiwan, for your info, tt day Taiwan actually experienced 台风. The moment we reached Kaohsiung, the city is raining. A bit sian lah. We started by heading to Leo He Night Market （六合夜市). It's similar to our night market, selling all sorts of local delights. Mango ice, pearl milk tea, deep fried sotong, smelly tofu (臭豆腐)! The smell is really... smelly! You can almost get to smell it from each angle n area in the night market. haha. Den we headed to our hotel aka 饭店. Not those very high class but at least they have all the facilities we need. First thing i did was switched on the tv n started to switch the channels here n there. They have over 90 channels and i'd actually lost in my switching. There isnt a channel i can stop and watch for half an hour or more. It is so cool can! haha!
Second day 19th sept
Our morning call was 630am, for your info, everyday our morning call is 630am. Need to get ready n have our breakfast n everything by 8am. That is our daily routine and we changed hotel everyday. haha. a bit like 逃难 rite? but we don carry our luggage walking ard.
We started off by heading to Hsuan Tian Shangdi Temple （玄天帝神像), Fo Kuang Shan Monastery ( 佛光山）. We had our lunch at Fo Kuang Shan Monastery, den follow by a long long bus journey from Kaohsiung to Taichung(高雄 - 台中). It's ard 2 1/2 to 3 hours journey. All of us did was SLEEP. haha. Den we reached Chi Lin Fong Hot Spring (麒麟峰温泉). we enjoyed bout an hour in the hot spring and we proceed to another night market, which is Feng Jia Night Market （逢甲夜市). Dis night market is named after a university, 逢甲大学. It is divided into two sections, one for food another for shopping. We spent for bout 2 hours or more at the night market before heading to our hotel. Dis hotel i must say smth bout it. It is so Japanese style, and there is a sona system in each room. haha.
My feelings:
there's actually too much to say bout Taiwan but i will try say as much as possible.
Kaohsiung is a city which is very hazy, like a city having air pollution. every road and street we passed by is fenced. they are upgrading their transportation. Almost everywhere i go i see scooters. Their men and women all ride a scooter. they can just park their scooter at anywhere they like, as long as it does not block the way. I also hardly see any Mac, KFC or any fastfood restaurants. just to share wif u all smth. In Singapore, toilet in Chinese we would label it as 厕所 or 洗手间. in Taiwan they label it as 化妆室. haha. will continue more bout the trip. cheers!!!
posted @ 3:54 PM
