Monday, September 29, 2008

Taiwan trip 18/9 - 25/9

Ohh...This dates is the trip of me,joey,schoo,yiting & yiting's bro(andrew) at taiwan yeh !!! I wld say is a gd & memorable trip planned by schoo...
1st day is taipei "红楼"&"西门町" where we stay at as well...Oh there r lots of posters with idols where i found "fahrenheit"...we juz stroll ard the place,the CD shops hv the latest tracks & magazines...We den rest early to motel as nxt day hv to wake up early as need to travel to tainan...

2nd day we took speed train to tainan where we went to"金瓜石"&"九分"…We had bbf with "便当", oh is so nice lor really is gd packed food...At "金瓜石" we get to experience old times they dig the sands to get gold & saw mining ppl life in the past...We all visited the old kind houses made of woods where they r now preserved as ancients...
At "九分" the bus ride up is V siok lor like "inital D" V shaky & twisting juz like the movie...We visited the "老街" whereby hv nice snacks food but super HOT la the weather…The worst is tat we slowly walk dwn to half of the hill thru the sides of bamboo made of staircases...I almost wan to die la im so scare cos the other side is the blank view of woods, nothing else...we saw wooden postcards & we even buy & post back to spore... we also put “天灯",on the paper lantern is our wishes & blessings written & we den let it raised up into the sky to make wishes...we also get the chance to take old kind of train with aircon where the train attendant is v funny wan...
3rd day is to Gao xiong "奇京岛" where we visited lighthse with lots of cannons,i guess last time is war time place ba...The best part is the island need to cycle to explore if nt will walk till die la...We had to walk all the way up to the top to view the V nice scenery dwn to the sea at the lighthse,OMG my leg almost broke & SUPER HOT LA !!! We also went to visit the tunnel where hv drawings tat glow in the dark & at the end of it is a V nice & windy of sea view...Enjoyed it lots...Also at the end part of island is there r lots of diff sizes of windmills & can view the high sea waves hitting on the sides of the bridges... Fantasting la... We went back wif exhausted bodies but happy feelings...
4th day is to "我来也" where YT die die wan to go wan cos is the drama "王子变青蛙"filmed at a old style provision stall... Its aldry closed nt for tourist to visit so hv to juz take pics outside where we saw "电子花车" as got sexy girls singing at the back of the decorated lorry with sound systems... At nite we went “爱 河” but is not as nice as we saw from drama, is juz normal like clarke quay in spore.

5th day V early in the morning we woke up to return back to taipei...we visited "五分浦" & "Toilet restaurant"... At "五分浦" is the wholesale clothes area where i hv got quite abit of cheap stuffs from...We also went to took "摩天轮" at miramar shopping centre... Its my fav as it changes to diff colors & the view is V nice although im super scare...We den spend our time ard at "西门町" as 1st day we didnt hv much time... We had small snacks & korea food...
6th day we went to "鱼人码头" & "平希", the scenery is v nice…At "鱼人码头" Its so windy tat we hardly can walk properly…The hot sun is burning us so hard tat I really cant take it…After tat we went to "平希" to stroll thru the old streets, we had lunch there n u had western food…It’s a famous place for preserved eggs “铁蛋” & “ Tall i/cream”, Den we went to visit a “so call museum” which hv special things…At nite we went to “市凌” night market, we bought snacks like “giant fried chicken steak”,“fried oyster w egg”,bubble mik tea & lots...



7th day we went to Taipei 101.we walked a while before we reached but is worth it…The whole building stands so nicely from far…when u r walking towards her I feel so happy cos is juz like the same tat I watched in drama.We bought tickets to take lift up to “89” level where is a exhibition hall n souvenir shop. We den took a recorded machine to let us listen to the intro of the place… Den is “90” level where the whole place is on glass windows to allow us to enjoy the views…Finally is “91” level where we can go out to enjoy how windy up the building is…We den went dinner at “天外天” steamboat with 1 of mac frenz who studied in Taipei…The steamboat soup base is nice,we had kimchi, mai la, chicken & fish stock…I loved the kimchi wan cos its my fav…We enjoyed ourselves on a V nice dinner.

8th day is the final day le…We went to “龙山寺” to pray… Its famous for praying for “love fate” so the 3 of us went over expect YT…Well me & joey manage to get positive agreement from “妈祖” but school tried lots of times in the end she gave up…These 8 days of tiredness but enjoyable trip ended but appreciate tat lots as can say is the 1st ah famers overseas outing ya…