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Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM

i am back from taiwan panorama!:)) dun feel like coming back actually cos is uber fun, everyday is like eat, shop and nap on bus rides from one destination to another. heh and guess what, i toured the WHOLE of taiwan within 8 days.initially thought was just a couple of places like tainan and kaoshiung. lol. and is really quite cold in taiwan like below 10 degrees everyday and the frequent gusts of cold wind literally freezes me. a bit dumb of me to bring just a normal jacket and flats ( cos i really thought 10 degrees is bearable!). luckily my aunt lent me her coat and dad bought me new pair of sports shoes:D around taiwan in 8 days...


day 1: upon arrival, went to keelung night market at taoyuan. all of us were so not accustomed to the cold temperature and it did not help with the heavy drizzle. we combed and bought food like hot crab soup, hot ginger soup with fen yuan, hot sticky rice and hot egg balls. fen yuan (chewy balls made from yam and sweet potatoes) is like taiwan's specialty and i see it in every night market.oh, i tried bing tang hu lu as well! (uber sweet)

day2: went to chiufen and bought a lot of local specialties like mochi and plums. then headed over to hualien via a train ride for all the sightseeing of natures' beauty. the scenery is magnifique and the air is so fresh and nice:)) afterwhich, we went to a village to release the heavenly lanterns. the laterns were huge (much bigger than the ones released during hall's mid autumn) and all the laterns have a sparkler attached as the tail. one word: heartwarming:)

day3: travelled to taidong for sightseeing and yet again, breathtaking! tried the kao di gua(roasted sweet potatoes) and popiah ice cream there.niceee!!then hopped over to chihpen hotel to bao wen quan:) the wen quan was 42 degrees and is really scorching when first entered! but after a few minutes, is uber, duper, super shiok and relaxing esp in the cold weather, love wen quan max but singapore dun have:(
P.S: we escaped the 6.7 earthquake in hualien on that day!phew

day4: to kaoshiung for a lot more sightseeing and shopping at dream mall. then headed to liuhe night market:) went hysterical over the wide array of taiwan's specialties! tried a lot of food like cong you bing, fen yuan with tao huay, papaya milk, fried potatoes balls and seafood porridge. upon reaching the hotel, took a cab ourselves to xin jue qiang for more shopping!

day5: over to tainan and visited fo guang shan and the pearl culture centre. (if u realised, the itinerary is like 70% sightseeing:D) then proceeded to dakeng recreational farm for a farm stayover. saw many cute piglets and chicks over there and after trekking up a hill, i tried their (modified version) sitting kind of flying fox:) fun

day6: first we went to jianfusun fancy world amusement park! i tried all the thrilling rides except the G5 (the vertical drop roller coaster), really madness lah! lol. then more sightseeing at tainan and proceeded to taizhong for their famous fengjia night market:)

day7: last spot in taiwan: taipei !and woohoo, i went to doreamon world!:))all-time favourite! SUPER adorable! more sightseeing and cultural infusion later and went to shilin night market later in the evening. more smelly tofu, enormous fried chicken fillet, bubble tea and many more!

day8: rode the high speed bullet rail to taoyuan and took a bus to the airport for transfer to hong kong.

day9 and 10: free and easy in hong kong. my uncle brought us around-eat and shop and eat and shop! dim sum, buoluo bread, milk tea, seafood and "xu liu shan" mango desserts!(YUMS)

home sweet home!

conclusion is tired but superr happy:D daddy spent major lotsa money. being techno savvy, he bought a home-theatre system and a psp( is purple in colour!!) cool trip with unique experiences. actually quite cool having to change hotel every single day and i stayed at 8 different hotels throughout the whole trip! heh. missing the sweet castor apples and nice food already...

happy boxing day!