Taipei Revisited 2009 Day 1

Last Sat is our first wkend in taiwan! Wkend to my taiwan colleagues is considered 假日they dun call it 周末... As our location is not very near to 新竹市 so we decided to take cab at the nearest station which is call 新丰 but i met my taiwan colleague while gg out for supper so they also offer to sent us to train station on sat. 新丰 is a small station so not all the trains will stop, only those 电联车 will. 新丰 is also under 台铁 not 高铁 but is like 4 times cheaper than taking 高铁. 高铁 tix to taipei is ard 400NTD while 台铁 is 100NTD. The most important thing is 高铁新竹站 is ard 30mins drive away from my hostel so taking taxi there is again not worth it...

one very small station

old school track

my breakfast - cheese bagel!

台铁 and 高铁 both can consume food on train de. So If you are gg on a long journey then bring yourself some food/snack. I had the whole day planned out liao. First go 淡水逛老街 then go 新北投泡温泉 then at nite go 士林夜市 for dinner and shopping... The reason i wanna go these places is the last time i came i nv visit these place lah. haha then 顺便 can bring him ard....

But when we reached taipei we have to go his hostel check in 1st! cos he nvr bring passport out loh then he scared later they dun let him stay! Lua GG loh... I booked room at another place, it is a netel which is a internet hotel, but in the end i nv go stay cos i tired and jus find a room to stay in 西门町.

the tall building on the right is 新光三越

羊肉炒面

排骨饭

行天宫 is near his hostel but we nv go in cos of our tight schedule

行天宫 is also near 民权西路 mrt

淡水捷运站

3 storey Starbucks @ 淡水

淡水老街

interesting... Fishball museum

famous de 阿婆铁蛋

famous de 阿给

We saw a lot of ppl queuing to take ferry so we asked them go where de then realised they gg to 八里. The 天书 also got write abt 八里 and the ferry is jus 20NTD and 6 mins away so we decided to go also. But go there then realised that nth much de. There is a famous museum but quite far so we nv go. Ppl go there is for kids de can cycle and play at the beach. But there is a lot of food there @ the 美食街 hahha...

opp 淡水老街 码头 is 八里

queue to take ferry to 八里

boat to 八里

八里

八里老街

hot sugarcane n that is him

美食街

whole sotong bbq! but not cheap 70 NTD each!

another type of 臭豆腐 bbq liao then dipped into special soup! 真他妈的好吃!!!

臭酸冰, dunno who dare to eat lo

train to 新北投

this is interior of the train! intro abt taiwan hot spring de

hot spring museum

really got nth much de so if u go to 新北投 dun go to this museum!

this is a public hot spring pool which is damn cheap 40NTD for 2.5 hrs

xy, the left side pink neon light is 泉都

士林夜市， freaking a lot of ppl lo

3 yrs since i drank this!

鼎边挫 is smth like hor fan but the process is damn tedious

花枝羹

the white roll is 鼎边挫

crowded 士林

dunno why this biscuit shop in 士林 so crowded? biscuit seems normal leh...

ufo catcher haha i tried and i got one of it after 3 tries! 整人土豆

the last time nvr try so this time go queue!

is very cheesy lo! the potato is fried then added with ham, spring onion, corn and then covered with thick cheese!

The motel i stay in have a bathtub lo, though the space is small but it is cosy and cheap!!! It is just opposite 东龙 in 西门町 best for budget traveler. One night is 650NTD for 2 person. The location is not bad lah 5 mins walk to 西门 mrt. 650NTD give you privacy! The hostel he went to stay is 6 person share one room de then common toilet and it cost 690NTD! hahaahaha....

bathtub!

thick blanket is very impt!

also got tv lo

The next day i went to find the camera shop i saw last time to buy the Fujiflim F200EXR but very suay they went to IT show @ Taiwan expo lo. So i decided to go see see also...

Next post on Taiwan IT Show...

Cheers, 全部的神仙保佑我吧！