This is a back date post. The last weekend of my Taiwan training trip i went to Taipei again... The main purpose is to meet frens and buy camera. Also Tainan is too far liao, travel to Tainan by 台鐵 needs 4 hrs and by 高鐵 need 2 hrs. Then again need to travel to 墾丁 need another 3 hrs by bus!
This time i go to Taipei after my work on FRI! I also went alone! hahaha so i took 高鐵. 新竹高鐵站 is an award winning station for its design so i decided to go see see!
this station is not tat busy normally but is a fri nite so a lot of ppl gg back home or gg out to play!
its really nice at nite!
last min buy tix is shag! but there is a trick to it! can book via phone then go collect it! hahahaha so i called them at the station!
my train to taipeiThe first thing i reached Taipei is to go Starbucks! cos that very day got new cups and got discount 15% and also got new shop! Then i went to check in at my motel @ 西門町，yes i walked from 台北車站 to 西門町 cos is not really far lah, like walking from my house to my ZY hse like tat but on the way a lot of thing to see so ok. During lunch time i heard from news that a new shopping mall opens today so i quick hand quick leg put my stuffs and go to the mall!
the new mall is call Q square!
they have super size soccer table!
nice interior design!
the ah pei trying to test water! lol
pic directory!
main entrance
this shop is near 台北車站 i had my dinner here! CHeap and good pasta!!! Beside the famous 名邑酒店
this hotel name seem interesting
this is the camera street, 相機街
i had my breakfast at this cafe!
nice coffee at reasonable price!
tuna sandwich, part of the breakfast set, only 99 bucks with coffee, cheap!!!!
after my breakfast i saw this other cafe! GG.... but is much more exp
自由廣場@中正紀念堂
國家音樂廳
tat is 中正紀念堂
teens practicing dance outside
nice view, if i am not wrong that tall building is 台北新光三月After the quick tour of 中正紀念堂 i met Zig and his GF at the station and we are gg to 烏來. After 烏來 we went to 相機街 to look for my camera and also Zig wanted to buy a electronic translator and his GF wanna buy an external HDD.
after the red bridge we enter 烏來溫泉區
we had lunch at some 原住民餐廳, bamboo stick rice!
a temple
Those houses are hotel! Hot spring hotels and they are exp to stayovernight! Mabe 6-7k NTD
zig recommend one, mus try is really 真他媽的好吃...
then we walk to the waterfall!
waterfall
early dinner near Zig sch, he say he like this beef noodles, 刀銷面
before we bid farewell, this is opp 師大夜市
due to the early dinner, this is my 2nd round of dinner back at motel, this set cost 7 bucks SGDAfter dinner, i went clubbing at Room 18 with my frens from SG, they came here for holiday! Haah. Clubbing is much happening there i think though i seldom club in SG also. After clubbing is KTV time at 錢櫃 is exp lo! Esp on a Sat late nite! 40 bucks per pax!
The next day breakfast at another Cafe! Visiting and trying new cafe is my hobby in Taiwan! This time is Ikari Coffee!
coffee and breakfast cost 7SGD
the breakfast set - NY style but not filling! but is nice!!!
Back to hsin chu station - day view!
dunno why but i like arch like building
my dinner bot at 台北車站, this is the traditional 鐵路便當, dun see like all the same colour, is quite nice!
That concludes my 3 wkends at Taiwan! No more Taiwan for me in 2010! Haaah....
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