- Wulai for Hotspring! did i mention we woke up 3 hours late?!
- on our journey there, we met a samaritan! she looks like a hk veteran actress that always acts in ghost show rite?! she basically just approach us and took us 'under her wings'! well her kind soul led us to her hotspring that she frequents, giving us 2 coupon for a private bathhouse (U.P Nt900+) but we only paid NT180 each! The scenery up there was awesome.. lovely place. we felt like we met an angel! taiwanese are really really kind at heart. unlike singaporeals.. ouch.
- places visited: wulai old street, wulai waterfall via a rustic tram ride (fun fun part), we then rushed to explore the aboriginal museum
- the whole feel up there is just breath taking.
- next up shilin NM
- food wise: variety not really fantastic, almost repetive, not many much raved about food here
- shopping: good, many many lanes of shops and the crowd leaves pretty late which i like
- Start of our out of taipei, county trips.
- yeliu was first. we went on the wrong day!
- maybe partly it was at a higher altitude.. but we were freezing cold! and it was just drizzling in a very irritating way! like its there but its not there
- and so.. we didnt take alot of photos and all so at least i was pretty bumped bout it
- but definitely a place worth visiting! ferocious waves! we almost got all drenched for standing too close.
- an old korean visitor was passing by and requested to take a picture with us.. aww!
- took a 40mins bus ride to Keelung
- main thing was to see the miaokou street (all the good food supposedly there)
- but our itineary took for a turn when elena went to a super ulu toilet.. as they have toilet for old ladies and one was waiting outside as the cubicle was apparently taken up by some young aunty talking on the phone! so i felt it was unfair for her and mainly the old lady outside looks like she's fainting! so i hurried the young aunty.. then when she finally came out, the old lady no more strength to go toiley already! so i decided to help her through.. engaging the help of another taiwanese aunty that passed by.. together we helped her.. not complaining in any way but hey i literally touched her faeces and snot! at the moment i wonder why am i here in taiwan doing this.. but i know i couldnt leave her all alone.
- miaokou- nothing much, weather spoilt our appetite but pretty bumped that i didnt try their you fan (oily rice)
- lunched at some lu wei thingy.. not bad nice nice. here again they served free dong gua cha!
- jiufen next!
- by the time we got here.. it was dark, filled with tourist and even more freezing cold! totally ruin our scenic view and atmos! its an old town rustic feel.. too bad :(
- first thing we did was to have their warm yam red bean kinda dessert, famous in jiufen.
- tried bittergourd juice..superfood and a detox drink! 2% bitterness
- leaving her also another drama mama situation, hailed a cab, wanted to negotiate pricing but he just drove off and quoted us a super high price so i told him to stop but he started raising his voice saying that he queued for a long time but i DEMANDED he drop us now. and when he did it was FAR away from the bus stop. mind you it was pouring! and THANK GOD the bus drove by and stopped for us (i think we looked too pathetic la) by now my mood is downright black. haha
- by the time we reached taipei, we were literally shivering coz our clothes were soaking damp. went back hotel to changed and headed out to eat ah zhong meesua (nice man.. its not just a hype thing) before going shida NM
- shida is goood.. young people place.. its near a uni thus. clothes are more bangkok-ish also..
- the baked potato with cheese is heaven
- zhua bing w extra egg is WOW.. simple thing impresses me heh
- woke up early and we took a 2 hours bus ride to taichung!
- ate their bian dang.. cheap(NT50) and good spread!
- walked to jing ming yi jie, nothing much there just that the atmos is different. got approached by a reporter from ping guo re bao!
- went on a hunt for taiyang bing and pineapple tart but failed ( we were mad)
- in the took a cab and asked the driver to send us to the most famous one.. is called jun mei (divine cakes;buttery and moist fillings) driver also go the extra mile, wanted to pick us up when we're leaving fengjia (we even arranged a place to meet), gave us name card and in the end we painstakingly called him to tell him we're leaving late lol accountable rite?!
- fengjia nm! in my opinion is really good.. probably the best NM i went.
- unique food and many variety. mexican, shanghainese, taiwanese, western, japanese.. international fare!
- met the cutest dog here! her tag says, "don't feed me as im dieting"
- ate our choudoufu here, its delish!
- shopping is also good.. cheaper than shilin!
