Day1 061106/mon
(arrival at taiwan)
touch down about 1800hrs
took an hour bus ride into taipei from CKS airport
check into rainbow hotel. It's a great place! cuz it's smack in e middle of Ximending(XMD)
took e train down to shilin. but we got off e wrong stop.. which is called shilin station..
but e actual shilin night market is a stop before call jiantan. we didn't knoe it till we reach e end of shilin.. then we're like wth why got one station right in front of us..
but anyway shilin is quite crowded esp wkends. lots of stuffs to buy and eat. mostly is eating lah. shiok! got shilin chicken cutlet yum yum.
RTU.zzz

Day 2 071106/ Tue

Longshan temple is e first place we went to today. e cravings on e pillers and building itself is super nice! it's quite crowded even it's a weekday.
went down to CKS memo hall it's a very large area flank by their national theater and concert hall on either side. manage to catch the change of guards(not in plan). later we found out they will actually do a guard change every hour so we're e lucky ones.. haha
bought tickets to hualian at taipei main station. very confusing to use e system.. so we decided to ask e counter instead.. haha must simpler =P
next we head to e glory of asia. will still be till dubai's completes their part.
that's taipei 101. aiya.. primary objective there is just to take photo to prove we been there done that.. ahha hmz. it's bascially located in xinyi district. which has lots of shopping malls all ard.. those high class type go in see look smell and ciaoz.
wufenpu! that's e place where all ladies wanna be.. it's a very big bugis which consist primarily of 4 long streets and a clustered area. takes quite a while to cover everything
tons and tons of clothes. but not much eatery ard =(
Raohe night mkt was e last stop for today. very much like shilin but it only consist of a street. nothing much but lots of foooooDD!! =) there's a famous chou dou fu there and chicken cutlet(didn't eat too full).
head back to XMD. ga! even more food!! muhaha shop ard then RTU

Day 3 081106/Wed
(hualian/taroko gouge)

woke up quite early today. cuz have a train to catch muhaha.
3hr express train ride to hualian drift in and out of sleep.sleepyyy *yawns
upon arrival we went out to source of a form of transport to taroko gouge
we're apporach by this sweet lady who offered us NT600 each for e trip which was gd.
cuz we didn't wanted to join a tour group as there's time restriction on e palce you visit.
first stop eternal spring. a place build in memory of those who open e roads in taroko gouge.
next stop swallow gouge.. sad sad cuz now only left the holes but no swallows..
went up to tienshiang for lunch. finally got to eat wildboar !! muhaha kundos to those who catches them. cuz singapore one runs too fast.. went up a guangying temple over there. there's a tower right on top(those you see in chinese settings one.. many levels that kind)
had to awit for our turn to climb up cuz limited to 30 per time.. lots of students ard. heard is cuz they have just graduated. then e schools up north will send thier kids down south for visit and vice versa. imgaine those in singapore north going singapore south. bored to death man..okie. view up there is nice and windy.
requested to proceed to baiyang waterfall. dumb dumb all of us forgot to bring torch light.
it's 2.2k to e waterfall. reminder to bring a torch forthose reading.. there's lots of tunnels although only e first and last requires but it's always gd to have.. so dun ahve to feel your way ard. right at e end is water curtain tunnel.. there's a small path at e side (sure wet one.. ) super fun cuz you can only feel e side and move along beside e path is a waterway alreadys so unless you're feeling garung..
on our way back we went to cising beach. very nice place. e sea is actually blue nice place to chill out haha. they had pebbles instead of sand.
back to hualian for dinner. there's this shop that's sells fish porridge and stuffs darn gd. *yummy bought mochi from there nice nice. felt cheated.. cuz i wanted to rent a bike for e trip but nvm.. haha save e trouble.
RTU. another 3 hr back. aloy arrives today.

Day 4 091106/Thur
Yangmingshan/Danshui

woke up abt 9. met up with aloy and gang near ximen station.
waited for e bus 260.. darn long lorz.. like ½hr comes once..zzz we're like eh this correct bus stop or not.. anyway it's an hour bus ride up to yangmingshan. it's those small 20 pax bus so had to squeeze.upon arrival we went to e visitor center which is 700m away from e busstop.. once there we took a bus up to xiaoyunkeng a place where we'll be starting our climb up Mt cising. upon arrival.. we saw aiya.. okie one lah 15mins up.. so with only a small red bean bun(which i bought 2 days ago still in yankai bag) and 1.5L of water we started our climb. time passes.. once i pass e first knoll.. thought reach alreadys cuz got a platform there. Then a couple walk pass.. i ask "zao an. ni men shi chong na ni gou lai de?"
their reply "cong cising zhu ding." omg.. so i ran along e path.. once i hit e bend.. omg.. there's it is.. 1 klick away.. our objective. after some climbing we finally reach e top. quite a sight to behold but lots of clouds so can't really see much.
Mt cising is e tallest peak in that area standing at 1120m above sea level. it's been a crazy climb up. but alot more enjoyable cuz no load! okie inf guys i take back my word. taiwan mountains super xiong with load. cheerS!



















yankai top left. followed by 3 of aloy's friend
me,cheehau,aloy.

went down via another routh toward lengshukeng. it's another crazy climb down.. zzz

there's lots of hotspring scattered ard yangming shan area. for those on budget can alawys use those lots of free one ard too. if feeling rich then can head to Beitou area.
another hour of squeezy squashy bus ride down. we head next to Danshui to catch the sun set. it's very nice place with lots of fooDdddddd!! iron egg, tall ice-creams, squids, ah gay(tofu with mian xian inside super nice), some bing(can't remember what), rou bao, prawn sticks wah.. heaven haha.. eat till super full. anyway all e famous stores are just long e middle street right at e end.
qingren ma tou.. looks just like our ocs link bridge.. maybe it's e company lah..anyway to reach there you need to take a boat ride over.
RTU



Day 5 101106/Fri
woke up at 9 again. tired out from yesterday hike.. haha. went sys memorial hall. there's lots of art students area. quite interesting to see them in action. thier drawing style is quite different.
went down wufenpu again to get some clothes. yeah!
kwanghau elect is e nest place we went to. e computers thier selling is cheaper then what we have in spore.*hint Ps3 coming out on 17th in taiwan.. darn should have order then sell here.. lolz saw yesterday's new people in US fight over Ps3. can see over US$3k darn!
shilin again food food food hehehe =P~
back to XMD today alot more people. friday friday haha. there's street performance all ard.RTU.

Day 6 111106/Sat
walk ard XMD area. RTH. flight delayed. touch down @ 2330. if you're there..
home sweet home.