First night spent in Taipei.
For the FIRST TIME in my life, I experienced earthquake… a minor one though. It was pretty “scary” as it happened during midnight and then I was all alone in the room.
But I thank God for the peace that not only was I able to calm myself down but also to go back to sleep without fear.
Day 7
“Good Morning Taiwan!!!!”
Started my day alone at Taipei. Thank God for good weather!
With the prior experiences in Taipei 2years back, I was pretty confidence traveling alone. And of course that Taiwan Metro services are also very convenience.
During our trip to Taiwan two years ago, we didn’t go to the famous historical places thus this time I made it a point to visit some.
First stop: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall.
I went with intentions to look at the structure of the building and also for the guard-changing ceremony.
A little break at 7-11, another great place in Taiwan.
Shortly after my walking-around and being a typical tourist by taking lots of photos, I met up with Jill (another SOT teammate).
We went to next destination, Tamsui.
During my visit to Tamsui two years ago with HM and HL, it was actually quite a rush and short one as it was the very day we were flying back to Singapore. We just came to eat the famous fishball. Hehe!
This time round, two years later… my visit here was much more well-spent as went to more places and even took a ferry to the “Fisherman Wharf”
After that, as the weather was SUPER DUPER HOT, we spent quite a while at Starbucks before we continued our walk around the place and did some munching on the local's favorites.
Shortly after, we left for Ximending.
Personally, some of the must-eat:
Ended the night earlier as didn’t want to take up Jill’s time to rest too.
On my own, I traveled back to the hotel.
Day 8
Sunday morning in Taipei.
Though there was breakfast provided by the hotel, I still chose to give it a miss. Kicked start the day with traditional breakfast at one of the breakfast shops nearby.
I then traveled to one of CHC’s affiliated church, Xin Dian Covenant Church. Not only sat through for the entire service but even went to get a shot with one of the pastors.
Next destination - Maokong.
A place I always wanted to go but didn’t get to two years ago.
Being a person who loves greeny and bluey views, the gondola caught my attention and especially the crystal cabin.
Some other highlights:
As my main reason for coming here was for the crystal cabin, I didn’t really spent long time there. Left after a shocking-bill tea time, seem like a must-have when at Maokong.
That night, met up JL and JM for dinner - a Thai treats from JM.
Eating in Taiwan is so shocking cheap, three of us + seven dishes (one fish, two veg, one soup, one curry, one thai pancake) all not even S$50.
We then met up one of JL’s friend and Taipei being JM’s hometown, he drove us to a place best for night scenery and is FOC,
Here are some:
Some better shots are with JM’s pro camera.
And since the night young. we were for a drink at some-pub-look-alike (to Singaporean like me). We chatted and chatted and chatted and chatted and chatted till late late night.
to be continued...
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