Travelling History

Just a thought to post on what are the different places that I had travelled so far... Hopefully I can add 1-2 more the list next year! Haha...

1) Australia - Brisbane/ Gold Coast
2) Hong Kong (2 times)
3) Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Malacca, Genting Highland
4) Thailand - Bangkok (3 times)
5) Thailand - Phuket
6) Thailand - Krabi
7) Taiwan - Taipei (4 times)
8) South Korea, Seoul

I hope to add on Japan, New York and other Europe countries! I am aiming not to travel back to those places that I had been already. Would really love to explore other Asian and Europe countries!

Signing off with some friends that I made in Krabi trip from Malaysia and Taiwan (",)

Taipei Day 4 - 烏來 Wulai, 師大夜市 Shida Night Market

Day 4... Time flies and its my 4th day and 2nd last day in Taipei... Gosh! Our plan for today is to go to 烏來 Wulai, 師大夜市 Shida...

You need to travel to Xindian Station. Exit right towards their bus area and wait for bus 849. There would be some taxi drivers trying to get you for a ride to Wulai at NT400 but personally I don't think it worth it cos taking public transport is more worth of money...

First view at Wulai



Long red bridge...



Visitors' Museum which share histories of Wulai...



The young ones in the past at the age of 14 will have to go through tattooing which symbolises maturity and stepping into adulthood. Different tribes will have different tattoo patterns...
This tribe here is showing the people of Atayal (泰雅) which is one of the biggest tribe in Taiwan. 




Dear doing some stamping...



Our final end... I realised that they are teaching their language...



Traditional clothing...



We took a mini train which cost NT50 per pax per ride...otherwise we would need to talk for another 20 minutes to the waterfall area...



Their ticketing counter...



Mini train... *Tu Tu*



When you reach the other end, you would see the visitor centre and it also display their history items. Did I forgot to say that both museum and visitor centre is air-conditioned! You would be gladly to walk in and stay there cos the weather can be quite hot!



Beautiful waterfall scenary...So peaceful just to admire the nature!



We walked up about 2-3 stories of stairs to reach the cable car station. Before we went up, we were considering if to walk up this stairway as shown below...GOSH! I duno how long is that, can't even see the end point so in the end we gave it a miss.



At the cable car station. Each person cost NT220. There is only one cable car at one time at both end. So we need to wait for awhile to "get more passengers" before it departs. Just a short ride of 5mins but you can get to see the whole view of Wulai!







We continued to track up to explore the area and found this mini waterfall...



Mum feeding the koi! They sell the food per packet at NT10 using a vending machine similar to what we can find in our Singapore Washroom...



2 big boys playing...



After walking for about an hour plus, we went back down and headed for "Wenquan" which is the highlight of this trip. We googled a few places the day before deciding to settle for Full Moon Spa Hotel thou the reviews say its a little more pricy compared to the others...



We paid for 2 private rooms for an hour (about NT790) and comes with a complimentary drinks. Our spa as below...





I enjoyed the spa cos I have been looking forward for it. By the time we left Wulai, it was about 7pm. So we headed back to hotel to unload and have dinner at Ximending before heading to Shida Night Market. We went to a Japanese Ramen restaurant just opposite our hotel on the second level...



Their side dishes...Yummy!!!



Yummy Pork Ribs!!! Must try...



Main noodles, the soup is good!

We walked around Ximendingfor a while and Dear went to "Stay Real" to buy clothes...



Check out their website at: http://www.istayreal.com/

We took a cab to 師大夜市 Shida Night Market which is very cheap...



We ate alot of small snacks which is simply tasty...

I managed to buy a very nice necklace at NT300! This necklace is usually wore by blogshop models and the price they are selling quite expensive. I just saw it recently at Far East and I am glad that I bought it cheaper (",) Enjoyed my Day 4...

That's the end of my recent Taiwan post! I don't have much to post for Day 5 so will be starting to post new things! (",)

Taipei Day 3 - Taipei 101, Raohe Night Market 饒河夜市 (Part 2)

My apologies for not doing up my post reguarly these days cos BIG DAY is counting down. Getting more busy each day. Nevertheless let me continue my Taipei Day 3 (Part 2)...

I heard there is a free shuttle bus from Taipei City Hall Station which goes to Taipei 101. Below is the ticketing booth at level 5 where each person cost about NT400 to go in....

This is the queue to go up...



I didn't managed to take picture in the lift. However it is the one of the fastest lifts around to take you from 1st storey to 88th storey in 38 seconds. During the whole ride up and down, there is a service lift attendance who will do a quick introduction in chinese, english and japanese.

At the 88th Storey....First welcome photo



View from top down...



Took this photo from a existing display picture...



They were also selling limited wine bottle replica to Taipei 101... in black and red design





There were also jade craving exhibits around... their crafting workmanship is good...



This is a preying mantis...



An eagle...



A big piece of jade...



Can't remember what is this....haha



Guan Yu...



After we came down, we saw.... 鼎泰豐 Ding Tai Fung!!! They actually have one outlet at Taipei 101 Basement. Dear and I had been wanting to try 鼎泰豐 in Taiwan cos their reviews are so so good...



Excited about eating there...Menus....





Their prices are similar to of Singapore....
We started off with Xiao Cai...not as good as Singapore



Drunken Chicken... not too bad...



All time famous Xiao Long Bao! Really.. it is much better compared to Singapore!



Pork Cutlet, standard same as Singapore...



Zha Jiang Mian...standard same as Singapore...



Fried rice ...standard same as Singapore...



They have a large view of the kitchen...



Our order for 4 of us only cost us NT1040 which is about S$50... Cheap!



After filling our stomach, we took a cab to Raohe Night Market 饒河夜市...mum at the entrance of the night market...



We saw these cute cats and dogs which I can't resist to take photos of them thou they were in cages...





This is something that I would recommend if you like to eat Muah Chee. Taiwan Muah Chee is slightly different from Singapore. They actually have sesame filling inside which is very tasty!



The Muah Chee uncle preparing our portion. One packet is NT50...



Up next, this caught our attention as the queue was long....



It is actually Pepper Biscuit with pork filling inside...





If you are there, you should try it! If I remember correctly, its about NT50 per pc...After eating all the "hot" food, time for dessert!

We ordered this (San Se Bing) meaning 3 types of fruits (Mango, Kiwi, Strawberry) which only cost NT160...



Mum was craving for cuttlefish as she walked past earlier so she went back to buy...NT100



We continued walking and did some shopping before heading back to hotel and massage! We went to Lee Bing Hui shop which is near the Ximen station. I had went to this shop before a few years ago when I came to Taiwan with my another group of friends...



We paid NT500 per pax for about 60 minutes massage.. We definitely need it cos our legs are so tired out...



My younger brother got the fittest guy among all of them. He was telling me that his masseur gave all his strength but at certain points he could feel pain, other than that it is normal massaging to him. I could image how much force the masseur used cos I saw him using his body weight on my brother! haha...



What a great day to end the night, we all had a good sleep before Day 4 starts! Stay tuned for my Day 4, I hope I will not take too long to do the post!