Taiwan Day 1

Taiwan for 8 days was worth a whole year of hard work teaching tuition.

Flew Jetstar because the other airlines were either too expensive or didn't have the time slots.

Jet star was good, flew early and back late.



Upon reaching, we took the city express to Taipei itself.

Counters were located at a corner, with obvious sign boards.

Took the 国光客运as it is the shortest duration, most frequent and cheapest.

Each ticket is 125NT (S$5.40) and takes 55mintues to reach Taipei main stn.





The first impressions in Taiwan......

They have lanes specially for bikes, or cars.

This is so Hong Kong......

This is my apartment. Basically we stay in privated rented rooms, not hotels, they are usually targetting locals who travel from maybe Tai nan to Taipei for holiday to stay. The rates are definitely cheaper. Less than S$60 a night.

I stay in the heart of taipei at ximending, the most vibrant part of the city. 2 streets away from the bustling centre.

The rest of the day was spent sleeping because we woke at 4am to the airport, took a 4 hour plane, 1 hour bus ride and was dead tired.

Woke for dinner to meet my BOSS. Had japanese food and its their treat! Shall post foodie stuff in simplelovesimplefood.

Went to 中正纪念堂 to look at night scenaries.... Take a stroll and soak into the holiday mood....

Basically there's a concert hall and a memorial place there.

Jus like esplanade, young people gather to practice dancing at the open areas.

The grand structures is very grand and displayed a strong sense of chinese culture that i felt was great. And felt was missing from our local scene.

Headed to 师大 for their night market. Take the train to the Taiwan Teacher Academy Stn and exit, walk along the school till the end and you can see the night market. It took about 10 minutes because the school was huge.

Had oyster omelette. Unlike Singapore's version of the crispy and eggy, taiwan's is starchy and mushy served with a slightly sour sauce. thumbs down......

Some loots from the night market. First day is still warming up. Bought these super hairy ones from 2 young girls who were super friendly. This cost 150NT. (S$6.50)

Tata, end of Day 1. Will be back for more updates.