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This is going to be a super long post with lots of photos.
Be Prepared!
hahhahahahaha!

16 May, 2008: Off to Taiwan!

I love aeroplane food!

view from window.

Taipei here i come!

Checked in to hotel and off to Shinlin Night Market.
Love the weather there, so cooling.

Shinlin Night Market

Nice food!

oyster egg

鱿鱼羹

臭豆腐 (smelly tofu)
it's really smelly and i don't think it taste nice!
haha.

my fav: mango ice!

炸鸡排
it's super duper BIG and yummy!

another part of Shinlin Night Market, shopping area.

Next day, went to 龙山寺

there is a total of 7 spot in the temple to put the incense sticks.
walked in a circle around the temple.

next was,

中正纪念堂

孙中山纪念堂

look at Taipei101 behind!

went to SOGO and there is 电梯小姐, didn't manage to capture a shot of them.
went for lunch at this steamboat restaurant.
so yummy!

took train to our next place,
they have cute advertisement on courtesy and rules(like no eating)
this is one of them.

then is was shopping paradise!
one bad thing: cannot try =(

五分埔

the streets is just like bugis street, but it is much cooler over there! haha

叭噗

motorbikes in taiwan seems cheap. haha!

look at the number of them!!

reached our dinner destination!

饶河夜市

catching fishes with the paper net.

strawberry ice

mango ice (the one at shinlin is nicer)

doreamon's fav: 铜锣烧

a must go place in taipei: Taipei 101 我来咯!

me with damper, it protects Taipei 101 from earthquakes and strong strong winds.

'I am at 90 storey high!'

damper had some babies,

red damper baby

black damper baby

silver damper baby

there should be one more yellow one, but i couldn't find it.
nice scenery from 91 storey high!

and it is freaking windy and cold at tt height!

next day, headed off to a town outside taipei, 瑞芳
then to 九份 and to 金瓜石!
a place with gold, gold and more gold (i meant last time)
=DD

瑞芳车站

基隆山

nice nice nice!

九份老街
there is alot of yummy food here.
didn't have time to take them cause i'm busy eating! =D

the sausages have fish roe in them. yummy!

红豆芋圆

this is nice, made from popiah skin with grinded sweet peanuts and ice-cream

reached 金瓜石

i am touching gold!

entering the tunnel with gold.

dinnertime back in taipei-西门町
yummy jap food.
super BIG pork chop and super THICK sashimi

next day, breakfast at ding tai feng

was so lazy that we decided to take a cab.

and we headed off to 忠烈祠

a place with all the tablets of warriors of a war.

we reached the place and guess what,

taxi uncle brought us to the wrong place, instead of 忠烈祠 he brought us to 故宫博物馆
haiz. so we walked up to take a look.

it was taxi again, and this time we reached 忠烈祠.
nice place, very big and there are alot of tablets!

we saw the changing of shift to guard the place.
and of course, i took a photo with them!
one in blue and the other in white.

ta-da! 忠烈祠

what's next on list - hmmmm. HOT SPRING!
and i would say it's taxi again,
up to yang ming shan, taxi uncle got the wrong way, turn wrongly.
turn here n there, up and down.
all these made me kind wanna vomit when we reach our destination.
but the view up there is amazing!

why did we went the wrong way,
the website of this hotel said yang ming shan but it is like near to another mountain call jin shan.
and it is out of taipei! >.<

天籁温泉馆

amazing view

Hot springs! it is so comfortable!
there's hot and cold ones, the last one without any 'smoke' coming out i freaking cold!

there are more of them, just that there are people there,
pai seh to take. haha!

taxi again, from jin shan to dan shui,
super long journey, uncle drive along the sea/river (i dun know!)
wave super BIG! (uncle drive so fast can't take pic)

淡水-渔人码头
this is the 情人乔(couple's bridge) where's mine?
haha! =DDD

Last day in taiwan =(
went to 西门町 for last min shopping.
and i saw this, jojo when did you have a shop there?
LOL

streets of 西门町.

and a nice blow of mee sua.

taipei got alot of these machines.
kiap doll doll.

bought many 土产 and presents,
and it was time to head back to the hotel and waited for the van to drive us to the airport.
i was stupid enough to wear contacts as i am super sleepy and when i reach the airport,
my eyes were super uncomfortable. =|
checked in and waited for the time~
the place i am taking!