Taipei Trip

This entry is about my Taipei trip. It was from 11-15 December 2009. The weather was cool there and I have a great time... Although it was not the right season to shop there but I enjoyed myself. Beware of the overwhelming loads of pictures... :)

Day 1


We reached Taipei, Tao Yuan Airport at about 7pm and took a bus to our hotel. It is really convenient to travel around in Taipei, everywhere is easily accessible via their public transport and it is really cheap.



We checked-in to our nice, little cozy hotel. We stayed in Longstay Hotel, a boutique hotel in Xi Men Ding district.











After washing up, we got ready to check out Xi Men Ding and also to have our dinner. By then I was famished. Was too hungry to think about what to eat and we randomly went to one of the restaurants.


Cute doggy welcoming us at the door

Interesting gadget to keep me entertained while waiting for my food.

Our refreshing orange juice


Finally our food arrived


Next stop was to eat their Oyster Omelette and drink their bubble tea. Well, it's my daily drink too...


After that, we went back to the hotel to put our stuffs before heading out to party. How can one not go to Luxy when they are in Taipei...


Look at the crowd... So happening

Saw a couple of celebrities there too... It was the launch of Jay Chou's shoes too... :)


There were also performance by the bartenders and the Luxy girls... Man, they were sizzling HOT!!!


Did not stay till late because we know we are going to have a long day the next day... :)

Day 2

Had brunch at Ah Zhong Mien Sian. It's delicious, but the bad thing is that you have to eat while standing. There are no seats or anything like that. It needs skills to eat that... :)



To travel around, we bought the MRT ticket to travel around.




We took the train to Taipei City Hall to shop around. There are a lot of high end shops over there and of course the famous Taipei 101.







Next stop we went to Wu Fen Pu to continue our shopping excursion. We stopped by this eating place for a little snack. No pictures were taken at Wu Fen Pu because I was too busy shopping... :)



After that we went to Raohe Night Market before heading back to the hotel feeling totally exhausted...



Day 3

Had Ru Rou Fan and fried carrot cake for brunch before heading off to our next destination.




Went to visit some museum in Gu Gong. It was boring.....








Had some snacks at Yong He soyabean stall. We have 1 branch in Singapore as well. But I think the Singapore's is nicer.







After that we went to Miramar Complex for some more shopping and to take the Ferris wheel ride...




It's really breath taking at night...





Next stop was Shilin Night Market. Lots of interesting food to try and many stuffs to buy... Our dinner spot, beef steak.






Snacks, potato, bacon and cheese. Yummy



Day 4

Had lunch at the Toilet resturant at Xi Men Ding before heading to our next destination.












It's our hot spring day... Yippy...





Feeling all refreshed after the hot spring





Next stop was the Lover's bridge




Dinner at a famous beef noodles shop



Snacks, chinese roti prata.



Behind this box of Mochi there was a story... I actually chased after the vendor to ask her to sell it to me. She was running away from the policeman...


And night market as usual.


Day 4

It was the last day before we head back to Singapore. We explored Xi Men Ding a little more, bought some souvenirs and snacks and had lunch. Well, disappointed by our lunch though...







But the desert from the desert stall was nice...




Thanks for the trip