Taiwan Trip Dec 6-14 Day 8 - Experience HSR to Taichung

Hubby, daughter and I had taken the HSR to Jiayi the last trip but my two boys had not. Based on the tripadvisor experts, need to take to Taichung for best experience of the speed. So, I booked 5 tickets online with additional 5% disount on top of the usual 15% discount. Eldest one had a bad tummy that day so he could not make it and rested at hotel. Too bad, he could not experience the HSR! THSRC allowed me to return 1 ticket for a refund for a fee of NT20. Our tickets:


My daughter and I in the train.

Was surprised that the train was not crowded, at in fact, very empty. See past review for inside of HSR. Scenery on the way to Taichung HSR Station.


Taichung HSR station





Bus bay where you can take a free shuttle to Fengjia Night Market


Train Platform


Here comes a train - but not ours.



This was our train

Scenery taken thru the window


Arrived at Taipei station

Taipei Front Station shopping street


Outside Taipei Station, on our way to 新光三越 to shop. My son bought a Jansport backpack. Later shopped at front station shopping street - bought a winter jacket for NT400 only! Lots of design/patterns of winter clothing.



You might be interested in the itinerary:

Day 1 - Lunch at Airport,Flight to Taipei, Check in Dandy Hotel(Review), Dinner in Taipei at 肥前屋

Day 2 – Breakfast at Dandy, Martyrs' Shrine 忠烈祠, Shinlin Residence 士林官邸
Yangminshan,Beitou Sulphur Valley, 烏來内洞囯家森林 Wulai Old Street

Day 3 – Journey to Hualian, Review of Quality Inn Hualian, Hualian Town - Food Sampling, Dinner at Hualian

Day 4 - Breakfast at Quality Inn, 清水斷崖,池上便當,Lunch outside Tourist Centre, Taroko Gorge,七星譚, Hualian Town/蔥油餅/Dinner, Review of Hotel Bayview Qixingtan

Day 5 - Breakfast at Hotel Bayview, Qixingtan area around hotel, Journey Back to Taipei, Lunch at囯賓大腸煎, Check in Dandy Hotel(Review), XiMenTing, Dinner at Shilin Night Market

Day 6 - Breakfast at Dandy, 野柳 Yeliu GeoPark, Shifen 十分放天燈, 九分老街, 金瓜石 Gold Ecological Park , 陰陽海, 黃金瀑布, 鼻头角, 南雅rock formation, 基隆廟口夜市

Day 7 - Breakfast at Dandy, National Palace Museum, 天母, Lunch at Beitou, Danshui, Fisherman’s Wharf, Dinner at 梅江韓溝囯淡水店

Day 8 - Breakfast at Dandy, Experience HSR to Taichung, Shopping at 新光三越 Taipei Station,
Taipei Underground Front Station, Pass by CKS, Lunch at 高記, Taipei 101, Dinner at foodcourt

Day 9 - Breakfast at Dandy, Daiso, Lunch at Taipei Breeze Centre, Taipei Milk King, Home Sweet Home

Review of Dandy Hotel – Dec 6-7
Review of Quality Inn Hualian Dec 8
Review of Hotel Bayview Hualian Dec 9
Review of Dandy Hotel – Dec 10-13