9D/8N Taiwan Trip Dec 6-14 Summary/Itinerary

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 Neidong Forest Wulai Old Street

Day 3 – Breakfast at Dandy, Journey to Hualian by Taroko Express, 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 十份放天燈, 九份老街, 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 Xin-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

SUMMARY:

Weather was very nice - no rain, thank God. Looks like Dec is a good time to go Taiwan. We just worn T-shirt and bermudas and sometimes light jacket, if required.

Places we love:
來内洞囯家森林, Yeliu, Shifen, Hualian town, 清水斷崖,Taroko Gorge, 七星譚, Fisherman's Wharf, xin-Beitou and Nanyang Rock

Food we love:
Hand made muah chee (Hualian & Taipei Breeze Centre)
池上便當, 蔥油餅 (Hualian)
和田steamboat, 高記小龍包, 肥前屋,Small fishes/nut (Taipei)
野菜 （陽明山）
Sausage (Wulai)
Sausage, spring roll, 營養三明治 (Keelung NM)
peanut 豆花 (Anywhere in Taiwan)
The iced tea at 和田 - tasted very special and fragrant, not like ordinary tea.

Day 1:Taipei/Jiayi

Day 1:
Taipei/Jiayi

Fly to Taoyuan Airport via Jetstar and surprisingly, immigration was a breeze!
Took Ubus (NT30) to Taoyuan HSR then to Jiayi HSR. The HSR was very clean, spacious and comfortable. There are not many people in the HSR.
HSR Ticket at NT780/person

Tao Yuan HSR Station


Inside the clean and spacious HSR


The HSR now offers 便當 and it is very tasty and nice. That was our dinner!


Upon arrival at Jiayi HSR Station, took cab to Shingao Motel - the cab fare costed NT400! Went to the bus station to buy bus tickets to Alishan.


Went to have a look at the bookshop next to the motel and took pictures of 中山路。 Can you see the lady on scooter posing?

Motel was very very basic. Bed was very hard, could hardly sleep. Anyway, checking out early next morning. Our bus was at 610am. End of Day1

Around the motel

Room keys and bus tickets to Alishan. It costed NT204/person.