Taiwan Trip Dec 6-14 Day 8 - Taipei 101

Took the 信義新榦綫 bus to Taipei 101. The bus stopped directly opposite 101. Last summer, we took a different bus and had to walk a distance before reaching Taipei 101. Here it is.




My second boy taking a pose.

Around Taipei 101



Inside Taipei 101

Bought tickets to go up the observatory. NT400 for adult. NT350 for youth card holders.


There was a very long queue waiting to take the lift up. But we did not have to wait very long since the lift up was super fast.
Gift Shop


Weather was not so good. So pictures were blurred.




Xinyi Road

Some exhibits on display too

The ticket included 91st floor observatory now besides 89th floor.

Xinyi Road after dark


Due to the huge crowd, we need to wait for another 15-20mins for the queue down.
Taipei 101 food court but we did not eat here.



Taipei 101 after dark





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 – Breakfast at Dandy, 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 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

Day 4 : CKS/Din Tai Feng/Taipei 101/Sogo/Danshui/Raohe NM

Day 4:
CKS/Din Tai Feng/Taipei 101/Sogo/Danshui/Raohe NM

Went to CKS Memorial Hall at about 9am but it was still very hot - the perspiration just keep rolling down, even with an umbrella!





















Side Gate leading to Xinyi Road


Went to a 7-11 across the road to ask for directions to Din Tai Feng YongKang St. The people were helpful. There was this elderly gentleman who did not know the way to YongKang St but he asked the bus driver on our behalf!

Reached Din Tai Feng 鼎泰蘴 after 2 stops. Not many people. We ordered only 1 set of 小籠包 since we had a full breakfast at hotel. Nice and cheap and tea is free and free flow!!! Cannot get this here! It costed NT198 including 10% tax. Value for money!

After that, took a bus to WTC and walked to Taipei 101. There were many buses going to WTC. Just look at the board at the bus stop.

Taipei 101 - bought the Hualian muah chee at NT100/packet and ginger tea at the market place. Colleagues and daughter's classmates said the muah chee is nice. I agree too.
Walked on the sheltered walkway to New York New York - nothing much. not quite the same as the one in LV! The sheltered walkway reminded me of the one in Bangkok. It connected up a few shopping centres and was a pleasant and safe walk!

Taipei 101





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台北市松智路- New York New York on the right, WTC3 on the left

After that, took the free shuttle to Taipei City Hall MRT and went to visit Sogo Shopping Centre to take a look at lift lady. Had late lunch at Sogo before going back hotel to put down the things. Ordered Kimchi Soup and rice.

Dansui Station

Dansui - old street not bad - very colourful but 阿給, 鉄蛋, fishball so so. Gave the whole packet of eggs to hotel staff.









The other side of old street facing Keelung River


阿婆鉄蛋 - can't appreciate the hardened black egg white


阿給 quite bland; fishballs, glutinous rice - so so

Rained quite heavily before we could get to the ferry terminal. So skip the fisherman's wharf.

Visited Raohe NM in the evening but it was raining, which made the trip not so enjoyable.





Tried the Pepper bun - so so only. Look at the queue.
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End of Day4