Februari 14, 2014 is a Valentine day........ is the day that we depart to Taipei.
We wake up around 4.00 am in the morning and get ready to the airport. Arrive at Airasia airport terminal 2 around 5.00 am, unbelievable there many people already queue up and it seem like all are Chinese and my daughter and my step son is the only Malay face hahahaha as me i look just like all the Chinese.
After drop our bag, we join the queue, we enter the boarding area..just on time before the announcing of boarding. We board at 6.00 am and the flight take off around 6.40 am. The flight was ok, good weather and you can see very clear the mount Kinabalu.
My daughter and her sibling brother is excited go for their holiday with their passport/boarding pass and queue for boarding.
The amazing view of mount Kinabalu from our flight.
About 9.30 am we arrive at Terminal 2, Taoyuan Taipei International Airport, after immigration clearance we collect our language and find our way to the bus counter for buying bus ticket to the City (Taipei).
Terminal 2, Taoyuan International Airport Taipei, in the hall toward the immigration clearance.
Terminal 2, Taoyuan International Airport Taipei, in the hall toward the immigration clearance.
While waiting for our bus to Taipei and this is all of our luggage. Oh.... the weather still cold, when we arrive it was 12 degree.
We arrive, check-in around 11.30 am at our hostel and this is our room ( Triple room ) . We are getting ready to go out. The room just nice for us 3 person, simple and clean. We don't need TV or bathroom inside the room, we just need nice bed to sleep and relax.
Computer with free WiFi for the guest use.
In front of our hostel in Taipei, getting ready to explorer the city.
Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Buri Khalifa in Duhai in 2010.
Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. The building was architecturally created as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition (see Symbolism). Its postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments. The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. A multilevel shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of stores, restaurants and clubs.
When you enter the elevator of 101 you will see this on the ceiling
The view from tower 101 Taipei. When you are in taipei you never realizes how big the city is but when you are on the top of 101...... wou!!!! can't imagine my eyes.......
the view from 101 tower, from here you can see whole of Taipei city
Going here and there by MRT,, train. We enjoy using public transportation in Taipei
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), the full blossom is in March but we are lucky that we still manage to see some at the mountain area.
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms). My kids busy taking picture and enjoying the beautiful Sakura
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
Beautiful Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), the full blossom is in March but we are lucky that we still manage to see some at the mountain area. I love to see this flower.
We are lucky because when we were there the Lantern Festival still on. So creative and beautiful, many kind of Lantern that they create
Wulai is a nature place. We take MRT to Xindian station then take a public bus to arrive Wulai and it takes about 40 minutes to arrive.
Wulai is a small town with a backdrop of mountains rising over a long stream of small waterfalls. Most people come to Wulai to bask in these hot springs,
but visitors can also hike, swim, or even picnic along the cool mountain
streams. There are spectacular waterfalls in the area and some excellent
bird-watching venues. Wulai is also a prime spot to view cherry blossoms when
they’re in bloom in the early months of the year.
Cable car across the waterfall
Wulai Waterfalls
Wulai tourist train
Wulai tourist train
Wulai tourist train
Wulai open hot spring just along the wulai river
Wulai small town, you will found many kind of food to eat.
Wulai special is the ice cream. they said this is the longest ice ream in Taiwan. And i think they are right, it will take time for you to finish it hahahaha.......... Interesting!!!!
So this is where the cable car (Gondolas) end on the hill top. From here you can see half of Wulai town.
Small town in Wulai
Beutiful Indigenous people of Wulai with their costume 
The river pass through the village
Most of the people stay along the river side in Wulai
Food are every way along the alley
This is one of the most thing i like to eat. Strawberry dipped in sugar. so Yummy!!!!!! it's hard but when you put in your mouth it broken softly and sweet, the sweetness just nice not to sweet. I love this!!!!!!! You can buy in Shilin night market and other night market as well.
Forest in Alishan
The hotel where we stay in Alisan
Our room
White Sakura in Alishan
Witness the sunrise in Alishan
The highest mountain in Alishan
The sun almost out
Sunrise!!!!!!
All of this people are waiting for the Sunrise. This is the high light activity in Alishan
Local couple are selling honey (from Sakura)
with traditional dress
I start train my daughter how to travel, so she has to learn how to know where to go, how to go from one place to an other.
So now she got the information and busy writing down all the detail
First have to go by train then take a bus to the view spot out side of Taipei city
Over look at the bay, its a half day trip to go to Sanhsia Old Street. From Taipei we go by MRT then take a public bus to the top of the mountain.
It is a short street with cute shops, great if you're wanting to buy some souvenirs and beautiful architecture.
Lot's of great food vendors around the grab a bite to eat too.
Here you can find many grilled octopus, smoked. All are delicious and we enjoy eating them.
This is the most i love grill with some sauce
Boil eggs with herb are very famous here in Taiwan, you can find it every way.
Old alley was use before by the local people and it is very busy, lots of stalls selling all kind of thing from souvenir to foods
Some of desert to try
Some of desert to try
Some of desert to try
So many kind of food that you want to try, like is ice blended with few kind of fruits
This just like a pan cake pastry add some minced nuts then ice cream, roll ............ EAT!!
This just like a pan cake pastry add some minced nuts then ice cream, roll ............ EAT!!
This just like a pan cake pastry add some minced nuts then ice cream, roll ............ EAT!!
This just like a pan cake pastry add some minced nuts then ice cream, roll ............ EAT!!
Candies
Some steam cake
Along the alley beside foods there is souvenirs and beautiful architecture that you can buy or just window shopping :-)
Today i bring you to Danshui station. We depart early from Taipei to Tamshui metro station. Waou!! i never expect that there were a lot of people from all kind of person coming to this place.
You need to pay for the entrance to the other side of the station, so everybody was rush in.
This is how it's look like at Tamshui Old streets just 1-2 min walk where you can shop for local delicious ginger tea, fish crackers and the most food that i can't forget is the fried squid, first time i taste it and i tell you it was so delicious.
This is what i'am talking about Fried squid
All fried squid are ready for guest, just pick which you want.
When you already make up your mind, he will fried (reheat) to cook.
Then put in the paper bowl and put some seasoning like chili powder if you like hot and paper
Ready to eat...... so YUMMY!!!!! you have to try this....
Many stall selling souvenirs and most of the shop's sale key chain that have lantern because here is where people use to release lantern to the sky.
Behind me is a walking bridge to the other side of the village
Behind me is some of the lantern was released to the skyp
This is the bridge that i mention earlier
Now is our lantern, so when you buy a lantern everybody write a wish on it and that goes with us too......so now everyone is busy writing their wish at our lantern.
After finish writing it's time to release the lantern and before that we take the opportunity to take picture. then the owner will light up the fire inside
Can you see the fire from inside, when the fire is installed, it automatically floats
Now release the lantern, Look!!!!!! its floating up
There goes our lantern.... Up!! .... Up!!! in the sky
As i told you it's very hard for us to look for Halal foods although Taiwan is full of variety food that you can get every way.
At our first and second day we only eat Seafood noodle's only. When we walk around we ask people if we can look for Vegetarian restaurant, only vegetarian restaurant is safe for us as they only serve vegetable's. So on our 3rd day ...... finely we manage to find one vegetarian restaurant and this is our first meal that is with rice.
Then we found out there is Sushi also in the basement of the Bus Station of Taipei. Actually its not that hard to find food for us only you need to keep on looking. So we enjoy eating Sushi and its not that expensive like in my home town.
It
seem like now we are talking about food only yeah.....hahahahahaah.....
And the picture on the left is another vegetarian restaurant that is in
the basement of the Bus Station of Taipei. From that day when we found
this restaurant almost everyday we eat here first before going to where
we want to go. Look at this Vegetarian Restaurant !!!!!..... so many
different kinds of ways of cooking vegetables till your eyes random don't know which one to try first. So what we did is today we choose this side, tomorrow other side and that going on till the last day we stay in Taipei.
They also have desert all made by soya beans, nuts
They also have desert all made by soya beans, nuts
Puff with sop
So Friend's when you have finish taking what you like it's time to pay but before that you have to put your plate on a scale then from there we know how much we need to pay. my first
Our last night having dinner with the owner of the hostel where we stay Mr. John.
So all of my friend who has been reading, looking and enjoying this page, it's time for me to say Good Bye and see you again in my next page......
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