Taipei 2011

Have finally decided to blog about my Taipei trip! I've wanted to go Taiwan ever since I knew the existence of Mike He and then Feilunhai hahahaha! So yeah, I was pretty much psyched up about the trip sponsored by my aunt! I was there with my mum and aunt.

Snapped a photo from my window seat while waiting for the plane to take off. I flew on Jetstar and it was the first time I was on a budget airline. I only sat SQ previously! Damn big difference I know and I don't mean to sound like some spoilt rich brat who only travels on SQ, I was just lucky!

And after an uncomfortable 4-hour-plus plane ride we finally reach Taoyuan International airport! And look what I saw the moment I landed! FEILUNHAI hahahaha! (:

We took a bus to Taipei Ximending where our hotel was located and left our luggages there. Could only check in at 3pm! So we went to eat at a nearby dessert stall!

Their Party World is HUGEEEEE! Didn't get a chance to go there though, cos it wasn't my mum and aunt's thing to KTV. ):

We stayed at Burgary Hotel which looked so tiny on the outside but the room was surprisingly spacious! With a king-size bed and a queen-size bed!

After that we headed to a nearby cafe which had an awesome ambience! Mum and aunt kept complaining about the food though. -.- That's all they did in Taipei - complain about food! Typical Singaporeans. Hah.

Then the next day we took the metro down to Shilin Market! I really love how the people there are so cultured, they really will queue while waiting for the train to come! Singaporeans ought to be ashamed. Plus no one would sit on the reserved seats!

I love Shilin night market! Aunt and Mum kept complaining about the food again but it's their local delicacies what!

The next day I decided no more local food cos I couldn't stand their complaints so we went to Seizeriya! Reminded me of Shanghai and Lavone!!!! I kinda miss Shanghai now :\

After which we took a train down to Danshui. Nothing much there but quite a nice place to walk.

And finally on our second last day we went to visit Taipei 101! But didn't go up the building cos it was pretty pricey and the queue was super long! Afterwhich we went to Raohe night market!

We also visited Wufenpu one of the days but we went too early and most of the shops weren't opened yet!

It was quite an ok trip I would say.. I would definitely enjoy it more if I went with my friends instead! I really love the people there, all so friendly and nice! Definitely will be going back to Taiwan next time.. I wanna go Kaohsiung and Kenting!

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I'm looking forward to Phuket very soon! (: 2 more weeks!