I just returned from my Taiwan trip 6 days ago and I've a few friends requesting for my itinerary.
So, instead of emailing them my itinerary..
I might as well fill up a skeleton itinerary of my trip in this blog and share with everyone who loves Taiwan just like me!
Now... HERE GOES...
5D4N TAIPEI+TAICHUNG F&E
(18~22MAR)
18MAR :
TR2922 SIN-TPE 0830-1310
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Upon arrival Taoyuan Airport, transfer to
Jogging Bear Min Su by Taxi (NT1000 per way).
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Checked in Min Su around 3pm, meet friend to
drive up to Yilan for Seafood dinner and prawning.
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Drive from Taipei to Yilan is about 1hr15min.
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Dinner at around 5.30pm. (dinner area is just
beside prawning area)
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Prawning for 2hr, ended around 8.45pm.
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Drive to Luo Dong Night Market to do a bit of
shopping and eat local snacks.
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Drive back to Taipei around 10.30pm, reached Min
Su almost 12mn.
**SLEEP**
19MAR:
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7.30am – Rise & shine!
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Depart at 9am via our pre-booked taxi to have
breakfast at Yong He Dou Jiang, then continue to Jiu Fen.
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Drive up to Jiu Fen takes about 1hr, reached
around 10.30am.
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Shopping and lunch at Jiu Fen till 2.30pm.
·
Returned to Min Su to unload shopping loots.
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Leave Min Su around 4.45pm. Took their Metro to
Shih Lin Night Market. (Cost about NT20~25 per pax per way from Xi Men Station
to Jian Tan Station)
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Dinner and shopping at Shih Lin Night Market
till around 10pm.
**SLEEP**
20MAR:
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8.30am – Rise & shine!
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Depart around 9.30am to have breakfast at a
small stall located below “Airline Inn Hotel”. (3-5min walk from Jogging Bear
Min Su) They serve really nice fried chicken toast, carrot cake and ice milk
tea!
·
Took Metro to visit Crayon Shinchan Exhibition
(Entrance fee NT250 per adult)
(details here : http://avex.com.tw/SHINCHAN/ ) –
Exhibition till 4th Jun 2014
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From there, take a cab to visit LINE Exhibition
because there is no direct metro to take. (Entrance fee NT250 per adult)
(details here: http://en.ntsec.gov.tw/User/Article.aspx?a=178
) – Exhibition till 27th Apr 2014
·
Returned to Min Su to unload shopping loots and
wash up.
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Dinner at Ximending’s飞天麻辣火锅. It’s about NT330 ~ NT360 per pax. You must attack their
seafood and beef!!! The fish is nice~
·
Continue shopping at Ximending Night Market
before returning to Min Su.
**SLEEP**
21MAR:
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7am – Rise & Shine!
·
Leave Minsu around 8am for breakfast at the small
stall located below “Airlines Inn Hotel”.
·
Booked a mini van to drive up to Taichung
departing from Xi Men Station Exit 6 at 9am. You can choose to travel up via
high speed rail. We booked the mini van because there is 9 of us, so it is
cheaper. The driver will drive us to the places we want to visit for 15hr at
NT10000. (From Taipei to Taichung by car is about 2hr 30min)
·
First stop : Carton King at Da Keng (Reached
around 11.30am, so we had lunch there.)
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Second stop : 妖怪村
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Third stop : Feng Jia Night Market – Reached at
about 5.45pm. Dinner and shopping till 9.15pm.
Tip : Feng Jia Night Market’s stuffs are usually cheaper
compared to those sold in Taipei. So just buy more from there.
**SLEEP**
22MAR:
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8.30am – Rise & Shine!
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Breakfast at Xi Men Ding – Ah Chung Mee Sua
(they open at 10am if I never remember wrongly)
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Return to Min Su to do last minute packing.
·
11am – Check out.
·
Booked a taxi to transfer to Airport at 11.30am
TR2993 TPE-SIN 1355-1835
**HOME SWEET HOME**
Some other places you might want to
go which I’ve went previously via Metro;
TO
DAN SHUI (淡水)
- Take the
Metro to TAIPEI MAIN STATION and transfer to DANSHUI LINE (Red line)
- Alight at
terminal station (About 40min ride)
TO
SHILIN NIGHT MARKET (士林夜市)
- Take Metro
to JIAN TAN STATION (Danshui Line / Beitou Line)
- Go to Exit 2
- Walking
distance, approximately 5min to arrive night market
TO
WU FEN PU & RAO HE NIGHT MARKET (五分埔 & 饒河夜市)
- Take Metro
to HOU SHAN PI STATION (後山埤)
- Go to Exit 1
- Walking
distance to both locations is about 10-15min
TO
MIRAMAR SHOPPING CENTRE (美麗華 FERRIS WHEEL)
- Take MRT to
JIAN NAN STATION (劍南路站)
- If you have
time, you can go have a meal at one of their unique restaurant called :
Five Cent Drift Wood Restaurant (五角船板)
TO
HELLO KITTY THEME RESTAURANT
- Take Metro
to ZHONG XIAO FU XING STATION (忠孝復興站)
- Go to Exit 3
- Walking distance
about 5min
TO
DING TAI FUNG RESTAURANT (鼎泰豐)
- Take Metro
to ZHONG XIAO FU XING STATION (忠孝復興站)
- Go to Exit 2
- Walk to SOGO
Basement 2 - it's somewhere there
Some food that I personally like and
MUST EAT whenever I visit;
Feng Jia night market -大肠包小肠 by 管芝霖
(Actually they have a stall in Shih Lin Night
Market in Taipei, but somehow this food originates from Taichung)
Luo Dong night market –臭薯条
(Personally I don’t dare to eat smelly tou fu..
but this is quite special cos it is being cut into the size and shape that
resembles French Fries! I tried eating smelly tou fu for the first time and i
like it!)
In my opinion, the one with Thai Chilli Sauce
tastes the best.
Shih Lin night market – Cheesy Potato !!! It is
really sinful but it is a MUST TRY! They actually have a stall in Xi Men Ding
too, somewhere near KFC. Look out for it;
Another food I will not miss in Shih Lin night
market is : 棺材板
It is actually a really thick bread, but they
emptied the centre and filled them with creamy soupy meat and vege. You can
choose the type of meat, but personally I like the chicken and the pork.
Jiu Fen :
Popiah wrap ice cream! This stall is quite prominent when you walk
through Jiu Fen, definitely will be able to spot it. It’s my daughter’s and my
personal’s favourite dessert after having a main course in Jiufen.
For my main course in Jiu Fen, I always go to their Beef
Noodle stall which is just the first three shops on your right upon entering
Jiufen from the 7-11 entrance.
The signboard;
NOTE : If you want to order, please just say “牛肉面”.. then your bowl will consist of
beef+noodle+soup.
But if you say “牛肉汤面”
then your bowl will only have beef soup base+noodle and no meat at all. LOL!
That’s almost about it.
Enjoy your trip! =)
**Disclaimer : All photos in this post are not mine. All are sourced from the internet as I do not have my own pictures in this computer.**
