My Taiwan Experience

Hello all! On 17th November 2011, my family and I went to Taiwan for a holiday. In this blog, I will share my memorable experiences in Taiwan.

Taipei

Palais de Chine Hotel

(君品酒店）

During 6 days of our holiday in Taiwan, my family and I stayed in Palais de Chine hotel (above). The name of this hotel is pronounced as Palay the Chin. It has good food but bad service. :(





Taipei 101(101 storey)

When you look at the building in the middle, if you think that it is as tall as the buildings on the left and right, then you are wrong. The building in the middle is Taipei 101 (101 storeys). If you look at the three buildings closely, you will find out that the buildings on the left and right are only about one quarter tall compared to Taipei 101!

Weird Christmas Tree

(In Taipei 101)

If my family members didn't tell me this was a Christmas tree, I wouldn't have known.

Thermal Valley, Beitou

(Part of Taipei)

See the white 'stuff ' rising above the water? It is steam. The water is over 90 degrees celsius! It is not only steaming hot but smelly as well. It is because there is a type of sulphur in the water. This particular sulphur can only be found in two places in the world. One of them is the Thermal Valley.



Aquabella Hotel, Xinbeitou

During 3 days of our holiday in Taiwan, we stayed in Aquabella Hotel in Xinbeitou. Although it is quite small, the inside of the hotel is quite nice. The bathtub in the room has some green stuff to pour into the bathtub while we soak in the hot spring water.

Ximending Night Market

This place is very crowded at night. You can buy cheap clothes and food here if you know how to bargain for them.



Danshui

Danshui is not really a night market. It is just a street with rows and rows of shops. You can call it a half-night market, if you want. There are many ways of spelling Danshui.(Danshui, Dansui, Tamsui, Tamshui, etc.)



Danshui Fisherman's Wharf

In case you don't know, Danshui is very big. You can get to this part of Danshui by boat. Danshui Fisherman's Wharf also has a hotel but we didn't stay there.

Taichung

 

Taichung Bus/HSR Station

In case you don't know, HSR stands for 'High Speed Rail'. Unfortunately I was only able to take these two pictures of Taichung Bus/HSR Station before my camera ran out of battery. :(

Qingjing

During 3 days of our holiday in Taiwan, we went to Qingjing (Qingjing is high up in the mountains). Below is a picture of our minsu. A minsu is like a very small hotel with about 5~10 rooms and common areas.

Misty Villa Minsu

It looks like a mansion, doesn't it? And there is one thing I should comment about the whole of Qingjing: Spiders are everywhere.

'Playground' in Misty Villa Minsu

A playground for visitors who are children about 4~5 years old. (I included this slide because I happened to have a picture of it.)

Weird traffic lights

No matter how hard I try, I still can't understand what these traffic lights mean.





Green Green Grasslands

青青草园(qing qing cao yuan)

A BIG garden high up in the mountains. Tourists often go there to see goats grazing in the fields. And if you pay 100NT(S$4.50)1 person, and 150NT(S$6.80)2 people, you can ride a horse/pony for a short while!



Goats being fed by locals/tourists

Before I forget, you can also feed goats by purchasing some cheap goat food at vending machines.

Last thing I want to comment about Qingjing: There are 7-elevens and Starbucks all over Qingjing!

Hsinchu

First of all, Hsinchu is pronounced as 'xinzhu' and written as '新竹'.

Leofoo Village Theme Park

When you first enter the park, you can't see any rides and think :What kind of theme park is this?!? However, when you go deeper into the park, you can see many thrilling rides! The picture on the left is a huge water slide, and the picture on the right is a 'viking' that makes two 360 degree loops!

Extras

First of all, this is an 'extras' page. If you don't want to read this page, I won't mind.

'Long timer' traffic lights

I know that the picture on the left is not clear, but I can assure you that it is counting down from number 70. As you can see, the picture on the right shows a traffic light counting down from number 79. The highest number I ever saw was 110. Imagine waiting in your car for a minute or two before the traffic light turn green!

'Interesting English'

Need I say more?