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  • Taipei Trip: National Martyrs Shrine

    Taipei Trip: National Martyrs Shrine

    Taipei Trip: National Martyrs Shrine (Day 3) – Not many people will visit this place except Chinese tourists in big tourist bus, or people who visited the Tripadvisor for attractions like me because you can only access this place by cab. It’s just a shrine, dedicated to the war dead soldiers of Taiwan, but what interesting is checking out the changing of National Guard which makes it the main attraction of the place. Other than that, it’s the Chinese architecture then that’s it. Inside is just ancestral tlablets of the dead soldier, a bit creepy, it’s more of a tourist attractions to me.
    We were just so lucky to be in time to check out the changing of guards and it’s really very cool I tell you. All the soldiers were very well synchronized. I wonder how much is their salary. HAHA.
  • Taipei Trip: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall 國立中正紀念堂

    Taipei Trip: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall 國立中正紀念堂

    Taipei Trip: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall 國立中正紀念堂 (Day 3) – Talking about the must-visit in Taipei, the CKS Memorial Hall is one of it. Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (in Mandarin it’s not Jiang Kai Shek, but it’s named as Jiang Jie Shi) also known as the Natioanl Taiwan Democracy Hall is a famous monument, landmark in Taiwan which is built in memory of former President of Taiwan – Chiang-Kai Shek.
    National Concert Hall
    CKS Memorial Hall
    National Theater
    The Memorial Hall Square has 3 Chinese architecture buildings surrounding it with National Concert Hall on the left, CKS Memorial Hall at the centre and National Theater on the right. A simple, clean square, yet evokes the feeling of Taiwanese patriotism.
    It reads Freedom’s Square.
    Sky was not that beautiful for a photoshoot. Brother told me that if you go in the evening, you will get to see the National Guard changing the flag.
    I didn’t really spend a long time at there, just about 30 minutes or less, we moved on to another memorial – National Martyrs Shrine. 
  • Taipei Trip: Ximending (Night)

    Taipei Trip: Ximending (Night)

    Taipei Trip: Ximending (Night) (Day 2) – The one-day trip didn’t end up at Keelung Night Market, we spent about 2 hours at there and we couldn’t continue anymore because of the super huge crowds at there. We hopped on a cab and went back to Taipei city, to Ximending where my hotel was located. Funny was I guided the cab driver on how to go back to our hotel with Google Maps because he’s from Keelung.
    Huge sausage, Taiwan style!
    Anyway, after dropping our bags of shopping bags at the hotel, we went to the famous Ximending shopping district to explore, hunt and eat again. Ximending, you can call it the Harajuku of Taipei, Bukit Bintang of Taipei, Times Square of Taipei, Causeway Bay of Taipei, Orchard Road of Taipei, East Nanjing Road of Taipei, or just anything equivalent you can think of, filled with vibrant billboards, shopping malls, retail outlet, youths and tourists.
    Bird eggs, the sinful street food!
    Street performer. Very entertaining. =)
    Dancer from some local school, performing there to collect fund for their club.
    The red one reads – DU LAN Guo Xiao. Du Lan is more a vulgar word in Malaysia, but it’s a place in Taiwan. LOL.
    Oh cute leopard catty!!!!
    Dogs.
    If you are hunting for young and fashionable thing, or cute Taiwanese girls and boys, food, cats, dogs, then this is the place. HAHA. It’s really vibrant and happening, especially on the weekends night. Just glad that my hotel is so nearby and convenient to walk there.
    Didn’t buy anything but ended up the exploration with meal of Taiwanese Lu Wei street food, a combination of braised pork organs and vegetables. Yums
  • Taipei Trip: Jingtong 菁桐

    Taipei Trip: Jingtong 菁桐

    Taipei Trip: Jingtong 菁桐 (Day 2) – It’s a day trip out of Taipei where I visited a few interesting tourist attractions. We actually hired a cab for our whole day trip and it costed 3500NT$ for about 8 hours and the trip took us from our hotel to Jingtong – Shifen – Jiufen and ended at Keelung Miao Kou Night Market. I would say the price was quite reasonable for a day trip. If we were to take the public transport, I don’t think we can visit all of the places in one day, they are all quite far apart.
    There’s actually a plan to include Yehliu Geological Park, but couldn’t make it as it’s quite far away. We started our trip by our cab driver – Mr Zhang. He took us to Jingtong which used to be a small mining town along the Pingxi train line. At there you can take photos on the railway track, check out the old street of Jingtong for a little snacks and breakfast, send a post card and chill. It’s not a major attraction but somehow interesting to see and experience.
    Initially, I didn’t plan to visit Jingtong, but since it’s on the way to other places, it’s nice to stop by.
    Lamborghini on the way to Jingtong.
    Randomly spotted a temple and went to make a little prayer.
    Welcome to Jingtong.
    It’s me, on the railway track. Very nostalgic.
    Wishing bamboo.
    Refreshing Taiwanese jelly.
    Cheap Sui Gao @ 35NT$ for 8 pieces. Not bad, finally I see chili!
    Soft shell crab where I don’t find it interesting.
    Homemade ice cream, OKOK-only.
    Post box for post card delivery, very common things to do in Taiwan.
  • Taipei Trip: Shida Night Market 师大夜市

    Taipei Trip: Shida Night Market 师大夜市

    Taipei Trip: Shida Night Market 师大夜市 (Day 1) – I went to Taipei for a week of leisure trip last month. After landed in Taipei and checked into the hotel, we did not want to waste any more time and headed straight to our first destination in Taipei – Shida Night Market.
    As you know, Taiwan is famous for night market, how can we not visit them? Moreover we were so hungry and night market is the best place to fill up the empty stomach.
    Shida Night Market is actually located right opposite of Shida University, and that’s where the name comes from. Unlike the famous Shihlin Night Market, this one is cater more to locals and also the university students.
    I was pretty excited with my first exploration in Taipei but the night was pretty warm, about 24 degree celcius only. Nevertheless, Shida Night Market did not disappoint me. The food are very interesting, so do the small little fashion stalls and of course the very friendly locals, you just be amazed with the friendly locals at there. They smile to everyone, even if I took pictures of the stallss and never buy a food, they will also smile or say thank you. Taiwanese are awesome!
    The night ended up with a couple shopping bags of cloths and a stomach filled with awesome Taiwan food.
    One interesting Taiwanese food is 卤味, or English – Braised Aromatic Goodness, or simple English – food braised in aromatic brine! You will find stuff like pig’s organs, sausage, vegetable, mushrooms and more that are braised in aromatic brine. Onefamous and must try at Shida Night Market is the Deng Lung Lu Wei 灯笼卤味! It’s the most famous one and has a long queue.
    Deep fried stinky toufu and it’s good and sinfu!
    Pork liver soup which I find it’s nice! Do you realised that Taiwanese love animal’s organs?
    Taiwanese version of fried oyster which I find Malaysia has a better one! Serious, trust me.
    Spinach in Taiwanese style, not bad not bad.
    The blogger Nick Chan.
    Another thing to try out – 盐水鸡 Salt Water Chicken, which is something like steamed chicken salted and added with spring onion. Quite and interesting street food.
    Taiwan is a very pet-friendly country! You will see pretty and cute puppies everywhere!
    Before ending the trip at Shida, I’d a bowl of Toufu Fa with bubble, they call it 粉圆 at there! Yummeh!
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