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  • Taipei Trip: Keelung Miao Kou Night Market 基隆庙口夜市

    Taipei Trip: Keelung Miao Kou Night Market 基隆庙口夜市

    Taipei Trip: Keelung Miao Kou Night Market 基隆庙口夜市 (Day 2) – Continued on my day trip out of Taipei and now I am bring you to my last stop where the hired cab driver dropped us and say bye bye. It’s Keelung! A sea port little town north east of Taipei! This is where all the cruise, ships and ports are!
    Our one and only main destination in Keelung was the Keelung Miao Kou Night Market (基隆庙口夜市) where I’ve seen many good reviews about this night market for having the most food stalls, most authentic, and larger than any night market in Taipei too! Coming on a Sunday night is not a good idea, in fact going any tourist attractions on a weekend is bad because you can hardly imagine the crowds at there!
    The variety of food at there will amaze you, seafood, noodle, sandwich, ice cream, all the Taiwanese street food, you name it, you got it. How I wish I have a bigger stomach to indulge in all the beautiful and delicious street food. The deep fried sandwich and theone-bite sausage as well as Pao Pao Bing are must try at there. Read about the butter crab too, but it a mixed review and expensive so we skipped that.
    We spent about 2 hours at there, mostly eat and we hopped on a cab back to Taipei city and we couldn’t spend any longer at there because of the crowds. Funny was that the cab driver didn’t really know Taipei well as he’s from Keelung and I have to turn on Google Maps and lead him back to my hotel.
    Well, call it a day? Not really, took a small shower at the hotel then we went walked around Ximending, the night is still young what.

    Beautiful sunset over Port of Keelung.
    Welcome to the beautiful Keelung Night Market.
    Night market tends to build around temple in Taipei. When you are at a night market, you definitely will not miss a Chinese temple. The temple also serves as public toilet to all!
    Pao Pao Bing – shaved ice. Didn’t get a chance to try it.
    Chinese eats frogs.
    Fishing game with thin piece of paper.
    Prawning.
    Adult video shop. Wooooo.
    One-bite sausage. Cheap, small and delicious!
    This is the crazy one at the night market – deep fried nutritious sandwich! Price at NT$55 only but the queue is just crazy! You have to get a number at there and the waiting time is always around 100 people! There was a kind aunty who saw me standing there and wait for the 100 people and offer a help to buy for me!
    The sandwich is good, I tell you!
    Had a lot of Lu Rou Fan, it’s NT$20 only.
    Pork Rib Herbal Soup.
    Spinach with soy sauce.
    Taiwanese are very keen in eating pigs, they eat all parts of pig! This one is the pig’s heart.
    This is the coagulated pig’s blood. I don’t really like it.
  • Taipei Trip: 九份 Jiufen

    Taipei Trip: 九份 Jiufen

    Taipei Trip: 九份 Jiufen (Day 2) – Narrow uphill streets, hilly, the inspiration for Spirited Away, the view of East China Sea, street food, super crowded, people, people, people & taro balls are what describing this beautiful Jiufen. Do not visit on a Sunday I warn you, as the street is packed and crowded which makes walking difficult.
    If you are young and want to relax, spend a night here at the Minsu, catch the sunrise, sip a few cup of coffee, enjoy the breeze here! Too bad, I couldn’t experience any of these. When the night falls, red lanterns outside the shops light up, it is then turned into a beautiful old town of Taiwan.
    Jiufen is a place that has ‘feel’ and relaxing, somewhat not during the weekend due to the crowds. Eat the fish ball there, as well as the taro ball with red bean soup. If you have time, just chill at there, and give your mind a break.
    On the way to Jiufen…
    Entrance of Jiu Fen Old Street.
    Oh beautiful houses on the hill slopes. Feels like Brazil to me.
    East China Sea!
    First taro ball! Well, no need to search for the best taro ball or the most famous one because they all look and taste the same to me!
    I prefer Blackball, Snowflakes, Meatfresh because I don’t like to eat with red bean soup.
    Oh very good fish ball I tell you!
    Famous takoyaki chain in Taiwan.
    Sweet potato puff.
    Wild boar meat sausage. Sounds good right? Not really to me.
    My first encounter with white bittergourd! The bittergourd juice with honey lemon taste good in Taiwan by the way!
    Do not eat this grilled mushroom, I don’t like!
    Taro balls again and seriously, they taste the same!
    At somewhere in Jiufen.
    Yo aunty, or uncle?
  • Taipei Trip: 十分 Shifen & Sky Lanterns

    Taipei Trip: 十分 Shifen & Sky Lanterns

    Taipei Trip: 十分 Shifen & Sky Lanterns (Day 2) – About 30 minutes was spent at Jingtong and we  proceeded to the next station – Shifen, the famous place for sky lanterns in the whole Taiwan. You will be super amazed if you visit the place on the 15th day of Chinese New Year where the sky will turn into a massive and beautiful flying lanterns air space! Too bad, it’s not Chinese New Year, nor it’s night time. Don’t be surprise that people releasing sky lantern to the air during the day, because it’s Shifen and people do that.
    When mentioning about Shifen, first thing comes to the mind is the old street that lies along the single railway track, then the not-so-famous Shifen Waterfall. At the Shifen old street, there’s a row of shops selling sky lantern as well as food, and at the end, there’s the Shifen railway station on the Pingxi line. It is also the last station too, that’s why you will see a lot of people alight at this station when the train approached.
    Releasing sky lantern is a must-do no matter what time of the day, price is only NT$100 for one colour and NT$150 for multiple colour, you write your wishes, draw your artwork and the person will even help you to snap photos when you are releasing the lantern in the air happily. =D So yeah.
    Shifen Waterfall? Not worth to visit because it’s just a waterfall, with entrance fee. So yeah.
    Lovely railway track!
    A bridge, near Shifen.
    Sky lantern, up up here we go!
    Drawing and writing wishes on the sky lantern.
    Mom showing off her calligraphy skill.
    Grilled chicken ass.
    Tunnel to the failyland! Remind me of Spirited Away anime.
    Once I saw the entrance ticket stuff, I straight away turn back and leave the Shifen Waterfall. It’s not that awesome after all.
    At least, I took a photo in front of the signage of Shifen Waterfall. =D
  • 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: Golden Waterfall & Yingyang Sea 黄金瀑布&阴阳海

    Taipei Trip: Golden Waterfall & Yingyang Sea 黄金瀑布&阴阳海

    Taipei Trip: Golden Waterfall & Yingyang Sea 黄金瀑布&阴阳海 (Day 2) – The day trip is almost approaching an end, this was the second last stop before heading to the end destination – Keelung Miao Kou Night Market.
    After Jiufen, while on the way to Keelung, we passed by a famous waterfall – Golden Waterfall (Huang Jin Pu Bu) where the water from the waterfall turned the riverbed and rocks into golden yellow colour, very interesting!
    Further down will meet the Yingyang Sea (Ying Yang Hai) where the parts of the sea has 2 colors! Probably due to the water running from the Golden Waterfall, due to heavy metal reactions that causes the two color. Well, after this short stop, it’s time to continue our journey to one of the biggest street food night market in Taiwan – Keelung Miao Kou Night Market.

    Huang Jin Pu Bu.
    Nice abandoned building! Got feel got feel.
    Ying Yang Sea!
    Continued on the journey to Keelung! =)
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