back from trip
awww just back from my taiwan trip, not veri enjoyable since I was caught during the rainy season. Everday there is rain, rain, rainnnn... The raincoat I bought @ there, is a necessary.. terrible i dun look pretty at all (in fact, my complexion got abit worse. yucks!!!)
Worst, I even met one of their typhoon, wasted one whole day; stayed inside hotel watching their channels (although there are alot of variety show channels; total abt 100 channels. but I still prefer shopping, BEST!!) My hubby told me to count on my lucky stars that the taifeng day wasnt our flight day, if not cancelled, means = sleep in airports wahhhhh we heard news that flights are cancelled, especially to hk.
we travel around usually by their transit mrt, reasonable price. Easy to navigate n mainly in Chinese, takes time to get use. Their English cannot make it.
Food cost as much as sg, but in bigger portions n very much nice to eat, alot of variety also.
There is alot of wholesales clothes n shoes, personally i find taiwan ppl dress quite nicely, must be that reasons. some of things are cheap, like nike etc 20sgd cheaper hehahha.Of cos, skincare is a fave there, lots n lots of it. I lugged some portions back.
Personally, i feel taiwan is quite similar to china. With a land space that big, alot of places not yet developed, u can c the worn out stores, buildings. ohh... here not much foreigners except tourists, guess cos the populations is big + this is a Chinese speaking country.
Hotsprings; one of their famous pt. There is alot of these nature resource in one of districts. I try that, nothing special. Lucky, im not allergic, cos i saw ppl do. Guess this is becos mine hotspring spa is neutral pH, mild acidic; sulphur bah
101 tower; another famous one, we went there but didnt go up cos need money + if poor weather, u cant c much up there. y waster money, i rather do shopping. Anyway, I've been to other countries skyscraper b4 like KL towers n BKK ones. ok, areas around are branded boutiques, not much for us.
Ximengding, like our Orchard road, famous teenage hangout.
Wufengpu - one of the' hot' clothes wholesales like our bugis but in a much bigger scale. The name come by as five steps taken, there will be a new shop. As compared to BKK patrum (clothes wholesales), BKK is cheaper but taiwan style is much suitable for asian chinese gers. They are way cheaper than in sg, most of gds come from china.
Shilin Nite market - one of 'famous' eating place to til late nite, lots of food. Just follow the long queue n u wont be wrong. This place is raved by lots of ppl (a crazy 'fave'), personally i dun find it veri special.
Museums - we went to afew museums for sightseeing just in case ppl ask us abt taiwan, although our main focus is on shopping. Find taiwan is veri proud of their founder, lot of respect pay in due like having 2 guards for a big statue.... went to a miniature museum, wow veri cute n nicely crafted. gers will surely love it, guess in our heart, there is alway a small little corner abt playing houses. the furnishing is unique, comes with a small carpet n furniture in different style from asians to eurpurean style. Kawaii!!!
85degree - a small bakery café, nice place to rest / relax for our tired legs after long shopping... Reasonable price + much variety of cakes n pastries. So many creative, water mouthing artpieces capture our hearts especially gers. As I stared at the melting chocolates n cream as topping of the cakes, I can’t resist taking another bite into them. Forget abt dieting, gers, as im on holiday one must enjoy at this time… wwah… cant wait to sink my teeth into another piece. Yummy!! 
I intend to go taiwan again, cos i didnt enjoy myself much.
