and now, back to the bus at 11.45am, and time to head off to Jiu Fen. finally a place to let us do some shopping. haven't really start spending our money yet. heh.
we reached Jiu Fen at 12.30pm, the tour guide brought us to a local products shop to order their muah chee first. i bought 3 packets of muah chee for NT$250 (S$10.50), we were asked to leave the things we bought at the shop first, and collect it at the end of the day.
after buying, it was free & easy for us finally. we were only given 2 hours to shop, and enough of it, time to chiongggg!!!
next, we decided to have our lunch first before going for shopping. and of course, Braised Pork Rice 鲁肉饭 is a must-eat in Taiwan. we bought 4 bowls of it at NT$25 (S$1.05) each, 2 bowls of Fishball Soup at NT$40 (S$1.70) each, and 1 plate of chicken at NT$150 (S$6.30) to share. the foods sold there were incredibly cheap, less than $2 can eat a bowl of rice, like wow!~
omg lol. overall, not a bad experience, just that the finding for seats part was pretty hard. we have to squeeze and share tables with others.
OUR DELICIOUS LUNCH!
and after lunch, time to venture around the place. it's just like a street market selling all sorts of things. and looks like everywhere was selling that smelly tofu, have to hold on our breath and faster walked away from the place.
the street at Jiu Fen
Jiu Fen is located at high-up mountain
this shop we spent most our money inside
hahaha. this shop sold alot unique and funny packaging sweets, candies and chocolates. the best place to shop for souvenirs for friends. i bought lots of chocolate as a gifts from there xD
anyway, we shop until forgot about the time. Ginnette and me were the last few to meet back at the entrance there, and time to board the bus at 2.20pm, off to our next location at Wu Fen Pu.
WuFenPu, best known as wholesale garment market. it was said to be a huge market which sells the most fashionable and cheapest clothes and accessories in Taipei.
and we reached Wufenpu at 3.15pm, so looking forward for all the shopping there. however, we were kind of disappointed there. nothing sold there caught our eyes, and it was not that cheap actually. the price was sort of considered expensive to us =/ and so we ended up not buying anything, left the place empty-handed.
Wufenpu Fashion Area
one whole stretch of clothing warehouse market
ended up taking pictures with the street xD
lol, and back to bus at 4.45pm, heading to Ximending. the place where most youngsters love to hang around at. it's like a shopping paradise there, and we have no idea on where to start first =D
but the time given was so short, only 1.5 hours. so rush, every shop we went in, we have to keep on looking at the time, in order not to overshot the time given.
went to a few accessories shop, shoe shop, etc. finally, bought a few things there. and not to forget, the very well-known Ah Zong Mee Sua that we have to try it in Taipei.
at the junction of Ximending.
Ah Zong Mee Sua
we bought 2 bowls to share - takeaway please! lol
the night street of Ximending.
and not to forget, we have to hunt for the KOI which was originated from Taiwan. we have no idea whether there is any outlet here, so ended up using our handphone and started hunting for free wi-fi here.
a pretty tough process as the wi-fi is either password-protected or simply too weak. i have to keep on hunting and hunting. and once i found it, and get connected in, i have to stay in that position and not to move abit as the connection is very very low.
wi-fi detected!
browsing through the map of Ximending for KOI!!
but there wasn't any nearby, sigh!
badges selling on the street. like so many!!!!
i bought 13 of it xD
hah!! time to go back. this time round we were early, the bus was late instead. while waiting for others and the bus, we stood down there and sample on our Ah Zong Mee Sua. smell so nice!
Ah Zong Mee Sua
smiled with the mee sua
we ate it on the bus xD
time to move on again. this time round to Shilin Night Market. more good food to come, it was now food paradise!! so hungry, we bought alot of small small foods to share together.
TIME TO SPEND AND SPAM ON FOODS!!!
Shilin Night Market
Oyster Omelette @ NT$50 (S$2.10)
us, with one plate of Oyster Omelette.
all of us don't eat Oyster, except Lisa LOL.
the change!!
XXL Crispy Chicken @ NT$55 (S$2.30)
very long queue
the chicken was bigger than our face.
so crispy and nice!!!
Sausage with sausage @ NT$50 (S$2.10)
Biscuit with biscuit @ NT$45 (S$1.90)
Lisa was very keen on finding the bookshop which she came during her previous visit to Taiwan. that bookshop sold alot very pretty notebooks and so on.
so based on her memory and map, we finally found the bookshop which she was talking about. but we were like quite far away from the Shilin Night Market.
right ahead...
the stationery shop.
lol, as for me. i am still pretty insisted in looking for my Koi, and so i told them to take their time at the stationery shop, while i walked further down to try my luck whether can i find my Koi.
and i finally found it after walking a few streets down. the original Koi in Taiwan - 50 winds. i quickly walked back to the stationery shop to ask whether they wanted any drinks, and this time round Ginnette went back with me to order the drinks. Lisa and Shalee will joined us shortly after they finished buying their notebooks.
50 嵐 bubble tea
MILK TEA is loved!!
my regular ice cream milk tea @ NT$45 (S$1.90)
omg, so much cheaper than Singapore
this time round we were seriously late. we quickly made our way back to the Shilin Night Market to meet the rest of the people. however, this time round we couldn't find our bus. after walking back and fro the place, our tour guide finally came out to look for us. lol.
we went back to the bus and everybody was already sitting inside waiting for us. we felt so bad and apologised immediately, didn't really tell them that we went far far away until we forgot about the time, we pretended we lost our way =/ hahaha
and finally, back to our hotel, The Koos Suites. this was one of the best hotel so far, we were given the family suites. that means the 4 of us will be sleeping together. and it was an awesome big room for us.
The Koos Suites
lol, the lift kept on closing behind
our awesome big room
a hall, 2 bedrooms, 2 toilets, a dining area and a kitchen
time to pack our stuffs.
squeezed and reserved more space for newly bought items
after we finished packing with our things, we started spamming photos and posed with our milk tea xD
YAM SENG!!!
with our smelly feets xD
newly invented iFly pose LOL
it was 11.45pm, most probably sleeping time for the rest of the people. but for us, it was just the start of our free & easy journey. our target for tonight was the 24 hours bookstore. how do we get there? good question, take their MRT xD
before we left
inside the lift
lol. we walked to our nearest MRT station which was the Beitou Station. luckily we were well-trained in Singapore on how to read MRT map. no matter how complicated it was, still an easy task to us xD
we have to transfer train from Beitou Station to Taipei Station and then Zhongshan Dunhua Station. hah, enough said, time to set off now at 12am!!! lol
we used the free MRT card given to us during the NATAS fair. at least, the card has some money inside, enough for us to take all the way to our destination.
MAPS!
enquiry at the counter for last train. tap card. off we go!
at Beitou...
train is coming, train is coming!
inside the train
Lisa and Shalee pretended to be reading the map
Ginnette and me pretended to be sleeping lol
reached Taipei Station now!!
toilet break
changed to Bannan Line
and reached Zhongshan Dunhua Station finally at 12.30am
map to show us where is our 24-hours bookstore
24-hours bookstore - eslite dun nan store
wow, huge bookstore.
and most of the books were in.... CHINESE!
we spent almost 2 hours inside the bookstore, like treating the place as library already lol. it's kind of funny to see those English book in Singapore became Chinese book in Taiwan. haha.
i felt very sleepy all of a sudden, i even dozed off while sitting on a stool there. anyway, we left the place at 2am and took a cab back to our hotel.
SO SLEEPY!
cab fare @ NT$350 (S$14.70)
bye bye yellow cab
all of a sudden, not that sleepy anymore. continued to do my packing as we have to leave the place early in the morning. and not to forget to display my souvenirs bought today xD
items bought @ Jiu Fen
mostly foods haha
items bought @ Ximending
omg, look at all the badges
top level was ALL MINE except the stitch, bought the stitch for one of my colleagues
and bottom level of ONE PIECE was a gifts to my friends as well xD
items bought @ Shilin Night Market
Belt for my father
3 handphone accessories for my working colleagues
lastly..
END OF DAY 2
off to sleep at 4.50am. omg, i am only left with less than 3 hours of sleep. damn!!
Taiwan Trip Day 2
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