Thursday, April 11, 2013

6D Taiwan - 2013

ITINERARY

Day 1 (26/4) Reach Tao Yuan Airport around 5:40am.
Arrival at T1, need to travel to T2 to get the simcard.
After clearing immigration, proceed to departure hall, level 3 to go to Chunghwa telecom shop to get prepaid card. 7 days unlimited for NT450. The shop is open at 7 am.  

7:30 am Meet up with driver.
9:30 am drop luggages to hotel
野柳 (yehliu)→平溪(pingxi)→十分(shi fen)→九份(jiufen)→金瓜石(jin gua shi)→基隆廟口(keelung) →九份-溫莎堡(宿) hotel
Hotel address:
台北縣瑞芳鎮輕便路282
聯絡電話: 0912-547-078 或是 0960-576-258

Must Try Food at Jiufen old street:
·        Traditional fish balls. Address: 23 Jishan st. 
·       Jinzhi red meat dumpling. Address: 112 Jishan st.
·        Ah Gan Yee Taro Balls (Sweet potato and yam flavors). Address: 5 Shuqi Rd. 

5:30 pm Back to hotel
If we still have energy then we should go to Keelong night market. Otherwise just walk around jiufen old street and rest early.

Day 2 (27/4)
If we have enough in jiufen, then we will leave for taipei early in the morning and have lunch there. Else, another option would be walking around at jiufen old street till afternoon (after lunch) then only leave for Taipei.
We need to collect our train tickets to Taichung from Taipei Main Station!

9:00 am Leave windsor B and B
Depends on the day, we may take Keelung bus (about 20 mins ride, Fare: NT$15 weekend, NT$21 weekdays) or taxi from jiufen old street to Ruifang train station then we take train (about 1 hour ride, Fare:NT$60) to Taipei main station.

11:00 am  Arrive hotel in taipei. Check in if possible otherwise we leave our luggages at 
New Stay Inn hotel.
5F., No.72, Sec. 1, Zhongxiao W. Rd., Taipei Main Station, Taipei, Taiwan 
Exit z8 from taipei main station, through underground mall ard 10-15 mins. It is located at level 5 of one old building.  Tip: look out for the hotel sign on the 5th level of an old building across the bus station terminal building.

12:00 pm Lunch at din tai fung àthis restaurant is the first one open, even though
these days you may find it everywhere in the world.
Main Branch:
No. 194, Section 2, Xìnyì Road, Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Taxi fare from taipei main station is ard 120 NT
           
MRT- blue line towards Taipei Nangang, after 2 stops, alight at Zhongxiao xinsheng station, change to orange line towards Nanshijiao station, alight after 1 stop at Dongmen. Walk 130 m to DTF.
  • After lunch, we should go to Taipei LeeChi Cake Shop
         104 Taiwan Taipei City Jhongshan District Section 2, 73 Zhangan East Road (104 台北市長安東路二段73)
         Get to Songjiang Nanjing Station by MRT(Orange Line), take exit 4. Head south on Songjiang Road (松江路), then turn left onto Chang-an East Road, Section 2 (長安東路二段) and Taipei LeeChi Cake Shop will be somewhere there. Walking distance is about 450m.

3:00pm Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial

4:00 pm NTU area/gongguan mrt
Take Taipei MRT-Xindian Line (捷運新店線) to Gongguan Station (捷運公館站)


  •    臺一牛奶大王 (Tai Yi Niu Nai Da Wang) 台北市 (Taipei City) 新生南路382 (Xin Sheng S. Road, 3rd Section, No.82) Phone: (02) 2362-3172
  •   Chen San Ding (陳三鼎黑糖粉圓專賣店)
           Most popular drink is tapioca milk tea (made with Chen San Ding's brown sugar). The pearl was cooked in brown sugar.
Address: Alley 8, Lane 316, Section 3, Roosevelt Road, Taipei
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11:00am-10:00pm
  • Lan Jia Gua Bao 藍家割包 (Opposite the Bubble Tea)
  • 大福利排骨大王 (Da Fu Li Pai Gu Da Wang) 台北市中正區 (Taipei City, Zhong Zhen District) 羅斯福路三段28612 (Roosevelt Rd. 3rd Section, Lane 286, No.12) Phone: (02) 2365-1009
  •  Gongguan night market

Day 3 (28/4)
7:00 am Breakfast nearby Taipei main station

8:00 am Take high speed railway to taichung
Meeting driver at 9 am
Proceed to hotel to leave our luggages
文華道會舘 //  In One City Inn
40724 台中市西屯區文華路13831
No.31, Lane 138, Wanhua Rd., Situn Dis. Taichung City 407. Taiwan
Tel:04-36028088 Fax:04-36061088

10:00 am Sun Moon Lake
彩虹村,日月潭,搭攬車,
文武廟,埔里酒廠,18C巧克力
Hope to be back to hotel by 6 pm

6:00 pm Fengjia night market

Day 4 (29/4)
7:30 am Breakfast at the hotel
8:15 am Leave hotel
9:00 am Take train to go back to taipei
10:00 am drop all luggages at the hotel. New stay inn.
Yang ming shan陽明 (YMS)
From Taipei Main station exit M1 take bus no. 260 to YMS main bus station. From there, get an unlimited bus ride (#108), NT60 to go around YMS.
  • We may try different flavor of Mantou
  • Can take bus 230 at YMS terminal to Beitou MRT, about 30 mins journey. Bus stop is outside 7/11 store.
1:00 pm Lunch at Beitou, in case no food at YMS
  • 24 hour small eatery in Beitou -near Xinbeitou MRT. Best item is lu rou fan, 滷肉飯 (rice with diced braised pork). Address: 台北市北投區光明路213 213 Guangming Rd.
  • After exit MRT, walk towards KFC then turn left, then walk straight till you see the restaurant.
  • Desserts at Meet Fresh Sweets Shop 鮮芋仙 - They claimed that their sweets are made from  natural ingredients, no chemical. 
           Address: 台北市北投區光明路214 214 Guangming Rd. Nearest MRT: Xinbeitou 新北
  • Hot Spring
5:30 pm Danshui old street
After exit danshui  station, walk towards left and walk along the river to reach the old street.
阿給 – fried tofu stuffed with cellophane noodles and then sealed with fish paste.

7:00 pm Shilin Nightmarket
Nearest MRT: Jiantan 劍潭 (Red Line – DanShui line)

Day 5 (30/4) Shopping and eating day
8:00 am Breakfast at Fu Hang Dou Jiang
To get here, hop on the Blue Line MRT to Shandao Temple Station and take Exit 5. Enter the building on our right and proceed to 2nd Floor. The place opens from as early as 5.30am till sold out.

10:00 am Xi Men Ding
Ah-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle 阿宗麵線
Small bowl NT$45
Big bowl NT$60.
Xi-Meng-Ting Headquarter/西門町總店:
Address: No.8-1, Emei St., Wanhua District, Taipei City
Walking Directions: 5 minutes walk from Ximen MRT station, exit 6

12:30 pm Lunch at Modern Toilet Restaurant
                Modern Toilet Restaurant 便所主题餐厅
                Ximending Store, No.7, Lane 50, Sining S. Rd., Wanhua District, Taipei City, Telephone: 02-  2311-8822 Opening Hours: 11:30am – 10:00pm (Weekdays), 11:00am – 11:00pm (Holidays)

3:00pm Taipei 101
Travelling on the same blue line of Taipei MRT, we stopped at Taipei City Hall Station 市政府站 to get to Taipei 101. There is a free Taipei 101 Shuttle Bus that brings you from Taipei City Hall Station to Taipei 101 and back, at 30-minute interval. 
To take shuttle, we should go out from exit 2.

6:00 pm Raohe night market
In case we still want to make a trip to Wufenpu, it’s in the raohe night market area.
The best time to go to Wufenpu is on Friday or Saturday. Prices tend to be cheaper, but need bargaining skill here. Mondays are reserved for wholesalers. The shops in Wufenpu open at around 11am, and on Sundays, around 1pm. Only cash can be used here.

Day 6 (1/5) Last minute shopping
8:00 am Breakfast at Yonghe dou jiang da wang
        No. 102, section 2, Fuxing south rd., daan district, taipei
MRT station: Daan
Take blue line towards Taipei Nangang exhibition center, and alight at zhongxiao fuxing station (3 stops later), transfer to brown line towards taipei zoo (2 stops to Daan). Walk about 300 m to the shop. 
  • Shin-Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store 新光三
  • Underground Mall
  • Costco Address:No. 268, Section 1, Jiùzōng Rd, Neihu District  Taipei City, Taiwan 114




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