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Travel Diary: Taiwan 2009

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After three months, I was able to finally finish my Travel Taiwan posts (which all happened last September)!  Wow, there was a lot of information to share.  It was why it took such a long time to complete everything!

To make it easy for you to track everything, let me share with you a list of all my Taiwan travel posts. Truly astounding!

Shilin Night Market
Ikari Coffee
Leofoo Village Theme Park
Lunch at 旭成港式料理
Taipei 101
Modern Toilet Taipei
Believe It or Not Museum
Food Tripping at Bali Ferry Port
Shisanhang Museum of Archaeology
Huwei Fort
Fort San Domingo
Bay Cafe Tamsui
Fuyou Temple
Tamsui Longshan Temple
Tamsui Morning Market
Breakfast at Dongwu Hotel Taipei
Taipei Story House
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Confucius Temple
Pao-An Temple
Cheap Movie House in Taipei
公館 Gongguan
寶藏巖 Treasure Hill
Taipei Water Park
重順川菜餐廳 Chong Shun Restaurant
My Favorite Stinky Tofu in Taipei
中和市興南觀光夜市 Zhong He Night Market
Dinner at 周師傅
一號出口 Gate One Cafe Shop
人間 People Restaurant Taipei
國立臺灣博物館 National Taiwan Museum
台北二二八紀念館 Taipei 228 Memorial Museum
二二八人文咖啡館 Relax 228 Coffee Shop
國家圖書館 National Central Library
中正紀念堂 (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)
哈瓦那咖啡 (Harwana Coffee)
西門町 (Ximending)
Taiwan’s Ever-Famous Pork Stew Rice (燉肉飯)
至善園 (Garden of Perfected Benevolence)
國立故宮博物院 (National Palace Museum)
饒河街觀光夜市 (Raohe St. Night Market)
Dozo Izakaya Dining Bar
Computer & Electronic Stores at Taipei
台北市動物園 (Taipei Zoo)
肯德基 (KFC Taipei)
蔥花 (Shinyeh’ Table)
台北捷運 (Taipei Rapid Transit System)
朱銘美術館 (Juming Museum)
信三肉圓 (Xin San Rou Yuan)
金包理老街 (Jin Bao Lane Street)
陽明山國家公園 (Yangmingshan National Park)
Breakfast at 美好美 (Mei Hao Mei)

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Shilin Night Market

Shilin Night Market

士林夜市 Shilin Night Market
Between end of Wenlid Road, Jihe Road & Zhongshan N. Road
MRT: Shilin Station or Jiantan Station

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If you only had only one night to spend in Taiwan then Shilin Night Market is that place to be in.  It is known to be the most famous and largest night market in Taiwan.  It is very popular among tourists and locals alike.

Vendors usually start to prepare around 4-5PM.  People start to visit the lively & crowded place at around 8pm and usually stay around until 12midnight.  We went to Shilin Night Market at around 10PM and was able to leave at around 1AM.  Wasn’t able to buy much things though coz I was dead tired hahaha!  Bad timing indeed!  I regretted that.

士林夜市 Shilin Night Market is divided into 2 sections.  First is the nonfood, which is a very loooooonggggggggggg strip of shops that sells clothes, accessories, jewelries & other stuff.

clothes shilin

shopping shilin night

There are even pet shops and arcades.   Look at the kittens below, super adorable!

kittens shilin

arcade shilin

The other section is all about food.  This is what Shilin Night Market is very famous for.  Eateries & food stalls cover the whole section.  It was a bit slippery as there were people who spilled food over the floor.  Anyhow, what famous food that can be found here?  There are fried bread, omelettes, noodles, stinky tofu, bubble tea, etc.

food shilin

My feet really hurt a lot after the experience.  There were just too many interesting places to go to!  Time was really never enough to walk around the whole Shilin Night Market.  It was a great experience and definitely unforgettable! 🙂

Did you just ask for more pictures of our last hurray for Taipei trip?  Here is Shopping Galore .

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Ikari Coffee

ikari coffee

The travel from Leofoo Village was long since it was located far away from Taipei City.  We were like sooooooo hungry already because it was 9PM and we haven’t eaten dinner yet.  So while we were on our way to Shilin Night Market, we dropped by 怡客咖啡 Ikari Coffee to have dinner.

One thing that I noticed while in Taiwan is that their coffee shops serve good food.  In the Philippines, it’s just bread, cakes & coffee.  In Taiwan, the coffee shop is a restaurant of its own.  Ikari Coffee is one of the most popular coffee shops in Taiwan and I guess I know why.  Their food is yummy!  I loved my order.

The whole process of ordering was also quite admirable!  We ordered at the counter, we paid, we were then given this red thingy that will light up when our order was ready.  We’ll then need to go back to the counter, get our order and give the red thingy back.  Since it was all new to me, I found the red thingy when it lit up like christmas lights to be too cute and entertaining!! hahaha!  I also felt that what they made improved the efficiency for everyone.

order alarm

Here are what we ordered:

  • Yakiniku Sub-Sandwich (90NT)
yakiniku sandwich

  • Yakiniku Rice (118NT)
yakiniku rice

  • Fish Fillet with Salsa Sauce (138NT)
fish and rice

  • Milano Roasted Chicken Drumstick (138NT)
chicken with rice

They had a promo where you could add 45 for a drink, 60 for a drink & soup (which was yummy!) and 75 for drink, soup & dessert.  I didn’t like the dessert of the day so I ordered pumpkin soup with drink and both were just delicious!

pumpkin souptea

If you want to see more pictures about the last dinner we had during our Taiwan vacation, you can find it here.

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Leofoo Village Theme Park

leofoo village theme park

六福村 Leofoo Village Theme Park
Guanshi Jen, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
886 (03) 5475665
Admission: 890NT

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10 day trip without visiting a theme park?  crazy!!  Well, we were not crazy coz we visited the only theme park in Taiwan, å…­ç¦æ‘ Leofoo Village.  It was an adventure!  We were pressed for time so we only had 2 hours to enjoy the very big amusement park.

I first heard about Leofoo Village through my Facebook.  I posted that I was in Taiwan and was enjoying my holiday when a friend mentioned that I should go to Leofoo Village.  To my surprise, the place is not in my Lonely Planet Travel Guide!  So we googled it and found Leofoo Village’s website.

This is what we found out.  There was a promo every April, May, June, September & October wherein you only need to pay half of the regular admission when you go during their happy hours which is between 3-7PM.  The thing was, when we visited the site it was written as 4-8PM.

We arrived at Leofoo Village at around 4:30 PM.  We were shocked that happy hours were actually 3-7PM and not 4-8PM as it was written on their site.  I even almost went into argument with the staff as she was insisting that whatever written in the website was right.  Well, she was partly right.  The thing is… chinese version has the right time indicated but with the english site which we visited, had the wrong hours written down.  The manager ended up giving us a discount.  We only needed to pay 4 instead of 5 tickets! wohoo!!! Great deal!!

六福村 Leofoo Village Theme Park is divided into 4 sections:

  • African Safari
Since the park was almost closing when we arrived, it already started to get dark.  We missed the zoo, the food and the shows.  Well, the rides are still the must-visit in the theme park so we didn’t really missed out much.  Though, it could have been much more fun if we were able to visit everything.

Sahara Twister

monkey ride

We were pleasantly surprised!  We were fooled into thinking that it was just an ordinary roller coaster ride, but eventually, it was not!  We had to go through a 360 degree spin thoughout the ride.  It was awesome!

  • South Pacific
Pagoda’s Revenge

pagodas revenge

Scary 3-second ride that lets you drop 17 stories straight down to the ground like a free fall.  I saw my colleagues as they were riding this.  I am too scared for this! hahaha!

Mighty Mountain Flume Adventure

mighty mountain flume adventure

If you like to get wet and scream your heart out while a canoe bring you down to a volcano-like-area then this is the place to be.  You’ll absolutely love it.   Oh and yeah, I chickened out! hahaha.  Don’t know what was with me that day.

Captain Cook’s Swinging Ship

swinging ship

This is similar to Anchor’s away (in Enchanted Kingdom, Philippines).  It swings back and forth 7-stories above the ground.  Well, you guessed it right, I chickened out of this too :P:P

  • Wild West
Screaming Condor

screaming condor

Three words: scary, scary and scary. 360 degree spiral whirl while flying and dropping fifty-six meters and running at 122 km/hr.  Yaiks!

Old Oil Well

old oil well

Just watching my colleagues, I could definitely say that this is one hell of a ride!  The thing just swings left to right, right to left then all over 360 degrees.  Definitely not for those weak at heart.

  • Arabian Kingdom
Ring of Fire

ring of fire

If you wanna go around for a 360 degree spin over and over, getting faster as time passes by? Then Ring of fire is for you! 😛

Sultan’s Adventure

sultans adventure

This is the safest ride of all!  hahaha.. no surprises just plain sight-seeing 🙂

The ones I mentioned were just the highlights.  There were other rides too.  You can see them all in my Flickr album here.  We really made good use of our 2 hours there.  Before we got home, we were able to see the dancing lights in the fountain and in the trees.  Astounding!

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Lunch at 旭成港式料理

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旭成港式料理
Basement, 臺北國際金融中心 Taipei 101
8 Sung-Chih Road,, Taipei Taiwan, Taiwan

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After visiting the awesome observatory of Taipei 101, we went down to the basement to try out their foodcourt.  There were lots of choices: japanese, chinese & western food.  They were all very tempting but we only have one stomach to fill right?

Can you guess what I ate?  I opted for chinese ofcourse!  What’s the point of visiting a foreign country if we don’t eat their own specialty food?

I was choosing between  æ—­æˆæ¸¯å¼æ–™ç† & the famous noodle brand who has their own stall in Taipei 101.  I opted for æ—­æˆ as they are a bit cheaper and I’m already on a budget since I spent so much already during the course of my 10-day Taiwan trip.

Here are what we ordered:

  • Grilled Squid Meal Set (150NT)
grilled squid

Grilled squid with some meat and tofu on the side served with sunny side up egg, soup and rice.  hayyyyy YUMMY!  Would you believe I can still taste it while I’m writing this? hahaha.  Kidding aside, if you guys are in Taipei 101, order this.  It was really good! 🙂  I had to share this meal with my colleague as the serving is also good for 2.

  • Pork Noodles (100NT)
pork soup

My 3 other colleagues ordered the same kind of noodles.  I guess it was the most appealing among all the noodle choices (seafood, pork, beef). The bowl was huge!!! I don’t think I could finish that alone.

The food serving was generous.  I even shared the meal set with my colleague.  It was super worth it and super yummy too!  The pictures can already prove how delicious they were.

This was our last lunch during our Taiwan trip.  I felt really sad that time coz the scenery was good and the food was great.  I just can’t find something like what they were offering in the Philippines.  And oh, that’s not to say, Filipino food is not to die for!

More pictures from our lunch here.

Taipei 101 is such a great place to hang out with shops, food, offices & scenery.  It’s an all-in-one place.  There’s really nothing else you could hope for.

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