RAIN
if i were given 1 word to describe the whole trip, that would be it...
RAIN!
RAIN!!
RAIN!!!
seriously... the only day it didn't rain, was the day we came back to sg... other days, it was juz raining on and off... it wasn't those heavy downpours, light drizzles that u still have to use an umbrella type...
so u can imagine my whole trip was me, moo moo and our umbrellas... opening and closing, opening and closing, opening and closing... very very irritating...
it's also probably cos of the rain that when we went to the nite markets, there wasn't as much people as expected... the whole atmosphere was already dampened by the rain... the only nite market that still had alot of pple regardless of the rain was shilin nite market... guess it really is the most popular one...
regardless of the rain, we still went out everyday... no use staying in our hotel room since there's nothing much to do except watch TV... should still call it a blessing that at least we weren't hit with typhoon rains cos that will really mean we have to stay in...
taiwanese are really helpful...
throughout our trip there, we keep meeting very nice people... maybe we really haf a tourist look, but whenever we look lost looking at our maps, they'll juz simply approach u and ask if u need directions... this is something that singaporeans will never go... approach someone to help them...
big thank u to the many taiwan folks who haf helped us with directions... thank u all very much...
taiwanese are environmental-friendly...
like japan, taiwan is very pro-active in recycling... everywhere u go, whenever u see a trash bin, there's always 2 types... one recycling bin, and another for normal trash... but not that u would see alot of trash bins too... many times, we haf to hold our trash for quite long before we actually see a bin... and yet, looking around us, we hardly see any rubbish littered on the ground...
going into convienent stores, like watson's or 7-eleven, u actually haf to pay if u want a plastic bag... and for boutique stores, most will prefer to use paper bags instead...
how encouraging is that?!
this is the type of things that singaporeans should be adopting... using less plastic bags and helping to reduce the amount of rubbish we're burying every year by recycling more...
ever since the article on the TODAY newspaper that states how much plastic bags singaporeans are using per week (estimate 100,000/wk), i've been trying my best to use less... now, i'm more determined to do so...
EATING
ok, i dun think i ate alot during the whole trip... taiwan is full of push-cart food... every corner u turn, every nite market u go to, there's food everywhere... but after going so many places, u'll realize that actually all the food they haf are all the same...
and probably cos we were always walking around, we din really have proper meals, except the last nite where we went to Yong Kang Street and had shabu-shabu (japanese steamboat)...
we did try most of the interesting food though... most memorable was the HUGE takoyaki that was the size of 3 normal ones... moo moo will probably haf that photo in her blog...
SHOPPING
spent money on both clothings and manga...
heehee...
when me and moo moo said we were going to lug manga back, we really lugged them back... besides the 5-6 books i helped meow meow buy, i bought like 12 books for myself and of cos, my PoT 30.5 artbook!!
the trip to wufenpu wholesale was more beneficial for me than for moo moo... though i din spent as much as i expected... taiwan fashion now is all lace... lace is everywhere and anywhere... being a person that doesn't like too much lace, that about cut half the amount of clothes i could haf bought... much worse for moo moo i would say, who totally DO NOT (!) do lace...
ONSEN
last but not the least, our onsen (aka hot spring) experience!
went to Xinbeitou instead of Wulai... if it weren't raining, we would haf gone to Wulai so we could walk the conservatory area too... anyway, the hot spring at beitou was quite good also lah... not that i haf anything to compare it to...
u know whenever u see japanese lounging around in the hot springs for long periods in the movies/series/anime/manga... well... in real life, that doesn't happen...
i could only soak in for a maximum of 10min before i had to get out because of breathing difficulties and the fact that it's too hot to stay in any longer... and even den, i had to get out slowly cos i would be feeling giddy...
for those that are hot spring amateurs like me, 15mins is the max u should be staying in... get out after that for a 5min breather before attempting to go in again...
maybe it would haf been better if it was those open-air rooms, or even the public baths... cos there'll be more air circulations and u probably wouldn't have problems with breathing... it gets very stuffy in closed rooms...
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all in all, it was still a good trip...
except for the rain and the otherwise terrible scooters we always have to dodge everywhere...
mom was asking me yesterday where is my next destination after taiwan...
hmm...
japan is definitely somewhere in the next 2yrs... an AU trip hopefully...
there's also the cruise trip i'm hoping some might be interested...
redang island? need some major suntan-ing...
bali? my weekend biao-mei was hoping for a Hong and Toh sisters trip...
hmm....
but before any of these can be achievable...
let's stock up on my travelling savings first...
=P
浪迹天涯小狗 hacks into RR's blog to bring u..
Taiwan Expedition Day 1
Taiwan Expedition Day 2
Taiwan Expedition Day 3
Taiwan Expedition Day 4
Taiwan Expedition Day 5
Taiwan Expedition Day 6
Taiwan Expedition Day 7
Taiwan Expedition Day 8
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