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I have not been to Kaoshiung. Think there is a love river there but I have heard people saying that our Singapore River is better...LOL...

Keelung is famous for a night market and it is the place to take a bus to Jiufen which is quite nice. There are lotsa eateries and it is the place when they filmed "Bei Qing Cheng Shi". It is often featured in taiwan holidays programs. The famous pineapple "su" is there too. But Keelung itself is very old with lotsa old shophouses.
 
ash...jiufen is the one i mentioned....pineapple tarts very nice...look like sg "Mei zhen xiang" but much bigger
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Should go their ye shi...diff parts of taiwan have
 
shopping....nothing to buy cos buy alot liaoz...mayb shop for cars....haha

Mani/pedi must sit there...i cant see still la....haha...

Watch movies...alone...nah

Maybe go facial...if there is avail slot :p
 
Proc, me not rich....need car to travel to n fro...
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When i go massage/spa, i ended up back aching n feel greasy becos of the massage oil.

Tink best if i stay at hm...lazy to go anywhere....keke
 
Noella,

I would usually go to sauna/steam bath after the massage so that I dun end up being greasy... not sure if it is the right way or not but I also dun like the greasy feeling.

Ash,

Wulai is not worth going. Dun waste time. Actually I find Taiwan's travel brochures abit exaggerated at times. Usually most of the attractions turn out to be a disappointment. Another place is the "yin yang hai" near to Jiufen. From the brochure, the sea looks really nice with 2 colours. But when you go there, it just looks like our east coast beach... u can't even see the 2 colours which you are supposed to see. It is a total letdown.
 
oh okay .. thanks for the info...

these are the places i'm thinking of going.. any comments??

East Route
Taroko Gorge 1 Day Tour
- Taroko Gorge
- Cising Beach
- Basian Cave Scenic Area
- Tunnel of Nine Turns (Jiucyudong)
- Sansiantai Scenic Area
Taroko Gorge ¨ ( Eternal-Spring Shrine / Swallow Grotto / Tunnel of Nine Turns / Marble bridge / Tiansiang) ¨ Marble factory ¨ Chi Hsing Beach ¨ Stone sculpture Park

South Route
Alishan (8 hours)
- Alishan Forest Railway Trail
- Alishan Forest Recreation Area

Center Route
Sun Moon Lake
Wunwu Temple
Syuanguang Temple(Ashore))
(10 hours)

North Route
Yang Ming Shan National Park
Hot Spring Bath
(4 Hours)
Yin Yang Sea
Nanya Rock Formations
Jinguashih
Jioufen Old Street
(8 Hours)

Yeliu Cape
Ocean World, Yeliu
(8 Hours)
 
If possible, try to avoid Alishan(Tat's wat my tour leader told me) I vaguely remembered her telling ustat there used to be 2 routes leading to Alishan. But due to some natural disaster, 1 route was closed. The other one is longer n more dangerous(maybe cos the terrain or conditions)

Juz my 2 cents worth
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Ash,

Are you planning to do day trips for Alishan, Sun Moon Lake? Actually how do you plan to go from Alishan to Sun Moon Lake? Travel via cab?

I stayed over at Hualien for 1 night. For Alishan, it will be about 1.5 days if you take the antique train and go there for the sunrise. I have not been to Sun Moon Lake but it will take about 1.5 days too with lotsa time spend on travelling from 1 place to another. Yeliu, Jiufen will take another day. Looks like you dun intend to cover much of Taipei? Actually the tricky part is between Sun Moon Lake, Hualien and Alisan. If you are not going via cab, you will have to go via train and it is not easy to connect. I travelled from Taipei when I went Hualien and Alisan the last time. And this would mean that you spend alot of time on the roads.
 
Ya I plan to do day trip.. depart early in the morning...

all the places I plan to travel from Taipei.. either take High Speed rail or Taiwan railway ..

Taipei merely shopping and eating.. plan to do it in the evening.. after the day trips
 
Personally if you are a food person, you should go Danshui, Shilin. If you want to shop for clothes, you can try wu fen pu or if you feel rich, you can go Zhongxiao area. If you want to go for hotspring, you should go Beitou. I went to Martyr' Shrine to watch the guard changing ceremony too. As for Alishan, it is for the sunrise and to experience the antique train that reverses at certain parts of the route. The sunrise experience is pretty interesting if you have not seen 1. When I went there, the tour will tell you where the sun will rise from, at what time, when not to stare at the sun. At the same time, they will give you some glass panels for you to view the sun when it comes out. The effect is different when you look thru 1 glass panels vs 2 glass panels. Actually I didn't regret making the trip there though it is a long journey. If you are lucky, you will get to see "yun hai" (sea of cloud) as you travel up the mountain to see the sunrise. I went there in Nov 2007 and it is quite safe. Not sure when was the disaster which Noella has mentioned.
 
I am not sure when the disaster happen but that time I went was mid Nov 2008. The tour leader did mention tat it will take 2 yrs or so to fix the route.

We wanted to go there as one of the places of interest but unfortunate at tat time, cant
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Ash,

I dun think it is possible to do day trip cos the journey is very long. Usually people go Alishan for the sunrise and the antique train ride. Not sure about Sun Moon Lake cos I have not been there before. It will take you almost 3/4 day to reach Alishan cos you have to take 2 trains to reach Alishan. 1 is the normal train from Taipei, the other one is the antique train.
 
Noella,

I see... I only know that you can either take train or take bus to go up Alishan. But how many train routes or bus routes I do not know cos we are only interested in the antique train ride that reverses in certain parts on the way up.

Ash,

U may have to do more homework on Alishan to find out on the safety level if you are keen. But if you are not interested in sunrise, then it may not be worth your while to go there. I remembered that by the time I reached Alishan, it is already evening time and I think I set off at around 9am from Taipei.
 
ya.. i know.. i have been there a couple of times..

From the south where they have nice beaches, up to Kaoshiung, tai nan, then up to taipei..

Been to Alishan and sun moon lake as well.. but some of these places I visited more than 20 years ago.. the images are fading..
 
Nice place for gluttons like me... but some of the tourist attractions are a far cry from the brochures and I feel kinda cheated in the 2x I went...keke...

SM,

Taiwan would have been a very different place from what it was 15 years back.
 
Go with ur partner to refresh sweet memories...keke

Ash,

I agree with proc...safety first..is there any frens in taiwan tat can help u or any taiwan tourism board to call for more info?
 
Ash,

You can try hardwarezone. I used to get lotsa up to date information from the hardwarezone forum. There are some forummers there who are residing in Taiwan. They were very helpful in providing up to date info when I was researching on Taiwan 2 yrs ago when I went there.
 
ehhhhh sat & sun i no free to puke,think like u soooo free one meh

yday i forgot

then today,i realised i owe u my pukesss

u skiving again ah? i go tell ur boss
 

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ya ya ya i know.. it's good to have more $$ by ur side cos u lonely old man unless u hv found ur old lady ;pppp

bye,dun wan to tok to u le. back to my pretty ladies!
 
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