Saturday, April 01, 2006
we woke up at ard 8+ n had breakfast at the hotel.. there's nt much variety.. so its the 1st n last time we goin to eat in the hotel.. hee.. we went for the half-dae city tour by the agency.. but hv to pay NT $300 per pax.. we went to the CKS memorial hall.. its exhibit for CKS..
CKS Memorial Hall
den we went to the Martyr's Shrine.. when we reached, there's an exchange soldiers exchange.. the soldiers march til veri straight.. impressed!!
Martyr's Shrine
nxt is the National Palace Museum n Mao's Princess House.. we dint take ani photos at the Nation Palace Museum coz its consider the national museum whea all the tinks r real so nt allowed to take ani photos.. the Mao's Princess House is whr we can get to buy lin zhi n honey.. but we dint buy ani.. too exp le.. :X tis is the whole city tour..
aft the city tour, we took a cab to Jiantan Stn where we hv to change to bus 127 (shang hua gong che) to Yang Ming Shan..
the board showin the 'shang hua gong che'
Yang Ming Shan is the tallest mountain in taipei.. frm there, can c taipei in a gd view.. somemore tis week is their flower bloomson season.. so we oso get to c mani flowers.. got sakura oso.. haha..
Map of YMS
YMS 'Hua Ji'
Nice scenery frm YMS
mi wif TW sakura
YMS is veri big.. we dint finish the whole journey coz too tiring le.. we onli manage to walk frm one bus terminal to another.. n frm there, we juz took a bus to Beitou.. n frm Beitou, we took a train to Danshui..
on the bus
on the train
Danshui Yu Ren Ma Tou is a veri nice place to watch sunset.. but when we go, its rainin so we dint get to c anitink.. the sky is veri grey, there's no sun even.. sob.. but stil the scenary is veri beautiful.. takin umbrella n strollin under the rain wif the scenary by the side is quite romantic oso.. hee..
Danshui
longest ice-cream
since there's no sunset to c, we walked ard Danshui Lao Jie.. there's lots of stalls sellin the ice-cream.. though its called ice-cream, it nt the normal ice-cream we eat.. its like eatin ice.. haha.. veri cold!! n i found sometink.. HELLO KITTY CAFE!! *wink wink* the food has hello kitty pic on it.. even the staircase up to the restaurant oso hv hello kitty pics.. so cute.. but find it too exp le so nv go in n eat..
the menu
the entrance to the cafe
the cafe..
aft all the excitment over Hello Kitty cafe, we went baq to Jiantan.. frm Jiantan Stn, there's free shuttle to Miramar Entertainment Centre whea the biggest ferris wheel is located.. Miramar is a shopping ctr which the ferris wheel located at the highest floor.. we bought tixs to take the ferris wheel.. its cost NT$400 for a journey of 20 mins ride.. the scenary nt so bad but due to the water droplets on the ferris wheel, cant reali c properly from inside..
ferris wheel frm far
ferris wheel frm near
inside the ferris wheel
aft the ride, we went to shop ard the shopping mall.. there's two sections to the mall.. one is for family, the other is for teenagers.. but dint buy anitink frm there coz its quite exp n like our shopping ctr.. can onli shop, cant buy.. haha.. den we again take the free shuttle baq to Jiantan.. Shilin is located juz opp Jiantan Stn.. we r all veri hungry le.. so go to Shilin for diner.. there's lots of food there.. deardear quened ard 15 mins for the XXL chicken chop..
XXL chicken chop stall
deardear wif his XXL chicken
den we went to shop ard Shilin.. Shilin has two sections.. one is sellin food, the other is sellin clothings n other stuffs.. bought some of my clothes there.. we r all veri tired aft a dae's of sightseein, walkin n eatin.. so went baq to the hotel to bath n relax.. since we r in tw, of coz cant missed tw shows lorz.. so we watched tv b4 goin to bed..
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