My dream is to travel around the world with Eugene, to see beautiful places and experience beautiful things with the love of my life. We went on a short trip to Bangkok, Thailand before he left to study in Melbourne for 2 years. Now that he is finally back from Australia and I have completed my course in TP, it is time for us to embark on a deserving long holiday to... TAIWAN! We decided not to follow a tour group so that we have the freedom to go places we want to at our own pace. So I researched and planned our itinerary using the free time I had during my internship in Vietnam. The long awaited day finally arrived and believe it or not, I could not sleep the night before. So excited!
We reached Changi Airport Terminal 1 way before our flight so that we would have time to chillax, eat lunch and shop around. We flew on Jetstar and touched down Taiwan at about 5pm (local time). Eugene felt rather uneasy in his new environment with all the signages written in traditional chinese. Lucky for him he has a girlfriend who took Higher Chinese in school.
We saw a crowd at the customer service counter (to the right of the arrival hall) and walked over to see what was going on. The staff were actually issuing the "Youth Traveller Card" to the tourists and so we got 2 for ourselves too! The card comes with lots of privileges such as discounts for attractions, accommodations etc. so be sure to grab one when you are travelling in Taiwan.
To the left of the arrival hall were the ticketing counters for all the express buses that bring you to the different parts of Taiwan, including hotels. We bought tickets from Free Go Bus cause they could bring us to our hotel in Taipai City (Wonstar Hotel).
We really loved our room even though it was small. We paid only SGD90 per room per night for such a cosy and clean accommodation located right smack in Xi Men Ding. The hotel provided complimentary breakfast too. A real good deal! Can visit http://www.wonstar.com.tw/ for more details.
By the time we settled down, it was time for dinner and so we took a walk around Xi Men Ding. Eugene was craving for their local delights so we ate braised meat rice (SGD1.20) and oyster omelette (SGD2.50). Taiwanese oyster omelette is slightly different from ours. It was served on a bed of green leafy vegetables and topped with a ketchup like sauce, tasted more sweet than savoury. Wierd. I prefer Singapore's version of it.
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