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Taipei Day 1 & 2

Flew to Taiwan on the 21st of May for my grad trip, just one day after exams ended! Was quite rushed and all but I managed to settle everything, including packing my luggage, in time for my trip! :D

At Changi Airport waiting to board.

The bff told me she thought she saw a ghost.

Reached Taipei in the late evening and took a bus over from Taoyuan airport to Taipei Main Station to meet LTT. Day 1 was horrible as it was raining so heavily and so cold I thought it was winter. And I had to drag my 12kg luggage with me everywhere I went, up and down flights of stairs and uneven ground. Worst of all I left my umbrella in my luggage. That was when I started appreciating Singapore, at least our ground and roads are even. At least we won't accidentally trip and fall and die or something.

Dumb and dumber. Finally we reached our hostel!

Taken in the morning on Day 2.

Simple breakfast was provided.

We stayed at Homey Hostel situated near Taipei Main Station.

Area for chilling.

The hostel was very meticulous! They provided little slips of paper in different languages, telling us where to go and what souvenirs to buy in Taipei!

关东煮(Oden) in 7-eleven! They had spicy and non-spicy broth. We loved this so much we had them almost everyday!

Impromptu trip to Taipei 101. It was quite early and so we took a walk inside the shopping mall. Then we saw Agnes B café!!

They had so many pretty cakes! Ya Agnes B sells branded bags but they don't sell branded cakes. They are quite affordably priced!

So we got all excited and went in!

Marble cheese cake.

Chocolate mousse cake.

Then we conveniently left the place and forgot we were there to see Taipei 101 lololol!

Super love the 7-eleven in Taiwan! They have so many different flavours of onigiri for less than NTD 50 each!

Fruit juices and milk tea! <3

taiwan formosa chang lu rou fan braised meat rice

And then we were cheated into entering this shop. Don't get me wrong it weren't the doings of any human beings, it's just that when we crossed the road the other side was under renovation. And there was only one path to walk, we took this one path and TA DAH we ended up in the shop. Very good strategy maybe next time I should open a shop and damage the road in front lol.

Anyway later we found out that this shop is actually Formosa Chang, a chain famous for its 卤肉饭(braised meat rice). We ordered the braised meat rice, shredded chicken rice, pig trotters and green bean soup. It wasn't expensive but portions were very small and the pig trotters were all bones and fats. Okay la but thanks to the road we got to taste 卤肉饭 for the first and last time in Taiwan.

Went to 五分埔 (Wu Fen Pu).

And saw many 2D bags. Took that photo to make fun of Tham, who is a proud owner of a 2D bag heehee!

maokong gondola taiwan cable car crystal cabin

Went Maokong Gondola after that and sat the cable car. We chose the crystal cabin with transparent floor. This was the first cable car ride in my entire life. No I don't know Sentosa got cable car. Just kidding!