[coldbloood]

qinzheng wrote:

i am waiting for ur itinery...

i will be going in august.......

Hey, below is e plan for my taipei trip

1st Day - 30th June

1710 - Reached Airport
1845 - Leave for Rainbow Hotel in Hsimending in a Mini-Bus(arranged with Rainbow Hotel
- 2000NT)
(Left so late coz my gf's luggauge was misplaced!!!Only got it back e nxt morning)
2000 - Reached Rainbow / Check-in / Unload
2030 - Leave for Shilin Market 1 & 2
2100 - Spend e rest of night in Shilin till last train.

2nd Day - 1st Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Yeliu via a KuoKwang Bus heading to JinShan in the Taipei North STN.
Go out by exit 1 at Taipei Main STN. Bus tix around 80NT.
1100 - Reached Yeliu - quite ULU place so best is ask the ppl on e bus or e driver where to
stop and how to walk in.
1300 - Leave for Jiufen via Keelung - No direct bus so have to go Keelung 1st. Take a
Keelung Bus heading to Keelung Train STN 1st. The bus stop can be found
opposite the bus stop u alight at Yeliu.After reaching Keelung Train STN, ask around
for the bus stop which heads for Jiufen. It is very near the Train STN.
1430 - Reached Jiufen
1630 - Walked finish Jiufen and leave for Miao Kou Night Market at Keelung.
The night market is very near the Keelung Train STN.
1800 - Reached the Night Market
2000 - Leave for Taipei via a Kuokwang Bus at Keelung Train STN.

3rd Day - 2nd Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Longshan Temple
1000 - Leave for C.K.S Memorial Hall
(remember to catch the changing ceremony which takes place hourly!)
1130 - Took a cab down to DingTaiFeng. Damn long queue, we gave up but we order some
takeaway for our lunch. (arh...i would say their dingtaifeng not very fantastic la as
compared to singapore - I went to the main branch)
1230 - Reached Zhongsiao Donglu via cab and walk around and had lunch there.
(you shld try the ah po ice at taipei 101 basement 1)
1500 - Leave for Wufenpu
1530 - Reached Wufenpu
1900 - Shop finish and leave for Hsimending for Mala Huoguo (it is a store that opens from
11am to 7am...food is gd)

4th Day - 3rd Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Asakusa Hotspring at Xinbeitou while the girls shop in Hsimending
(Hotspring is gd, but i wun recommend Asakusa, quite dirty)
1300 - Meet up with the gals at Taipei Metro Mall and shop
(Nothing much there, jus like our citylink...but super long)
1500 - Leave for Danshui
1530 - Reached Danshui => proceed on to Lao Jie
(Look out for a bag shop that sell bags at 50NT!!! It is worth going. Ask around
& the ppl there will guide you)
1830 - Leave for Yurenmatou via a Bus called Red 26 at a bus stop near the Danshui
MTR STN. (The queue for the boat to Yurenmatou was so bloody long...so in e
end I jus took Bus, dun bother to walk to Yurenmatou, its damn far)
2000 - Took the boat back to Danshui from Yurenmatou.(Boat Tix = 40NT)
2015 - Leave for Shilin and spend the rest of the night there

5th Day - 4th Jul

0900 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
1030 - Leave for Mcdonalds at Hsimending.(wanna try whats the difference)
1130 - Checkout => OTOT shopping and playing
1500 - Leave for Airport via the same mini-bus again(this time round it is 1800NT)

[coldbloood]

Yeap that's my plan for taipei...Guess actually 5days enuff for this city alone.
Hmmm i wld highly recommend Rainbow. Very near MRT STN. Very good and big rooms too. Though a little pricey as compared to the rest, but well if ya willing to go to a place like taipei, ya shldb willing to spend. No point saving on these kinda area. If possible arrange a tranport for urself
from the airport to the hotel or vice versa. Trust me u wun wanna travel around with all those luggauges...it sux...Btw for triple room it costs 2180NT/night,double room costs 1980/night.& yah taipei
is damn hard to get lost,so dun worry about how to get to this area and stuff...
food wise, i would recommend the illegal mobile food stalls along hsimending...infact they taste better then places like dingtaifeng...& also if you are at shilin, try IchiBan Beef Steak
i would say better then Jack's place...The name of the dish is called Fei dunno wat Niu Pai.

[qinzheng]

wat airline u took? how can they misplace ur luggauge ??!?!?

[qinzheng]

coldbloood wrote:

Hey, below is e plan for my taipei trip

1st Day - 30th June

1710 - Reached Airport
1845 - Leave for Rainbow Hotel in Hsimending in a Mini-Bus(arranged with Rainbow Hotel
- 2000NT)
(Left so late coz my gf's luggauge was misplaced!!!Only got it back e nxt morning)
2000 - Reached Rainbow / Check-in / Unload
2030 - Leave for Shilin Market 1 & 2
2100 - Spend e rest of night in Shilin till last train.

2nd Day - 1st Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Yeliu via a KuoKwang Bus heading to JinShan in the Taipei North STN.
Go out by exit 1 at Taipei Main STN. Bus tix around 80NT.
1100 - Reached Yeliu - quite ULU place so best is ask the ppl on e bus or e driver where to
stop and how to walk in.
1300 - Leave for Jiufen via Keelung - No direct bus so have to go Keelung 1st. Take a
Keelung Bus heading to Keelung Train STN 1st. The bus stop can be found
opposite the bus stop u alight at Yeliu.After reaching Keelung Train STN, ask around
for the bus stop which heads for Jiufen. It is very near the Train STN.
1430 - Reached Jiufen
1630 - Walked finish Jiufen and leave for Miao Kou Night Market at Keelung.
The night market is very near the Keelung Train STN.
1800 - Reached the Night Market
2000 - Leave for Taipei via a Kuokwang Bus at Keelung Train STN.

3rd Day - 2nd Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Longshan Temple
1000 - Leave for C.K.S Memorial Hall
(remember to catch the changing ceremony which takes place hourly!)
1130 - Took a cab down to DingTaiFeng. Damn long queue, we gave up but we order some
takeaway for our lunch. (arh...i would say their dingtaifeng not very fantastic la as
compared to singapore - I went to the main branch)
1230 - Reached Zhongsiao Donglu via cab and walk around and had lunch there.
(you shld try the ah po ice at taipei 101 basement 1)
1500 - Leave for Wufenpu
1530 - Reached Wufenpu
1900 - Shop finish and leave for Hsimending for Mala Huoguo (it is a store that opens from
11am to 7am...food is gd)

4th Day - 3rd Jul

0800 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
0900 - Leave for Asakusa Hotspring at Xinbeitou while the girls shop in Hsimending
(Hotspring is gd, but i wun recommend Asakusa, quite dirty)
1300 - Meet up with the gals at Taipei Metro Mall and shop
(Nothing much there, jus like our citylink...but super long)
1500 - Leave for Danshui
1530 - Reached Danshui => proceed on to Lao Jie
(Look out for a bag shop that sell bags at 50NT!!! It is worth going. Ask around
& the ppl there will guide you)
1830 - Leave for Yurenmatou via a Bus called Red 26 at a bus stop near the Danshui
MTR STN. (The queue for the boat to Yurenmatou was so bloody long...so in e
end I jus took Bus, dun bother to walk to Yurenmatou, its damn far)
2000 - Took the boat back to Danshui from Yurenmatou.(Boat Tix = 40NT)
2015 - Leave for Shilin and spend the rest of the night there

5th Day - 4th Jul

0900 - Wakeup / an hour of preparation for everyone before leaving
1030 - Leave for Mcdonalds at Hsimending.(wanna try whats the difference)
1130 - Checkout => OTOT shopping and playing
1500 - Leave for Airport via the same mini-bus again(this time round it is 1800NT)

THanks...!!!!

[coldbloood]

qinzheng wrote:

wat airline u took? how can they misplace ur luggauge ??!?!?

I took jetstar...nothing gotta do with the airline...They are value for money
Jus that some cock mistook my gf's luggauge and took it back home...Guess she/he is a
taiwanese cos the nxt day he left me a voice message on my hp and returned back to my
hotel...Phew ...

[coldbloood]

If you are not travelling in a big grp like me, you will have even more time... for me i already considered this plan as quite relax liao...
& a point to note ... if you have 4 gers and above ... best is not to put the gers in the same room ...
get another room, split em up so that there is enuff time for everyone to prepare emselves b4 going out...mine was just nice...everyone took an hr to prepare. i put the 3 guys together in a triple room.
me & gf in a double room and the other 2 gers in a double room. it mayb a little pricey but for the sake of comfort and slp, yes it is worth it especially when ya travelling ...

[qinzheng]

icic....thanks for all the info....

[coldbloood]

qinzheng wrote:

icic....thanks for all the info....

Noprob man!haha quite lucky truout the whole trip...everytin was too smooth...
like eg. when we are waiting for the bus, jus nice the bus arrived when we reach the bus stop
...weather was very hot but better then raining ... theres a bit of drizzling but luckily wufenpu got shelter...and oso my gf's luggauge was been returned...most of e time chances r slim...the main thing is dun let everyone walk around aimlessly...tink the only time when its quite aimless is the taipei metro mall...

[coldbloood]

Hey Nutzy,Dreamer and nakedtoes...
Thx for the info man...Yeah and i manage to find the cheese flavor tai yan bing ...

[Nakedtoes]

qinzheng wrote:

but the location is abit too far from ximending...... so i intend to stay 6 nights @ mei shiuang, n 3 nights @ new moon.....

the most important thing is to stay within walking distance to mrt and surrounding got breakfast... change hotel halfway u will need to moves things.. waste time and energy.. stay new moon all the way lor..

[Nakedtoes]

coldbloood wrote:

Hey Nutzy,Dreamer and nakedtoes...
Thx for the info man...Yeah and i manage to find the cheese flavor tai yan bing ...

nice leh.... because u all so many ppl to a room better get a bigger room... for couples after so long walk and tour a small comfort room is enough..


qinzheng >> u going for 10 days u shld also plan to go kaoshiung , taichung to see sun moon lake.. then hualien to seee toroko gouge also..

[coldbloood]

Nakedtoes wrote:

nice leh.... because u all so many ppl to a room better get a bigger room... for couples after so long walk and tour a small comfort room is enough..


qinzheng >> u going for 10 days u shld also plan to go kaoshiung , taichung to see sun moon lake.. then hualien to seee toroko gouge also..

yeah damn shag sia ... everynite slp at around 1 to 2am ... lesser ppl in e room better
things will get moving faster too...otherwise too cramp and the schedule will be pushed backwards...

yah guess the nxt time i go back taiwan, i will go to the rest of the places ...

[coldbloood]

Btw qinzheng, how many of ur fwens r going with ya?hee...

[qinzheng]

Nakedtoes wrote:

nice leh.... because u all so many ppl to a room better get a bigger room... for couples after so long walk and tour a small comfort room is enough..


qinzheng >> u going for 10 days u shld also plan to go kaoshiung , taichung to see sun moon lake.. then hualien to seee toroko gouge also..

i will not go kaoshiung n taichung this time......i wanted to go taichung...coz got friends there.... but after planning seems like quite rush....n my 10 days is not full 10 days......cos i will reach taiwan @ around 2200 hrs.....n my flight back to singapore is @ 0705 hrs.!!!! so guess is actually 8 days lor......

[qinzheng]

coldbloood wrote:

Btw qinzheng, how many of ur fwens r going with ya?hee...

i goin wif my girlfriend only.....

anyway i will be goin next year again....will spend less time in taipei.....then spend more time in taichung........

Cant wait to Fly.......