Taiwan Trip 9 July to 16 July - Hualien and Taipei
Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 7:33 amI decided long enough to go for a holiday, after the HK and KL trip in 2008.
How we get there ?
Firstly, I’ve gotten tickets to Taiwan via jetstar. For their students, July 1st is the start of the holiday, till Sept 1st ? So being there at this period means I can see many Tai mei (Taiwanese girls) ! It also means the season is hot now so they’ll wear less :p/
If you decided to go there, either go there during winter (where its cooler, but they wear more) or during this period (just before Monsoon Season). That last day that we left… the very next day it was typhoon, and if we stayed, we will not be able to go out shopping)
Now 7 days are going to be very long, but luckily we are heading towards Hua Lien first. After this experience, its better to first head to Taipei, stay 1 night, then head Hua lien for a 1-2 days trip. We planned for 3 days instead though.
Some pre planning done…
Getting there by Express railway (Gao Tie) we’ll spend 3 days sight seeing, then back to Taipei for the next 5 days.
So 2 things we did:
- Got a cab that will fetch us from Airport to Taipei Main station
- bought tickets for Gao Tie, by credit card, from Taipei Main Station to Hua Lien in like 2.5 hours.
Zooooom to Taipei Main station first and to Hua lien !
Our flight were in the morning hours, so we’ll reach there by 12+ Noon. Upon then after reaching, the friendly uncle helped us with lugguages and then took us to Taipei Main station. Along the way we are seeing another flyover expressway being built along the existing expressway, for ease of traffic. There were also trains from airport to Taipei, so I guess we won’t need to take cab the very next time.
Upon reaching Taipei Main station, Then we queue for our tickets. There are many restaurants in that Station, and very expensive IMO. Anyway i bought my favorite Starbucks drink. This is #1/#8 ?
After we took a 2hours 30 mins ride to Hua Lien. The train was fast, and scenic for the places it went thru. You can eat and drink up there, and I did catch a nap with my traveller’s mask.
Touch down @ Hua lien
Then we finally arrive, while it was drizzling. Flagged a cab (there were many many cabs, and its cheap) to e hotel, which was just a 2 mins ride.
I shall continue the rest in Day 1 trip !
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