在这之前...先介绍一些重要人物. 首先是看起来不像62岁的导游钟导, 领队Mr Ong, 还有很会说话的driver铁人.哈哈! 这团一共有23人, 四个小孩和三个“大孩子”. 基本上, 没有人和我同个年龄啦, 要不就太小, 要不就已经踏入社会啦.
我在台湾的8天里, 每天都下雨. 因为刚好碰上梅雨季, 雨是一阵一阵的下, 多少影响了整个旅程.
听友人说台湾有百多个电视台, 其实有太多电视台也不是件好事啦..哈哈! (手会很累哦...) 到头来, 还是经常看一些在老家也能看得到的节目.
(Gotta type english now...XP chinese software is playing games with me...)
Impression of Taipei...rundown...the city did not look very lively to me. The traffic condition and the city structure were kinda messy too. Well, I understand I can't use our standards here to compare lah, but being the largest city in TW, I think the city needs some new development. Haha! What's interesting were the names outside their taxis and coaches. They were the names of the drivers on the doors lo...quite a gd idea ya? Can complain the taxi driver straight away if we are unhappy with the service ya? Haha...not sure of the real purpose for doing that though.
1st stop: Taoyuan International AirportBoarded CI 2662 at 1.10am. We took the middle row, didnt feel comfortable most of the time, perhaps I felt hungry and then my stomach was kinda emptied la. So, didnt´have much appetite and I couldn't finish my chicken rice, only managed to clear up the side dishes. CI's inflight entertainment Dynasty Sky was not bad, many movies and music selections. There were short infotainment programmes and games too. Some more, it's touch screen..hehe!
Watched Aaron Kwok's "Fu Zi" first, kinda boring somehow...but Aaron's acting was good la. There were "Curse of the golden flower", "Ghost Rider", "Letter from Ijima", "200 pounds lady" etc. Only realised there's 200 pounds in the middle of my flight, so couldnt finish it. Haiz...The plane was an Airbus 333, a modified version of Airbus 330...seating was alright, cusions and blankets were given. (Window seats were better tho..).
Time passed, and I hardly slept...saw the rising sun on plane lo...super beautiful scene! Wow...super red and sunny sun...(I hardly see the sun later on...lolz!)
Reached Taoyuan at 5.37am.
TIA Terminal 1 looked old to me...very old....E.W said it was like HK's old airport ard 20 yrs ago. I think their T2 was way better ba. Gotta travel an hour to reach Taipei city.
Had my breakfast at Yong He Qing Zhou Da Wang. Quite traditional mixed vegs plus porridge la.
2nd stop: Yang Ming Shan Park
Was a little disappointed that I couldn't visit "Xiao You Keng" at YMS la. Actually there's nothing too special abt the garden. There were much more things to see up on the mountains, but u know...we were on a tour la...that's quite impossible la. Haiz..
This is part of the mountain scenery i saw at YMS. Bascially many mountains were covered by clouds during the trip...very beautiful actually...
Mr Chiang Kai Shek's statue.still intact ah..lolz!
The main attraction of this park..the flower clock with Mr Chean. Don't rely on this clock wor...not accurate at all. haha!
3rd stop: National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (Zhong Zheng Ji Nian Tang)Managed to visit this memorial hall la...all thanks to the Taipei city govt? Haha...Get to see many exhibits of Mr Chiang Kai Shek la...
The back view of the memorial hall...that small banner was "irritating"..
The "Pai Fang"....lucky they haven't change it...lolz!
The new name & logo la...
This is kinda sacarstic, you're saying gdbye to Mr CKS in his "di pan"? Haha..it's like saying goodbye to your forefather...what the heck?
Front view of the memorial hall.
One of the two halls along the main walkway to the hall..forgot what's the purpose..seemed to be musical halls or what..
Far view of the President office (Zong Tong Fu).
A bad shot of the famous "Grand Hotel" a.k.a "Yuan Shan Da Fan Dian". Basically u get to see it once u enter TPE city...
4th stop: Martyr's Shrine
Basically, tourists couldn't enter the main hall..only the president could enter la..What's the shrine for? Hmm...remembering those who had sacrificed for the nation ba?
The main entrance of the shrine...
The soldiers at the changing of guards ceremony. They gotta change every hour lo and they had to stand still and remained silent...a tedious ceremony.
5th stop: Shihlin Night Market
Due to the rain, our tour guide wanted to let us see see how the night market looked like and told us to go back again at night. Well, though they claimed Shihlin do open the whole day...it's definitely not true la..only a few stalls..and there's a wet market inside also la, which opens in the morning la.
6th stop: Hotel Riverview & Xi Men DingRiverview's hotel rooms were small...can "fight" with HK's hotels liao...haha! Limited channels on the TV..sianz..Basically I had my free time to walk around liao...so walked over to XMD, walking distance was not very long, not short either..lolz! Saw "Eslite Xi Men Branch" first, went to look around, nothing much la..coz' it's too small. There's another old mall (think the name is Wan Hua)...selling many shoes, toys and stuffs...
The road junction at XMD...
The famous "Ah Zong Mian Xian"...many ppl said it was delicious, but it was average to me..may be I preferred "Zhong kou wei" la..preferred the oysters mee sua @ our Shihlin franchise stall..lolz!
Ah Zong Mian Xian.
From Mister Donuts.
"Hong Lou Theatre" opposite Xi Men metro station...unique "ba jiao" structure. Many singers do hold concerts there...
View of XMD opp Hong Lou.
Returned to hotel, coz' our relatives came to visit us. Long time didnt see "bo fu" liao...only met once in SG. Saw his daughter-in-law and her son...omg! I became auntie liao lo! Alamak la..lolz! Anyway, I had 2 nephews liao la..only managed to see the younger one, and he's a bubbly baby...likes to smile and super active. Hehe...
7th stop: Shihlin Night MarketWalked back to XMD and to Xi Men metro station, their single ticket coin token was similar to Bangkok's metro la. Transferred to the red line at Taipei Main Station..
Not all stations has this protector...even Xi Men didn't have one. I wonder why they didn't covered it up...anyway, when the train comes and the station does not has this glass protector...the train would create a big wind when it enters the station...don't stand too close sia. Also, they queued up quite neatly while waiting for the trains, I think our train stations shld follow up somehow...draw the lines longer? haha!
Went to Shihlin, tried the famous "Hao Da Da Ji Pai"....big, with bones, and didn't cut into small pieces. Well, it's not particularly very delicious...the "Sheng Chao Hua Zhi" (our sotong)..didnt look delicious to me also la...haha! Tried their smelly tofu and "guan cai ban"..not too bad. Not all the stalls were opened leh. They off on Mondays huh? So anyway, we were quite disappointed la...There's another part selling clothes and stuff, didnt walked over la..well, Shihlin was very famous, but then I was not convinced with what i saw...lol! Even the crowd was not big ...(Weekend ba..that's what i heard...)
Practically didn't sleep for a whole day...amazed.
远拍..所以看起来有点小. 二楼的妈祖则是用玉雕刻而成.
从南方澳看出去的渔港景色.
天花板的雕刻也很精致.
在太鲁阁国家公园的休息站拍的.
看不到海岸...咳~
长春祠原本不在行程内.因为著名的"燕子口"因出了意外而被封了起来, 所以导游才带我们到这里. 入峡的第一景叫“太鲁长春”,集山崖、寺庙、溪流、瀑布于一身,景观迷人。寺庙长春祠,是为纪念在中横公路中殉职的141位工作人员而建的,黄瓦红柱,十分醒目,坐落于立雾公路对岸的崖壁下,祠旁有瀑布直泻溪谷,在祠上可观赏立雾溪周围的旖旎风光。 
在长春祠旁的小池塘,水是从瀑布流下来的,还挺冰冷的.
太鲁阁1
太鲁阁2 
离开之前,在"东西横贯公路" 牌坊旁拍的.
"东西横贯公路" 牌坊
剧场大门外.
他们除了跳阿美族的舞蹈之外,也有跳像泰雅族的舞蹈. 不过, 那天那个时间, 只有我们这团在看表演, 所以场面还挺冷清的. 最后, 以为他们的竹竿舞是最后一支舞蹈,结果是大错特错.哈哈哈! (来到这里已经觉得他们会拉人下去跟他们一起跳舞.) 阿清好惨哦~ 其实接下来是什么舞我都不知道..第一个被拉下去! 咳! 我一个人跪在那里, 看着他们拉其他的团友下来. 好啦, 节目又开始了...我旁边的团友小尖叫了一声. 啊! 有个人拿了个unknown object， 打了她的屁股一下. 过后, 我们得坐在一个小椅子上, 让舞蹈员背着,然后走一小段..天啊~~(我还挺可怜那位背我的男生..辛苦你啦...我很重..哈哈哈!) 后来, 舞蹈员又去拉跟多人下来. 蒋先生应该是贪好玩,自己下来跟大伙儿一起跳舞. 好啦,跳完了, "礼物"也来啦-刚才被拍的照片...400台币!(19sgd) 哇！不便宜啊~而且,王太后还得给800台币. (都是你啦~蒋先生!)
窗外都是雨水，非常勉强地拍到房间外的景色..户外游泳池和multi-purpose building. 那个building里还有室内温水游泳池, snooker, gym, table tennis table, squash court等等. 
我们的晚餐...国际自助餐! 啊~拍到王太后的背影..呵呵!
我的房间! 够大吧? 这是整个行程里..最宽敞的房间咯!
