TAIWAN DAY 3 ~Yongkang Jie, Ximending, Dan Shui~
25 August 2012 Saturday
Saturday..the day typhoon Tembin is supposed to affect Taiwan the most. Again woke up, dark clouds, no rain. Hmm...beginning to get the hang of this forecasting business myself. I dragged my parents to Yongkang Jie again because i didn't get to eat my mango ice yesterday.
Actually Mr Yu said he can bring us to Mt Yangmingshan and Dan Shui today but i felt like it would be a waste to book the taxi for today's itinerary when all the places can be reached easily unlike the first day where you have to transfer buses and subways.
This time we ate our brunch at a shop called 度小月 which i came across in the forums.
cool chinese antique-feel interior
mum especially liked this gold shrimp roll
or was it this? lol can't really remember
this meal also costed TWD800+ but it was a lot tastier compared to Kao Chi yesterday. Many taxi drivers also said that xiaolongbao actually anywhere also taste the same de haha.
Then.... (｡♥‿♥｡)
ice monster(氷館)! It's located just next to the place i had my yam ice hoho. observe how the ice is shaved into those exquisite snowflake type unlike the common blended ones!
around TWD150 each
i said to order only one and let's share but do they listen? Nooo.... "let dad have one and i'll share with you" she said. "i'll eat half of it" she said. end up me eating 3/4 of it ==
We then attempted to go Ximending by taking the subway. From the guide book the nearest subway should only take 15 minutes of walk but we asked the wrong person and he pointed us to the wrong direction and made us waste a lot of time and energy. Then a woman who noticed we were kind of lost suggested us to take a bus to Ximending and gave us directions. I regret my decision to not take the cab from the start. Seeing my mum and dad in the public bus felt so weird and out of place... i somewhat feel like ppl their age should be entitled to enjoy the comforts of a taxi instead of some old public bus.
That is unless the public transportation system is as immaculate as Japan's.
No pictures of Ximending because it's just another shopping area. Mum and dad were already bored of them so i just quickly window shopped to my heart's content before leaving.
Of course not before I got myself this supercutemonsterbagwhichihavebeenwantingforsoooolong. I would actually preferred if its a small backpack but they only super huge backpack or this or some tiny pouches. Price for the huge backpack and this slingback was the same, TWD520. I had to fight tooth and nail with the aunty-urges residing inside me before i could settle myself for the smaller but equally expensive one.
And finally the main destination of the day........ Dan Shui～!
It was so hard to decide which day to come here because it has to be a fine day without rain or else it would be a meaningless trip.
I made sure we reached early around 3pm so that we won't miss watching the sunset from Fisherman's Wharf.
Dan Shui was as beautiful as i hoped for and it was such a nice change from the crowded shopping areas. Though there were tons of people, the place was vast so it still felt nice and romantic.
Dan Shui Old Street has a lot of food stalls.
This is what happens when there's no one to help me gather ppl to take photos.. i become stalker and keep taking candid photos.
Dad having a foot massage like a boss.
Look at his face expression haha. He has been wanting to have foot massage ever since we'd landed on taiwan so we went straight in when we saw this shop.
I wanted to take a photo of mum excruciating in pain but she used her bag for defense
(o⌒．⌒o) . I had a TWD100 10minute shoulder massage. Mum also went for the same thing but extended another 10minutes. This should be me and mum's first time getting a massage at a shop^^v.
Mum so geng. She sits down to get massage nia also can immediately chat so friendly with her masseur. Then my masseuse joined in conversation. Then the masseur (who seemed brusque) from across also joined in. It felt like mum was at the center of the conversation. This must be what they call having a knack for speaking with strangers.
This shop is kind of special btw... in that the staffs are handicapped people. Most of the staff can't walk well or see well or are albinos.
i wanted the longest one but they refused to share ice-cream with me T____________T
but i bought it anway :P
then eat halfway toss to dad XD
Sun is setting!!! Must ride boat to Fisherman's Wharf before it sets completely!
Aaaaaand our lost. The sun went down within the 10 minutes of the boat ride. I shall blame this on glutton mum who keep hovering around the food stalls we passed by . But we got to see the sunset from the boat so still satisfied ^^v
This area was actually crowded. But it rain a bit then everyone scattered. Almost felt like it rained for us to have the whole place to ourselves haha.
Lover's Bridge.
We ate dinner at a random shop there which fyi, sucked big time.
Fisherman's Wharf also very pretty and romantic. Mum pitied that i have to come here with "two lao jiao huo" haha. After lingering around a bit more, we took the boat back to Dan Shui and continued exploring.
Mum & dad loved Dan Shui a lot! woohoo～ \(^^)/
Mum & dad loved Dan Shui a lot! woohoo～ \(^^)/
1 comment:
Hi... I happ to see your blog and knew that you have been to Hualien. As I am planning to go there next month.. I was just wondering if 2 full days there will be enough to see the main attractions such as Taroko?
Thanks!
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