My flight was on a saturday night of July 1, 2017 and I arrived at Taoyuan airport at around past 12mn the following day. I was in a hurry getting out of the immigration as I have to rush to the wifi egg provider which closes at 1am. This costs me around P752.00 good for 4 days. To get here, once you reach the immigration's exit, turn right then just go straight. You will see 2 wifi providers at the end and in front of elevators going to bus terminal. There is no way you'll not be able to find this on your way to airport especially if your taking the bus. However, upon return of the egg, you need to ask the information counter how to reach here as you'll be arriving at the other side of the airport.
Anyway, after getting the wifi egg, ride the escalator going to the ticket booth to buy bus tickets. Take Kuokuang bus number 1819 for only $125 NTD. Also, if you have easy card(Taiwan's MRT card), you can also use it for transportation and purchase items at0 convenience storez such as 7eleven. The bus' route is going to Taipei Main Station and my hotel is located at Ximending area. Since it's already 1:30 am, I took a cab going to the hotel for $105 NTD. I stayed at Holiday Fun Hostel which is located just beside Cheers Hotel and at the back of Lux 4D Cinema. It's really easy to locate though it will take around 10 minutes walk to reach the MRT.
I just slept for a few hours then woke up at around 6:30 am. I booked a bus tour through Klook and was able to catch my Shuttle Bus going to Juifen and Shifen at 9am in front of Ximen Station, Exit 4. It only costs me --- which is so convenient as Shifen and Jiufen are kind of far from each other. There is an option to do a morning or afternoon tour. It's up to you which one do you prefer. For us, we chose the morning tour since we have other plans that night.
Anyway, our first stop is Shifen where the famous sky lanterns are being lit up. The ones I got is the colorful one which costs P200 NTD. The plain one costs P150. Its up to you which one do you prefer.
Beside the train rails are lots of food stalls and souvenir shops. Here, I tried the mini sausage in ground pepper and it tastes so good. It was a really hot and humid day so I got a lemon juice to partner it with.
We stayed at Shifen for an hour and headed to Jiufen after. It took around 30-45 minutes ride going there. This is the inspiration to the famous "Spirited Away" anime movie which happens to be one of my favorites.
Anyway, once you arrive there, you'll be overwhelmed by lots and lots of food stalls. This is a great place for foodtrip and pasalubong shopping. We ate a little bit of everything but since were walking since 8am, we got tired and wanted to sit down in an airconditioned restaurant to relax a bit. Luckily, there are some dining areas where you can chill and eat delicious food at very affordable price.
I highly suggest that you try everything that you want in this area. Although there are a number of night markets in Taipei, the fòod that they sell sometimes differ per place. For example, I've been wanting to try the ice cream wrapped in a --- but since I just had yogurt ice cream after lunch, I decided to pass on it thinking it would be available elsewhere. Sad to say, I have no luck finding the same both at Raohe and Shilin Night market.
After Jiufen, the bus headed back to Ximending area. We just rested and put our shopping bags at the hotel and took a cab going to Wufenpu. Please note that taxis in taipei are kind of expensive. Flag down is $75 NTF and charges $5 NTD almost every 30 seconds. I dont know if its just the taxi we rode on to. Anyway, you also have a choice to just ride the train for only $20-30 NTD. For us, we were somewhat tired and wanted to reserve our energy for more shopping and foodtriping.
Wufenpu is located at Songshan station, green line. Here is where every shopaholic will go crazy for clothes. It was wild!!!! Its easy to get lost in here. Its similar to Ehwa university iN korea but cheaper. You can find clothes here from $100-800 NTF at a very decent quality. Most of the clothes here are Korean made. Since I just went to Korea last year, I can realĺy say that the clothes designs are also very similar. Its a shopping mecca which you can spend all night just strolling around.
At first, I was panic buying and had to buy at every shop that I look into. But then I realized that as I walk farther, clothes are getting cheaper with better quality so I tried to calm myself to buy only the clothes that I really wanted.
After my shopping experience, go back to the side of the train station and head straight to Raohe Night Market. I swear this one is way better than Shilin Nigh Market. I will blog my Shilin experience on a separate blog so wait for it.
Anyway, once you get to the entrance of Raohe, you'll find lots of food stalls but this its more chaotic. I like the crowd here. Dont forget to buy the beef pepper bun just in front of the entrance. You will find it easily as there is always a long line in this store.
I also tried other things such as beef pepper steak, lemon juice, etc...
We realized its almost 12mn so we just took a cab to get back to our hotel.
Today was a super fun and tiring first day!
I love taipei!
Xoxo,
Krish
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I just slept for a few hours then woke up at around 6:30 am. I booked a bus tour through Klook and was able to catch my Shuttle Bus going to Juifen and Shifen at 9am in front of Ximen Station, Exit 4. It only costs me --- which is so convenient as Shifen and Jiufen are kind of far from each other. There is an option to do a morning or afternoon tour. It's up to you which one do you prefer. For us, we chose the morning tour since we have other plans that night.
Anyway, our first stop is Shifen where the famous sky lanterns are being lit up. The ones I got is the colorful one which costs P200 NTD. The plain one costs P150. Its up to you which one do you prefer.
Beside the train rails are lots of food stalls and souvenir shops. Here, I tried the mini sausage in ground pepper and it tastes so good. It was a really hot and humid day so I got a lemon juice to partner it with.
We stayed at Shifen for an hour and headed to Jiufen after. It took around 30-45 minutes ride going there. This is the inspiration to the famous "Spirited Away" anime movie which happens to be one of my favorites.
Anyway, once you arrive there, you'll be overwhelmed by lots and lots of food stalls. This is a great place for foodtrip and pasalubong shopping. We ate a little bit of everything but since were walking since 8am, we got tired and wanted to sit down in an airconditioned restaurant to relax a bit. Luckily, there are some dining areas where you can chill and eat delicious food at very affordable price.
I highly suggest that you try everything that you want in this area. Although there are a number of night markets in Taipei, the fòod that they sell sometimes differ per place. For example, I've been wanting to try the ice cream wrapped in a --- but since I just had yogurt ice cream after lunch, I decided to pass on it thinking it would be available elsewhere. Sad to say, I have no luck finding the same both at Raohe and Shilin Night market.
After Jiufen, the bus headed back to Ximending area. We just rested and put our shopping bags at the hotel and took a cab going to Wufenpu. Please note that taxis in taipei are kind of expensive. Flag down is $75 NTF and charges $5 NTD almost every 30 seconds. I dont know if its just the taxi we rode on to. Anyway, you also have a choice to just ride the train for only $20-30 NTD. For us, we were somewhat tired and wanted to reserve our energy for more shopping and foodtriping.
Wufenpu is located at Songshan station, green line. Here is where every shopaholic will go crazy for clothes. It was wild!!!! Its easy to get lost in here. Its similar to Ehwa university iN korea but cheaper. You can find clothes here from $100-800 NTF at a very decent quality. Most of the clothes here are Korean made. Since I just went to Korea last year, I can realĺy say that the clothes designs are also very similar. Its a shopping mecca which you can spend all night just strolling around.
At first, I was panic buying and had to buy at every shop that I look into. But then I realized that as I walk farther, clothes are getting cheaper with better quality so I tried to calm myself to buy only the clothes that I really wanted.
After my shopping experience, go back to the side of the train station and head straight to Raohe Night Market. I swear this one is way better than Shilin Nigh Market. I will blog my Shilin experience on a separate blog so wait for it.
Anyway, once you get to the entrance of Raohe, you'll find lots of food stalls but this its more chaotic. I like the crowd here. Dont forget to buy the beef pepper bun just in front of the entrance. You will find it easily as there is always a long line in this store.
I also tried other things such as beef pepper steak, lemon juice, etc...
We realized its almost 12mn so we just took a cab to get back to our hotel.
Today was a super fun and tiring first day!
I love taipei!
Xoxo,
Krish
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