Day 4 - 01.01.2015
Visited Place:
YehLiu Park
Shifen
Jiufen
~HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!~
*We got a very busy day ahead as we need to check out in the morning and wait for the driver to pick us up.
*As usual, once we check out the driver is already waiting for us downstairs.
*Our first destination today Yehliu Park is 38km away from Taipei around 45mins drive.
***you can choose to take bus frm Taipei Main Station to Yehliu Park ($96 - 1.5hrs drive)
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| Journey to Yehliu Park |
*Before the driver drop us at the Yehliu Park entrance he stop nearby and ask us to go down to snap some pictures because the scenery there is just awesome.
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Sunny day |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
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| Yehliu Park - Roadside |
*Upon arriving to the entrance, the driver remind us that he will be outside there waiting for us and once we're done just give him a call.
*He did ask me not to buy the ginger tea (jiang mu cha, 薑母茶) as he will bring us and treat us the tea.
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| Ginger Tea |
*Before enter into Yehliu Park, we went to opposite (food stalls) to have a bite.
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| Octopus Ball |
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| Seafood + Sausages |
*Lets go buy ticket and have a tour at the Yehliu Park ($80 each).
***the crowds are crazy at the entrance, lucky the park is very big.
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| Yehliu Park - Entrance |
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| Yehliu Park - Tickets |
*Some pictures taken in the park. Love the place, love the weather, love the scenery.
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| Yehliu Park - The Queen |
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| Yehliu Park - The Queen |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park - Cougar |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
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| Yehliu Park |
*Mr.Driver bring us to Mioaku Night Market for lunch. Although is call night market but it open 24hours daily.
* They have variety of seafood, buns, snacks, drinks, noodle, rice, fruits and etc.
*Worth visiting if you got pass by that place.
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
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| Miaokou Market |
*We depart to to Shifen after our lunch. It was a long journey due to the traffic jam.
*Beside traffic jam, we also encounter human jam in Shifen.
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen - Writing on lantern |
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| Shifen - Writing on lantern |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen |
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| Shifen - Downtown |
*After visit to Shifen, we make our way to Jiufen.
***by time we reach it's start to get dark due to the jam it took us almost 2hrs to reach.
*Our minsu is located up at the top hill with marvelous view.
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| Jiufen morning view from Minsu balcony |
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| Jiufen night view from Minsu balcony |
*Qiufen Wang Qing Hai Hotel: 2F, 4-1 Lunding Rd. Rueifang District, New Taipei City
http://wanchinghai.hotel.com.tw/eng/
(it's only 10mins walk to Jiufen Old Street and the land lord is helpful)
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| Qiufen Wang Qing Hai Hotel |
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| Qiufen Wang Qing Hai Hotel |
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| Qiufen Wang Qing Hai Hotel |
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| Qiufen Wang Qing Hai Hotel |
*After drop our luggage, we walk to Jiufen Old Street and the weather is super cold.
*Maybe is because of is New Year and long holiday, there are a lot of tourist and locals.
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| Jiufen Old Street |
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| Jiufen Old Street |
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| Jiufen Old Street |
*This make the place so crowded and hardly can walk, we just buy some food and went to a place to have a drink then went back to minsu.
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| Fish ball and Meat ball |
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| Red Wine Meat Ball with Glutinous Rice Skin |
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| Famous Taro Ball |
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| Plum with Lime juice |
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| Chinese Herbs |
*Lastly and again, the view is breathtaking. I surely will go back there but most importantly is not on weekend.
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| Jiufen |
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| Jiufen |
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| Jiufen |
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| Jiufen |
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End of my day
