Saturday, August 7

Backpack to Taiwan - Day whatever, inside hotel room



Just having in our hotel room, nothing more.. :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 7, MRT inside



Taiwan's MRT, very different from Hong Kong one right? I'd say Hong Kong one is more modern... :p

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 7, MRT signs



Isn't it strange? This is the golden area for people who get no seat! This is the culture thing I guess.. Taiwanese are really strict, for twice we were chewing gums in MRT, passersby told us "how dare you chew gum here, you will be fined". Even though it's not allowed to eat in Hong Kong, but we are NOT that strict anyway.. horrible I'd say, and no Taiwanese LEAN on doors!

Friday, August 6

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, the "sheep mountains"



The last picture of the day... It was above 1300 feet! (I can't really remember the hight) It was cold like the air-conditioner was turned on :) It looks like a picture from fairy tales.... In Hong Kong, you never can see this kind of mountain! We went to see herds of sheep on the mountain top. They were caged, poor babies, however, you can feed them. I want to say.. there were a lot of shit on the grass :p haha!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, Sweet Potatos!



The SWEET POTATO! It looks like shit :p hahahaha! But it was tasty! Sweet :D This was our lunch as I remember.. we were poor ladies!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, bridge and us :)



The bridge and the souvenir shop over there :) The pose was ugly of course, that is us :D hahaha!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, the Swiss House :p



This "house" is really European style, very Swiss.. though I never been to Switzerland :p hehehe... It was a happy picture :) Next to this house, Ho Yu Sze took us to see some rabbits, very very nice little ones :D He's very nice little boy. I love it when he asked us questions :p His questions were stupid! haha!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, the little Tower



I look feminine in the pic :) Probably because of the dress - the cloth :p I was really glad back then, because when I think about Ho Yu Sze, the boy, who really liked us, I smile :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, Swiss Garden :)



Beautiful garden inside the Ching Jing Farm :D It got a rather nicer name, Swiss Garden! We stayed in there for hours before we left for the sheep :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, nice building



A scene on our way to ChingJing Farm, their resorts look very European! Bet they are expensive if staying overnight!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, on the trunk :p



Haha! We were at the back of a trunk! The driver was a Tayal! I love Tayal, their traditional clothes are very nice :p This was the first time the 3 of us taking a car like this.. really funny :) Laughable :p

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, Uncle Poon :D



I guess we walked 2 miles, and we saw a tea stall :) The man in the pic is Uncle Poon. He was an architect. He had been through a lot as we talked with him. We all learnt a free lesson there! He gave us free tea and free peaches, and caught a car for us to go to ChingJing Farm for free! How can I forget such a nice people? So, we asked for his address, he gave it to us and also his mobile and home number! I am going to write a letter to him to thank him!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, the valley :D



Another thousand of miles :p Another pic of view :D And those were our tea :) Ah, one thing I have to praise about Taiwan, their drinks are really cheap, a lot cheaper than in Hong Kong!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 6, on the road



We walked thousand miles.. and sudden saw such unbelievable scene :) Taiwan has really nice mountains and rivers!

Thursday, August 5

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, bamboo rice :)



Rice in Bamboo! Another famous food in Taiwan :) It's delicious but not as good as my mum's rice! Those juice wasn't nice at all!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, Ma Shhh :p



We ate this.. hm, snacks? Famous and delicious. I bought a box of this back to Hong Kong for my family as souvenir :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, the cart!



You have to take this car in order to get to the cable car, it was damn exciting!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, the resort



The resort.. hehe.. I had told the foreigners as "theme park" as I thought :p hahaha... it's strange, why was a resort up on the hill?

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, Real parrot!



Look at the parrot! First time saw such a big one! And it wasn't locked in the cage! It was standing on the trash bucket and looking for food! When Po offered it some grass, it ate them! I told the 2 foreigners about this parrot, and they came to see too :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, the bridge



In the resort.. haha.. our ugly :p The timer is quite useful as you can see :D

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, in front of the waterfall



It looks like Po got wings there :) Hehehe.. It was taken by a Korean :D

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 5, Wu Liai



The WuLiai waterfall :D First time saw a REAL waterfall :)

Wednesday, August 4

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4, in front of NPM :)



In front of the National Palace Museum, the picture was taken by a mainlander who understood Cantonese :) There were so many foreigners that day, very nice, the first time I saw so many foreigners in Taiwan! Oh, look at what we were holding! It was Pocari, the size is better than those in Hong Kong, and it's even cheaper! Hehehe..

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4, National Palace Museum



National Palace Museum :D It was really grand :) We didn't stay there long enough to see all the "wonders" though... I remember when we rushed to see those chops of ancient kings of China, haha.. and that we were slipping around on the slippery floor! Totally fun!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4, food



Well.. hehe.. it doesn't look very tasty.. but this is famous in Taiwan... Do Taiwanese really love this? I didn't order these, just Po and Yan :p It tastes okay....

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4, the hotspring thing



Take a seat :) It was our first time entered the hotspring... it was like.. crazy! You have to be naked! No towels are allowed! We were smart, we got few towels in the hotspring.. hehe... there wasn't so many women in the female hotspring, luckily.. and we talked and talked.. very good experience :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4 @ Hotspring



Outside the hotspring :D Hehehe... We stayed in there for like 3 hours :p Worth the money of course!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 4, the HOTSPRING



The hotspring which we chose :) It looks clean, warm and beautiful :D

Tuesday, August 3

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Dan Shui street



The firework! You are not allowed to play this here back in Hong Kong! It does allow in Taiwan :D How good!!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



The prisoner - me :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



The prisoner - Po!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



The prisoner - Yan!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



Famous again. Chinese's 3 inch feet... that is my hand, how? Isn't it scary? I am happy I didn't believe to that dynasty... and that I am not rich :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



It was the alien. Well, I basically don't believe this is how alien looks. Human beings are pretty funny you know, they feel frightened by other life-form... why?

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Believe it or Not



Get inside the "Believe it or Not", the first display you can see is this. It surely looks horrible, it was the head!! It is even smaller than our palms!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, the sunset



It's quite famous, the sunset of Dan Shui :) It really was breath-taking!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, the other side of Dan Shui



The other side of Dan Shui :) The other side of TST pier is Wan Chai.....

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Dan Shui



What bird is this? I don't know.. but it's nice :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, octopus



Octopus! Hehehehe.. super delicious and spicy at the same time :D It's cheap too!! Perfect :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, tickets for museum



See? These were our tickets to get in the Crystal Museum :) You can even see crystals in the chairs there! Really cool :) Another discovery, Taiwan's mesuems close on Monday before 5!!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, in front of museum



In front of the Crystal Museum :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, brand


The Crystal Museum :) It was no joking! Those crystals are mainly from Czech and Japan! No wonder they are that EXPENSIVE those products...

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Hotspring Museum 2


The Hotspring Museum was beautiful really :) Very European!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Hotspring Museum


*sigh* The Hotspring Museum was closed for instruction!! We came a long way there! And there was a sudden rain! Ugh!

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Ketagalan Museum


Outside the Ketagalan Museum. There were so many culture relics and introduced Taiwan tribes :) Hahahaha.. our ugly faces are really ugly :p

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3, Taiwan MRT


The view of Taiwan MTR!!!! How would I know this is the MTR Station?! They don't call MTR, they are called MRT :)

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 3 @ Bei Tou


I love the background of this pic! It was a sunny day, and we were going to the Hotspring Museum :)

Monday, August 2

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 2, food and drink :D


Food and drink :p Cheap and delicious :D

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 2, inside the temple


Go inside the main building, there are more temples in there. You can get some incent sticks for free in there which is really cool. We had our Buddha worshipped and had our asked for our future with some sticks. Somehow I think Taiwanese are more superstitious than Chinese..

Backpack to Taiwan - Day 2, the main building


This is how Long-Shan Temple looks like. The main building is quite... gold :p Actually, there are small temples next to this main building.. large :)