I decided to start blogging on my recent Taiwan trip.
This trip was supposed to be a yearly Bangkok trip but due to the flood we were to postpone the trip. After one week of observing the flood situation, we decided to change the location to Taiwan instead.
Ahem.. This is a good chance since I have been secretly wanting and wishing I can bring SBD to Taiwan :)
Taiwan Day 1
Woke up around 5am in the morning to head to the budget terminal for our flight at 8.30am.
Dad was nice enough to fetch mum, er jie , sbd and me to the airport.
It was mum first time taking budget airline as it was suppose to be my da jie who should be going with us. Due to some work commitments, she couldn't go and so mum went along with us. So I think is pretty exciting for her. We kinda pre-empt her what she should be expected of the budget airline.
Warning: Massive photos ahead!
er jie and mummy
Sleepy head early in the morning!
This is what we started the day with
Mac Big Breakfast
Us in the plane.
We are so lucky that we got free upgrade to wider leg space seats (:
There we are at the very first row.
he is so happy with his wider leg space seat!
After 4 hours plus on the plane, we finally reach Taiwan Tao Yuan International Airport.
We are greeted by those Chinese wordings everywhere we go.
So here is a little guide:
Look for signs that says : "Bus to city"
There are a number of bus companies and you just have to show them the map of your hotel and they will tell you which bus to take. Ours was about 250NT each if I did rem correctly.
This transportation bus is so much cheaper than taking taxi.
It will takes about 45mins to an hour to reach your destination and you will need to walk about
5 -10mins depending on the location of the hotels.
If you were to take a taxi, it will cost you probably cost you 60 - 80sgd.
We took Kuo-kuang as our hotel is very near to Taipei Main Station.
We stayed at Royal Hotel which is very near City Inn.
It was a last min booking as we couldn't find any hotels that have the dates that we wanted. Everywhere else was fully booked on the 12th Nov. Not sure why it is so! But luckily, my colleague Sharon who is there 2 days earlier than us managed to find one that is very near hers and moreover the price is quite reasonable. It was 2000NT per night which is about 86 sgd for 2. This hotel was not fully booked because they do not have an online booking website yet. It was a 7 storey high hotel, pretty small but it have a very nice lobby. It is quite clean and comes with free wifi and have all the necessities that we needed. Just a 5 mins walk to Taipei Main Station. The location is quite good too. So is not too bad since it is an impromptu trip. No pictures of the hotel because we are late for our reservations at the Hello Kitty Restaurant! We rushed out once we checked in the hotel.
waiting for the train
We had a hard time finding the Hello Kitty restaurant! Luckily the people there are really very approachable and friendly! Kirk and Sharon have been waiting for us!
The decoration of the restaurant are very nice! I think all Hello Kitty fans will definitely loves this place. Everything there are all so pinky and cute! There is a minimum spending of 300NT per pax and we are only allowed 2 hours there and it is a must to call and make reservations else you won't get a slot when you reach there! You can order the dessert set which is pretty worth it as it comes with a cake and a drink.
even the ladies toilet are nicely decorated with Hello Kitty!
I got sbd to see if the guy toilet are decorated as well but sadly it is not. haha
mummy in the princess chair!
cashier counter with pretty Taiwan gal.
even the waiter there are dressed in pink! isn't he cute? haha
comes with complimentary pudding
the holder that they use it to place the receipts.
pretty cakes that can't find in SG I suppose?
This is not the end of Day 1 yet!
Will continue the rest at the next post! (:
Ahem.. This is a good chance since I have been secretly wanting and wishing I can bring SBD to Taiwan :)
Taiwan Day 1
Woke up around 5am in the morning to head to the budget terminal for our flight at 8.30am.
Dad was nice enough to fetch mum, er jie , sbd and me to the airport.
It was mum first time taking budget airline as it was suppose to be my da jie who should be going with us. Due to some work commitments, she couldn't go and so mum went along with us. So I think is pretty exciting for her. We kinda pre-empt her what she should be expected of the budget airline.
Warning: Massive photos ahead!
er jie and mummy
Sleepy head early in the morning!
This is what we started the day with
Mac Big Breakfast
Us in the plane.
We are so lucky that we got free upgrade to wider leg space seats (:
There we are at the very first row.
he is so happy with his wider leg space seat!
After 4 hours plus on the plane, we finally reach Taiwan Tao Yuan International Airport.
We are greeted by those Chinese wordings everywhere we go.
So here is a little guide:
Look for signs that says : "Bus to city"
There are a number of bus companies and you just have to show them the map of your hotel and they will tell you which bus to take. Ours was about 250NT each if I did rem correctly.
This transportation bus is so much cheaper than taking taxi.
It will takes about 45mins to an hour to reach your destination and you will need to walk about
5 -10mins depending on the location of the hotels.
If you were to take a taxi, it will cost you probably cost you 60 - 80sgd.
We took Kuo-kuang as our hotel is very near to Taipei Main Station.
We stayed at Royal Hotel which is very near City Inn.
It was a last min booking as we couldn't find any hotels that have the dates that we wanted. Everywhere else was fully booked on the 12th Nov. Not sure why it is so! But luckily, my colleague Sharon who is there 2 days earlier than us managed to find one that is very near hers and moreover the price is quite reasonable. It was 2000NT per night which is about 86 sgd for 2. This hotel was not fully booked because they do not have an online booking website yet. It was a 7 storey high hotel, pretty small but it have a very nice lobby. It is quite clean and comes with free wifi and have all the necessities that we needed. Just a 5 mins walk to Taipei Main Station. The location is quite good too. So is not too bad since it is an impromptu trip. No pictures of the hotel because we are late for our reservations at the Hello Kitty Restaurant! We rushed out once we checked in the hotel.
waiting for the train
We had a hard time finding the Hello Kitty restaurant! Luckily the people there are really very approachable and friendly! Kirk and Sharon have been waiting for us!
The decoration of the restaurant are very nice! I think all Hello Kitty fans will definitely loves this place. Everything there are all so pinky and cute! There is a minimum spending of 300NT per pax and we are only allowed 2 hours there and it is a must to call and make reservations else you won't get a slot when you reach there! You can order the dessert set which is pretty worth it as it comes with a cake and a drink.
even the ladies toilet are nicely decorated with Hello Kitty!
I got sbd to see if the guy toilet are decorated as well but sadly it is not. haha
mummy in the princess chair!
cashier counter with pretty Taiwan gal.
even the waiter there are dressed in pink! isn't he cute? haha
comes with complimentary pudding
the holder that they use it to place the receipts.
pretty cakes that can't find in SG I suppose?
This is not the end of Day 1 yet!
Will continue the rest at the next post! (:
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