Day 1- LeoFoo Theme Park/ ่ก้กปๅผ pork rice
Early morning grab our take away breakfast and start out journey from Taichung to Taipei, driving journey is about 2 hours.
After arriving , the first place we visit is the LeoFoo Theme Park. Its the First Fantasy World in Asia that combines both Amusement Park and Safari. Unfortunately that the weather is bad, the weather is extremely freezing with a little rain. Most of the adventure was closed and we went to a shop to get the raincoat. Feeling much better and less cold with the raincoat on! We only manage to enjoy few of the games and watched a dance performance show.
Its time to move for dinner ! We had the Famous Zhang Beard braised pork rice. This braised pork rice is originally started by the Taiwanese. Its a must try when you are in Taiwan and the soup is superb to drink with the cold weather! Its so perfect!
We are satisfied and its time to take our rest.
Don’t think that we had our bath and sleep? No, we are going for supper! hooray! Foods! Here we come! Its the train station which is just nearby to our hotel.
Day 2- ้ณ่จ่ ธ่ตๅฐๆฅญ้บต็ท/ Yehliu Geopark/ Raohe St Night Market
Lets go for a great breakfast to start a great day, our hired driver brought to this shop ! OMG, its so delicious ! And they have four choices of dishes for your noodle to eat with.
Its either you choose the oyster or the chitterlings! Or you can have both in your noodle too! We went early so we don’t have to queue ๐ Their operating hours : 06:30~19:00
Then first attractions to visit is the Yehliu Geopark! Its a unique geological formations including the iconic “Queen’s Head” (ๅฅณ็้ ญ), and it is located at the town of Wanli. Besides the Queen’s Head, other remarkable formations include Sea Candles (็ญๅฐ็ณ), Fairy Shoe (ไปๅฅณ้), Ginger Rocks, Elephant Rock, Ice Cream Rock, Kissing Rock, Piano Rock and Princess’ Head.
Then in the evening , we went to Raohe St Night Market.
Day 3- Shifen Station/ Jiu Fen Old Street/ hello Kitty sweets/ Ximending
Today we went to make our wishes ,which you can write it on a big tanglung and let your will to fly higher to the sky to make it come true! Its crowded and you have to be quick! There is also a lot of souvenir shops around. I purchased a few of the cute tanglung keychain.
Then we walk down to the Jiu Fen Old Street. From here we can enjoy the breath taking sea and ocean view. JiuFen Old Street is full of delights. There are shops vending the most famous country snack of JiuFen, such as Glutinous Rice Cake, Taro Glutinous Rice Cake, handmade fishball, and cold or hot Taro Balls, etc. The street is filled with delicious snacks. Almost every tourist who comes to JiuFen would taste all those above. I love the fish ball!!!
Then this is the most excited one for me, My favourite Hello Kitty restaurant! I’m happy to be like a kid again! And I have a chocolate hello kitty cake! (^o^)
After that, we went back to hotel and have a rest. At night we went to XiMenDing to have our dinner. Here , you can try the famous Ah Zhong Mian Xian( noodle), for me its so so as I felt the ้ณ่จ่ ธ่ตๅฐๆฅญ้บต็ท is better which I had yesterday morning. And also we had the famous Da Diao Shao. The food is in very unique shape and taste. They also offer a lot of variety. They have German Sausage wrapped with crispy waffle, ice cream with unique flavors (e.g. Green Tea, Yogurt, Dark Chocolate) and even soap!!! It is really worth trying it.
And this is one of my favourite snack in Taiwan! The fresh strawberry coated with sugar! Yum Yum!!! I will have it whenever I saw it! (^O^)
Day 4- Tamsui District/ Yu Ren Ma Tou/ Yangmingshan National Park/ 101 tower
Had another great Taiwanese breakfast with their famous Soya drink!
Then we proceed to Tamsui District. It sits at the confluence of the Taiwan Strait and the Tamsui River. Near the river, busy Tamsui Old Street is lined with shops, restaurants and vendors selling local specialties. The snacks like braised egg, dried fruits and etc.
Took a few photos beside the beautiful river and walk further up to the Yu Ren Ma Tou ( Fisherman’s Wharf) . Where you have a pier people can sit, walk or fishing. Even if you come in the evening , you can enjoy the beautiful sunset here.
Then the driver brought us to this shop for the famous smoked shark. Its so delicious !!! But I missed noting down the shop name (>.<) Its a must try if you get to search on website for this dish!
And continue to the next attractions is Yangmingshan National Park. This is my first time seeing a real volcano and it is so near to us and the smell you wont like it ,hehe! There is little hot spring with bubbling water coming up from the ground is steaming hot! But its a good experience!
On the way back, our driver stop by and let us enjoy the view picturesque mountainous landscape aka ” The world under your feet”!ย Its so beautiful and amazing!
Take a nap on the journey to visit 101 tower, I love to sleep whenever I’m not the driver but my hubby is different, he will not sleep on the ride, he will enjoy the whole journey view until we have arrived the destinations LOL.
So we are here, we only took a few photos at the bottom due to the weather is too hazy , Its not worth to go up there. There is no beautiful view for us to enjoy ๐ฆ
Day 5
Last day , the driver brought us to this famous temple since its Sakura season so will be great and wonderful to visit at this time. We really had fun and pray for good fortune before we leave Taiwan! The temple is big and surrounded by Sakura.
Zhu Lin Shan Guan Yin Si ! ๐
Hope one day we come again! Have fun and hope this itinerary helps ! ๐
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