Woke up early for check-in and breakfast at Changi Airport Terminal 2 for our Taiwan trip.
This long anticipated trip kept us energised even at this early hour, so we couldn't help cam-whoring!
Good start to our trip, as the check-in staff of Tiger Air actually assigned us emergency exit seats. Which means more leg room! Hence, a comfortable 4.5hr flight to Taiwan. :)
Filled our stomach with a hearty breakfast at Wang Jiao.
Upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport, we took U-Bus 705 to Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station (HSR), and then took the HSR all the way to Kaohsiung ZuoYing Station, which took about 90mins. From ZuoYing HSR Station, we then shared a cab to our hotel, Legend Kaohsiung.
The exterior of our hotel looks very dreamy, we can't wait to see our rooms. But upon checking in, we got a shock. Booking.com did not extend another night for one of our rooms and our hotel are fully occupied for the next night. We decide to go up to our rooms first before deciding on what to do. Our rooms are very spacious and the bed provided are huge! We thought of sharing the room for the next night, but then we are going to have a tiring day tomorrow, so we decide to check for hotels nearby when we leave for dinner later. And also decide that me and jh will transfer hotel while Veron and Ben stay at Legend Hotel.
Legend Hotel - http://www.legendhotel.com.tw/
After stuffing ourselves with the good food, we decided to head over to 凯旋夜市 (KaiXuan Night Market). This night market was recommended by the cab driver who brought us to the hotel. He say it had just opened recently and many locals now preferred to patron that night market as compared to 六合夜市. He even provide us the directions to get over there. Alight at 凯旋station (R6 KaiSyuan) and there will be a free shuttle bus to bring you to the night market.
凯旋夜市 is a lot bigger than 六合夜市. You can find mainly food, clothes and game stations in this night market. Food is fabulous and at the same time you get to shop to your heart's content. But for us, we are still attacking the street foods that thrills our nostrils from every corner!
We took a cab back to our hotel, made use of the wifi at lobby to check out Jia's Inn and went over to enquire for room availability. Lucky us! They still have 3 rooms left for the next night. We told them to keep a room for us, and we will bring over our luggage tomorrow morning before we start our itinerary. I wanted to pay a deposit to secure a room, but they were very nice, saying there's no need, they will reserve the room for us, we just need to pay the full amount the next day when we checked in. How nice!
And so we end our 1st day in Kaohsiung, exhausted, full to the brim and happy. Sweet dreams for all of us!
Next Day:
Taiwan -- Day 2 > Kaohsiung 16-Nov-2013
This long anticipated trip kept us energised even at this early hour, so we couldn't help cam-whoring!
Good start to our trip, as the check-in staff of Tiger Air actually assigned us emergency exit seats. Which means more leg room! Hence, a comfortable 4.5hr flight to Taiwan. :)
Filled our stomach with a hearty breakfast at Wang Jiao.
Splendid view from our seats in the plane
Upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport, we took U-Bus 705 to Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station (HSR), and then took the HSR all the way to Kaohsiung ZuoYing Station, which took about 90mins. From ZuoYing HSR Station, we then shared a cab to our hotel, Legend Kaohsiung.
Tickets for the shuttle bus to Taoyuan HSR Station
Group shoot while waiting for the bus
Comfy bus ride. All passengers had to be seated. Once all the seats are taken up, the remaining passengers would have to wait for the next bus. Strictly no standing on board.
HSR Ticket. NT1410 from Taoyuan to Zuoying. Non-reserved seats. But we were lucky that many passengers alighted at the next few stops, so we manage to have a seat for our 90mins journey. :)
Very spacious seat and leg room, making the journey a very pleasant one.
You can eat and drink on the HSR, just clean up after eating.
They have an attendant making rounds to collect the trash you have.
Arrival at the Zuoying HSR Station
On our way to Legend Hotel
The exterior of our hotel looks very dreamy, we can't wait to see our rooms. But upon checking in, we got a shock. Booking.com did not extend another night for one of our rooms and our hotel are fully occupied for the next night. We decide to go up to our rooms first before deciding on what to do. Our rooms are very spacious and the bed provided are huge! We thought of sharing the room for the next night, but then we are going to have a tiring day tomorrow, so we decide to check for hotels nearby when we leave for dinner later. And also decide that me and jh will transfer hotel while Veron and Ben stay at Legend Hotel.
Legend Hotel - http://www.legendhotel.com.tw/
Upon arrival at Legend Hotel
Lobby of Legend Hotel
Painting in the rooms
Veron and Ben's room
Room of jh and me
Each room have this mini rocking chair
All rooms have complimentary instant noodles, canned drinks, coffee and tea
and 2 bottles of drinking water.
Lights up of the hotel's exterior
On our way to Liouhe Night Market
Liouhe Night Market is just a 8mins walk away from our hotel. While walking there, we caught sight of hotel name, Jia's Inn, and made a mental note to check out the rates and availability later.
Upon arrival at the night market, the smell of yummy foods greeted us. We couldn't wait to fill our stomach and waste no time (as proven in the below series of photos)! But atlas this night market now are filled with tourists from China, and as usual you can expect the unruly jostling from them and their loud voices booming right beside your ears! Nevertheless, the food is still as good as we can remember and we chomped down as much as we can.
Entrance of LiouHe Night Market
These are very similar to Soft Shell Crabs
Fried Squid
Managed to grab a table to savour our food
Closed-up of the fried crabs
盐酥鸡
BBQ Squids
Braised Pig Trotters (We did not try this)
Quill eggs with prawn. These are very yummy!
This is a stall selling clothes for dogs.
And these are the dogs on "duty" for the night!
Posing for a shot! woof!
Veron was tempted to try this but after that first bite, her comment was...
Veron: Looks good but don't taste as good! LOL
The servings of oysters inside are generous!
And they taste so sweet with freshness!
1st cup of bubble tea!
The ever famous papaya milk that I missed so much!
老郑木瓜牛乳
This is very delicious. The skin is like our roti prata but fried to a crisp.
And fillings are of lettuces and pork complete with their special sauce. Yum!
Map of Kaohsiung MRT
By walking till the end of 六合夜市, near 老郑木瓜牛奶，is the 美丽岛Station (R10 Formosa Boulevard), where we took the MRT to 凯旋station (R6 KaiSyuan). Upon reaching the main area of the Formosa Boulevard station, we were awed by the beautiful design!
This is the interior of the Farmosa Boulevard Station
Pianist in the station mesmerizing passengers with his music
凯旋夜市 is a lot bigger than 六合夜市. You can find mainly food, clothes and game stations in this night market. Food is fabulous and at the same time you get to shop to your heart's content. But for us, we are still attacking the street foods that thrills our nostrils from every corner!
Deep Fried Crickets!
Game Stations Everywhere
Ben trying his luck at the games... But did not win anything. :(
Braised Quails Eggs.
Loads of cholesterols here!
Braised food
Fooling around!
Braised food stall
BBQ Prawns. Fresh and Juicy
BBQ Beef. These skewers of beef are so tender and juicy that we
ordered another serving.
Fresh Oysters. Big, fat and juicy!
We managed to find a stall selling 1000cc drinks.
Good Deal! This is equivalent to 4 cups of normal serving
but the price is that of a cup!
The layout of KaiXuan Night Market is so tidy, it made
shopping around it so comfortable.
We took a cab back to our hotel, made use of the wifi at lobby to check out Jia's Inn and went over to enquire for room availability. Lucky us! They still have 3 rooms left for the next night. We told them to keep a room for us, and we will bring over our luggage tomorrow morning before we start our itinerary. I wanted to pay a deposit to secure a room, but they were very nice, saying there's no need, they will reserve the room for us, we just need to pay the full amount the next day when we checked in. How nice!
And so we end our 1st day in Kaohsiung, exhausted, full to the brim and happy. Sweet dreams for all of us!
Next Day:
Taiwan -- Day 2 > Kaohsiung 16-Nov-2013
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