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Taiwan -- Day 7 > JiuFen 21-Nov-2013

Today is our 1 day tour day. :) Out initial plans was to take a bus up to JiuFen from ZhongXiao Fuxing Station but atlas, upon reaching there, we found out that the bus no longer operated from there. A cab driver came over and offered us his tour services, which includes private transfer to Jiufen and also include sending us back to our hotel. (I'm sorry that I forgotten his price as I took too long to write this post, but I can remember its very reasonable). His services is very flexible too, as we have been to Keelung already so we decide to change it to drop us off at shihlin instead. And am glad to say that we truly enjoy his service and also the comfortable ride in his car. I truly recommend you to consider getting this kind of private tour if you have a minimum of 4 in your group. It saves time, and also the hassle of catching the public transport.

You can contact our driver, Ah Bin, by adding him on -  
FaceBook : https://www.facebook.com/taxi.bin.ho
Mobile : +886-926-898767
Email : dna88dna88@yahoo.com.tw

 He brings us to some private spots of his which is truly scenic. And most importantly he recommend us to good food! Haha. We are such a glutton.

 Some of the places I can remember we went to are JiuFen, ShiFen, PingXi, QingTong...
I'll just let the pictures below to do the talking. Haha.
Best way to start off a wonderful day is to have a 
hearty breakfast! Egg with Crepe for all to share.

Plus a burger filled with egg and pork patty! Yummy!

Arrival at QingTong













































Write your wish on a bamboo and hang it anywhere 
along the railway track.








These stuffed chicken thighs are totally awesome. 
Till date we are still thinking about the taste of it. 
Ah Bin share with us that no matter how many times he come here
weekly, he sure to have one of these each time he comes.
And he told us we were so lucky they are open for business on this day we came.
As they are not open daily, and their off days are not fixed. 
The chicken thigh are either stuffed with noodles or rice. 


At PingXi releasing Sky Lantern!
It was such a fun experience and the Sky Lantern was massive!





































Not to be missed meal at JiuFen. This shop is just located beside Ah Xin's shop.
You MUST TRY their mixed balls soup. THE BEST!


Drunkard chicken 

Braised pork rice





Their taro ball desserts is so good that I bought their raw balls back to cook my own desserts.



This fried prawn balls are also a MUST TRY. 
They grew from a small push cart to now a stall on its own. 
But sad that prices also have increase. 
It used to give 3 balls but now its 2 for the same price. 
Nevertheless it still taste as good and there's also a side salad which is homemade. 

























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Taiwan -- Day 6 > Danshui 20-Nov-2013

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Taiwan -- Day 8 > Taipei 22-Nov-2013


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