We were busy slurping up our oyster mee-suah when he stopped a distance from the 101 tower and asked if we would like to take pictures... He's really cute, he loves to snap snap snap away.. What I call 'trigger-happy'.. LOL... As I did not bring a 'real' camera with me, my pictures were all taken with my iPhone 4. Not too bad I must say.. I never really like to take pictures.. this time its a miracle I had so many taken and I actually like them.. keke... So, after the 101 Tower, we headed for Qing Tong Old Street (青桐老街) where we got steamed peanuts along the way with compliments from the driver again...
While the driver was parking his vehicle, we were just looking around waiting for him to come back when we had a little shock when he came back with another guy... He wanted to ask if this guy wanted to follow us on our 'tour' so that he could earn a little more and at the same time share some costs with us. We were ok with another person joining us but he declined as he wanted to take the train ride from there but he followed us to the 'post office' which is actually also kind of a souvenir shop where I sent out this really nice postcard which is actually a wooden plaque to Mikka... After we said our goodbyes, we headed for our second destination, Shi-Fen (十分).
Along the way, we did something that we would never get to do here in Singapore... Lighting the Sky Lantern (放天灯).. Ok, it might not be the most environmental friendly thing but then its a once in a lifetime experience... Funny enough, we saw the same guy which the taxi driver tried to pick up earlier again.. LOL.. We were making a joke that if we saw him for a third time he would have to follow us... And yes... at Shi-Fen (十分), we saw him again... keke... Here we officially introduce our new found friend.. Stephan.. He's also from Germany but staying in Switzerland. So after he joined in the group, we went to see the waterfalls and after that, headed for Jiu Fen(九分). Jiu Fen Old Street(九分老街) is a 'must-see' place.. Other than shopping, it has the real 'old street' feel compared to the other old streets that I have been... 
Rushing off to the next destination... The Gold Ecological Park / Museum(黃金博物園區) at Jin Gua Shi (金瓜石).. In this place, there is a block of gold weighing 220Kgs. It is supposedly that if anyone can lift it with one hand, he can take the gold back with him.. Don't talk about lifting it, no matter how much you try to push it, it will not even budge.. Think its nailed in... keke... Next, we drove to this cliff area overlooking the sea where the taxi driver told us that this vast ocean actually leads to 3 different places.. Japan, Korea and Shanghai.. respectively in 3 different directions of course... =P There we met a group of aunties and uncles having a picnic... Cool right? Driving up the mountains just to picnic...They even offered us some of their food.. LOL.. The cherry tomatoes were really yummy... keke... Then along the way, we stopped in the middle of nowhere.. yes I really mean it.. this driver is crazy.. He can and will stop just about anywhere to show us stuff.. Here, he was showing us the rocks that is of different colour tones due to the staining from the gold particles in the water... 
I managed to get a picture.. keke... As it was getting dark, we had to skip Keelung so we headed for Yang Ming Shan instead.. Nevertheless, still can't beat the speed of the sun going down. By the time we arrived, we had to walk in with a torch.. So, with my lousy 'camera' I did not manage to picture anything.. Dinner was ermm... haha.... We decided to buy the taxi driver dinner as he had brought us around for the whole day but the food that he recommended did not really suit my tastebud.. I had my first beer in Taiwan... LOL... Liquid food.. I learnt this from Mikka!! After dinner, we got the taxi driver to drop us off at Wu Fen Pu (五分埔) which ended the half-day but in the end became a full-day tour...
We ventured into Rao He Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市) after that and at the end of the night, said our goodbyes.. It was nice making a new friend in a foreign land.. =) Last day in Taiwan already... That's how fast 10days just passes you by... We still had time to shop around as our flight was at 7.30pm so we went down to Xi Men Ding (西門町), the most popular shopping district in Taipei. I finally visited Cheng Pin Bookstore (城品书店). Wanted to drop by earlier in the wee hours of the morning (this bookstore is opened 24hrs) but never had the chance to as we were always too kaputt by the time we got back to the hotel....
In the last few hours that we have left in Taipei.. we just ate and had fun.... We had a really good time.. Till next time Taiwan!!!!!
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| Goodbye Taiwan!!! |
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