Posts Tagged ‘Taiwan holidays’

We have just returned from holidaying:)

Statue of Liberty. Hmm..USA? Nope. We did not go to USA. We thought we had our western experience to Australia last year and this year we want to have a taste of the East. So we went on a free and easy trip to Taiwan:)  

What I love about free and easy tour is that we can customise our itinerary to satisfy all young and old in the family:) Though it means spending some time researching, planning and even covering the minute details of which driver to engage beforehand or alternatively finding which transport line to take to our destinations in Taiwan. At the end, it actually costs a little more than package tour (cause we got ourselves a personal tour guide cum driver) but we maximise our time there and appreciate the destinations better especially when I have read about them before we arrive.

It was a really relaxing time, being the first time that I could leave home without having to worry about office. Would have been there longer if not because Brendan needs to attend a ceremony.

We have gone on quite a number of local tours and invitations after we returned from Taiwan and have not been free to share our heaps of latest fun in this blog space. Will be  sharing our exciting Taiwan tours and (also our local tours) as soon as I could spare the time. Stay tune! Yuki is sick and so it is pup caring time….

Meanwhile, see below for our Taiwan trip itinerary (free and easy) which I will post our travel stories soon:) Stay tune!

Day 1

1) Flight to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport 2) Tamshui/Danshui old street and waterfront (Taipei) 3) Fisherman’s Wharf /Lover’s Bridge (Taipei) 4) Ximending (Taipei)

Day 2

1) Pingxi 2) Shifen 3) Ruifang 4) Jiufen 5) Gold Ecological Park 6) Golden Waterfall 7) Nanya 8) Yangmingshan National Park 9)Xin Beitou

Day 3

1) Presidential Palace (Taipei) 2) Daxi flower bed (Taoyuan) 3) Daxi Bridge (Taoyuan), 4) Futian Garden Farm (Daxi, Taoyuan) 5) Mount Jiaoban Villa park (Jiaobanshan) 6) Mount Jiaoban mystery tunnel (Jiaobanshan) 7) Fuxing Youth Activity Center (Jiaobanshan) 8) Playground at Daxi 9) Cihu Mausoleum (Taoyuan) 10) Daxi Old Street 11) Sanxia Old Street 12) Restaurant Five Dime (Taipei) 13) Miramar Ferris Wheel (Taipei)

Day 4

1) Window On China (Taoyuan) 2) Leofoo Hotel (Taoyuan) 3) Longtan weird house 4) Long Tan Da Chi (Taoyuan) 5) Shimen Dam (Taoyuan) 6) Shimen coffee house 7) Yangmingshan Geothermal Valley or Hell Valley (Taipei) 8) Xin Beitou MRT ride 9) Shilin Night Market (Taipei)

Day 5

1) Maokong Gondola (Taipei) 2) Taipei Zoo 3) Taipei 101 4) Din Tai Fung (Taipei) 5) Bo Pi Liao Old Street In Manka (Taipei) 6) Huaxi Street Night Market (Taipei) 7) Vigor Kobo (Taipei) 8) Miniature Museum of Taiwan (Taipei) 9) Wu Fen Pu Garment Wholesale Market (Taipei) 10) Raohe Night Market 11) Red House, Ximending (Taipei)

Day 6

1) Tamshui/Danshui (Taipei) Little White House 2) Tamshui/ Danshui (Taipei) Fort San Domingo 3) Tamsui/Danshui (Taipei) Itteki Memorial House 4) National Palace Museum (Taipei) 5) Martyrs’ Shrine (Taipei) 6) Modern Toilet Restaurant (Taipei) 7)  Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall (Taipei) 8) 228 Peace Memorial Park (Taipei) 9) Coastal drive to Taiwan International Taoyuan Airport 10) Flight Home

We are posting our day to day adventure. Do click on links to view more:) Updating of links is in progress.