Taiwan Trip, Day 1

So yay! I have come back from Taiwan about a month ago. I was busying with all the pending blog posts and now the burdened assignments are back to me. Anyway, all of my friends have been asking how was the trip and of course requesting the itinerary. Instead of sharing the itinerary verbally, I'm going to share my trip on my blog visually with all of you!

Here are some flight details which I am going to share. I have bought my flight ticket from MAS airline at RM900, 3 months before the trip. Inclusive 30kg luggage and meal.

Lets start the Taiwan journey together with me! I hope it's useful to all of you meanwhile it was also a recorded memories for me whenever I read back my post.

By the time we reached Taiwan, collected our luggage and passed the custom, it was already 3.15pm. It was just the right time to depart from TaoYuan Airport and head to 高美湿地 (Gao Mei Wetlands) in Taichung to catch the perfect sunset.
So, we have arrived at Gao Mei about 4.45pm. Well, it was a disappointment as the sun has partially set.

Gao Mei Wetlands is one of the most well known and well preserved wetlands habitats in Taiwan. Beside, it is also a hot spot for photo shooting, like movies, music video and etc.

There was a long wooden bridge that connecting to the port and biking trails, which seems endless. So, we took a walk while enjoying the breath-taking scenery that was surrounding us. During the 20 minutes walk, we saw some tiny crabs and even birds on the wetland, beside the muddy soil and sand!

Gao Mei Wetlands

Since we were going during the winter season, it was pretty foggy and freezing cool. The windmills near the wetland is one of the must-snap place where it will be an extraordinary scenery accompanied by the sunset, as what the other bloggers suggested.
But too bad, we saw only heavy fog and an unclear vision of the windmill.

No worry if you are hungry! There were all the food stalls along the roadside, selling some great snacks.

I highly recommend this deep fried squid ball 花枝丸. It was really delicious!

Personally, I wasn't fancy with this 糯米肠, which was actually come with a hot dog that's wrapped around by the glutinous rice. I found it tasted and smelled really weird LOL, powdery and sweet.

That's the only spot we went in Day 1 as the sun set really fast during the winter. By 5.15pm, the surrounding turned up really dark, like the night time in Malaysia. So, please make sure you reached around 4pm to catch the perfect sunset during the winter season. Days are shorter during winter season.

Of course, we will never missed out any night market in Taiwan as we stayed just 3 minutes away from FengJia night market.

For this Taiwan trip, we were in Taichung from Day 1 to Day 4, and we decided to hire a driver, which is the best driver I've seen s far. He accompanied us regardless on the hours count.

Here's the details of driver, if you're planning to get one.

小张
Hp/ WeChat ID: 0982-428558
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In case you have missed some of the other posts,
Taiwan Trip Day 1 : GaoMei Wet Lands 高美湿地

Taiwan Trip Day 2 : Rainbow Village 彩虹眷村→ Monster Village 妖怪村→ Sky Bridge天空之城 → Miyahara 宫原眼科

Taiwan Trip Day 3 : Soy Bean Soup of Lai Shop 来来豆浆 → Salico Foods 大黑松小两口博物馆→ Sun Moon Lake 日月潭→ Feeling 18 Degree 18°Ｃ→ ChingJing Farm 清境农场→ Swiss Garden 瑞士小花园 → Shangri La Music Villa 香格里拉音乐城堡

Taiwan Trip Day 4 : XinShe Castle 新社莊园 → Lavender Cottage Farm 薰衣草森林 → Flying Cow Ranch 飞牛牧场 → Sunflower Field 向日葵花海

Taiwan Trip Day 5 : XiMenDing西门町 -- Taipei 101台北101 -- Shin Kong Mitsukoshi 新光三越 -- Eslite Bookstore 诚品书店