Shopping @ Sinyi District (信义区)

At Sinyi District (信义区), there's 2 main shopping area:

1. Taipei City Hall Station (市政府站) - High Class (Atlas) Shopping Area
2. Houshanpi Station (后山埤站) - Commoner Shopping Area - Wu Fen Pu Shopping District (五分埔)

As recommended by our guide book,  for full day tour, we should visit the Taipei City Hall Station (市政府站) first, followed by Houshanpi Station (后山埤站) as the Wu Fen Pu Shopping District (五分埔) is more of a night market type of place, so a lot of the shops aren't quite opened too early in the morning.

However, during my first Taiwan trip, I didn't quite noticed this part and ended up visiting the places in the opposite order which means, I was shopping at a almost dead town as the shops aren't mostly opened, with lots of stores selling dog clothing (that resembles kids clothes) and real kids clothing. So, the Taipei City Hall Station (市政府站) is still opened at night so not that bad. Just that we probably need to visit the Wu Fen Pu Shopping District (五分埔) again the next time round.

We learned a lesson of reading the recommended guide area prior to the trip in order not to waste our precious travelling time. :)

The good thing is that, we still got to see the Taipei 101 building in both day and night view. The night one is pretty much more spectacular than the day view thought. So, I'm still pretty glad that I was nearer to the building when night falls.