From Taipei Airport to Taipei Main Station

For my past 2 trips, we had been taking this same bus Kuo-Kuang (国光客运) 1819 from the Taipei Airport to Taipei Main Station and I find it pretty value for money. After all it's only TWD$125 per person which is < SGD$6. This bus is similar to a tour bus as it has this luggage compartment and they tagged every single luggage which means, we will need to exchange our tags for our luggage to prevent mistakes.

So far, the bus had served us pretty well. After all, you can get to anywhere from the Taipei Main Station. 

However, only when we took the Hi-Speed Railway that we realised that Taipei was on one extreme end and Kaohsiung on the other. Which means, if our first stop after arrival is not Taipei itself, take a different bus to the Taoyuan Hi-Speed Railway Station might had been a better choice. But since, I'm going to buy my contact lens @ Taipei Main Station Area, it is still logical to go there first. :D

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Watching Guess X 3 (观看你猜你猜你猜猜猜) @ Taipei

I'm very blessed and glad that I'm able to visit the Guess Guess Guess (你猜你猜你猜猜猜) program during my first Taiwan trip. Although they usually have their recording slot on a monday, they might not have recording every week so, a lot of things really depend on our luck. I'm so lucky to make it for the slot. :D

The timing I got was 1.30pm to 7pm which the waiting time starts from 1.30pm and I think we only managed to get into the building for our session at around 2 to 2.30pm or so. So try to reach just on time instead of too early.

We opted to walk there and on our way, we passed by Auto 21, where they had this legal strike going on due to employees not being paid by that company.

Here's the photo where we press the voting button haha.. Thumbs up! 

 Led light, spinning dance performance...

 Jacky Wu :D How I wish, I can take a photo with him.

 The forfeit.. Actually, whether your guess is right or not, the balloon will still get pricked lol! So funny..

 The guessing game

The music control "teacher"

How to Register: 
Call: (02) 2781-3888 or Email: youguess3@gmail.com
Venue:
中視(台北市南港区重阳路118号)
CTV (No. 118, Chóngyáng Rd, Nangang District, Taipei City, Taiwan 115)

For more information, visit http://www.wretch.cc/blog/guess3 or http://www.facebook.com/youguess3312. 

Note: You will only get the schedule of the program about < 3 weeks prior to the recording time. You will need to provide them with the number of people attending the program, and the contact person's name and contact number. So if you are getting a local SIM card, make sure that the number you had provided is reachable.

How to Get There:

By MRT / Bus:

1. Take MRT and alight at Nangang Exhibition Station
2. Take Bus Red 32 (红32) and alight at the 2nd stop. (There are a few other bus you can take but this is the fastest.)

By MRT / Foot: Alight at the Kunyang MRT Station, Exit 4 and walk for about 20-30mins according to map below.

Here's the rest of the photos I took at the show:

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Xiao Ren Guo (小人国) @ Taipei (台北)

Xiao Ren Guo (小人国) is a nice place to visit and spend 1 full day at. It's amazing to see the various iconic miniatures constructed for display at the area. It's feels like taking a trip around the "world" in 1 single day.

Taking photo with the liberty statue makes me feel like I've saved a trip to New York.

Here's the Pisa Tower - Italy

Drawing a lot just to try out how the machine works haha.. so cool.

I like their cute looking icons too.

Happily taking a train ride

I can't remember the name of this stones but it's one of the typical default windows wall paper that we get to set.

That's how tall each buildings can be and the details of the buildings are really very refined.

That's the blue sky

Ferry wheel which I didn't ride on

Japanese buildings

China Palace.. it's so much like those which I saw in China Dramas mini people included too.

Waterfall

The Great wall of China were we can admire the entire stretch within minutes :P

Feels like it's a 1 day "world" tour doesn't it?

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Sunset @ Tamsui, Fishermen's Wharf (淡水, 渔人码头的夕阳)

During my 2nd Taiwan Trip, I finally got a chance to watch the lovely sunset at the famous Tamsui - Fishermen's Wharf (淡水, 渔人码头). My dreams came true, with a free trip thanks to my boyfriend and my company - Jetstar. So I only need to pay for my spending during the trip :D I'm so blessed.

Here's the fishermen's boats perhaps...

That's a self taken photo with the strong wind blowing at my and the sun almost setting behind me

With my new camera (my birthday present), I managed to take a paranomic photo of the sunset and the area. Well, it's dark as the sun is setting..

Here's me with the sunset :D

There are 3 main area that you can watch the Sunset from, in fact, this place is in existence for the sake of admiring the beauty of the sunset.

1. The sunset platform (higher ground)
2. The protruding side of the harbour (lowest ground)
3. The lover's bridge
4. Well, the 4th place is unless you are lucky enough or is able to time very well, on the boat itself through the glass panel (if you do get the first row view), for this, no photos for you as it's really hard to take one with the moving boat.

Here's the sunset platform, built to admire the beautiful sunset. On a weekday, you might get a chance to see the beauty of the sunset along with the reflection on the floor.

Here's the sunset there I took at the 2nd location, sitting on the stones of the harbour where people are fishing at. I felt closer to the sunset here.

This is a miniature photo of the lover's boat with a speeding boat. As it's kind of too far for me to reach after taking so many sunset photos, by the time, I'm there, the sun had set already.

This is the view of the other side of the bridge, where you might get to see sunrise (cos the other side is sunset, so this side must be the sun rise).

Here's the lover's bridge, with a couple on the bridge and it's not us :P The night view here is nice because of the lights that are on once the sun sets..

Here's a glimpse of the shops next to the harbour, where they existed, I felt, to support tourism in the area.

How to get here:

1. This place is in Taipei, Tamsui MRT Station (台北，淡水捷运站).
2. Take either a bus (about 1/4 the price but slower, Red 26);
3. or Take the boatTWD$50 (1 way) / TWD$100 (return) to Fishermen's Wharf around sunset timing, preferably on a weekday (remember my last trip's lesson at Tamsui?)

More photos of the Lovely Sunset @ Tamsui, Fisherman's Wharf 

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