TAIWAN TRIP with my Itinerary Day 1 & 2

TAIWAN TRIP

DECEMBER 19-23, 2012

It was my first trip to Taiwan and my second out of the country trip in 2012. I bought a roundtrip Clark-Taiwan ticket from AirAsia for only Php. 2,900 pesos. My total expenses including the ticket and visa fees is Php. 10, 850. It was a relaxing trip because Taiwan is a very laid back country plus it's longer compared to my usual out of the country trip so there's no pressure in seeing everything in a 3 days. 

Day 1 – December 19, 2012 – Wednesday

First day in Taiwan, it was very cold. I forgot to change my sandals to my boots so when I got off the bus my toes froze. I also got lost a couple time. But Taiwanese people are very helpful even though they can't speak English they still tried to help me by pointing the directions. When I finally arrived at my dorm, I just rested for an hour and half before I went to around Ximending night market. I stayed at a 8-bed female dorm at EZ Stay Ximen for a total of 5 days and 4 nights. It only cost me NT1000 or Php. 1,500. I also made new friends from France, HK, Mexico, Lithuania and Korea. 

12:00 PM – ETD to Clark Airport

2:00 PM – ETA to Taoyuan Airpot      -    Immigration

3:00 PM –To Taipei City  (The route of the bus that I took was from Taoyuan Airport to Shongshan Airport so I was force to get off at NTU MRT Station and took the MRT to Ximen Station)

5:30 PM – Check –in  EZ Stay Ximen – No. 79 XiNing South Road Wanhua District

7:00 PM – Ximending Night Market

                              -  Red House Theatre (Across the Ximen MRT Station)

Red Theater or Red House

8:30 PM - Dinner at a Korean Restaurant in Ximending

9:30 PM – Back to Hostel

Ximending

Our messy dorm! 

Day 2 – December 20, 2012 – Thursday

It was my first time to be in a zoo. Taipei Zoo is huge and there's tons of animals. I saw Pandas form the first time but I didn't see the Bengal tiger that I really wanted to see. It was a fun day for me though I ended up having six (6) blister on both feet. I also went to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall which has a lot of Old Chinese tourist so I didn't go inside. From there, I walked to Taipei 101. I didn't go up the observatory since I have a fear of heights and it's too expensive.

9:10 AM – Leave for TAIPEI ZOO (NTD 60)

Ticket

10:30 AM – Roam around Taipei Zoo 

Panda

Hippo

Penguins

Pelicans

11:00 AM – Lunch at McDonalds (Inside Taipei Zoo)

2:40 PM – Left for Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

3:10 PM – Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

4:30 PM – Taipei 101 (It's a 10-minute from Sun Yat Sen)

Taipei 101 from Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

6: 30 PM – Dinner at Ay Chung Flour Rice Noodles

Ay Chung Flour Rice Noodles

7:00 PM – Back to the hostel

 8:40 PM - Ximending Market to buy socks and band aids

Day 3-5 will be on the next post...