Backpack Taiwan (Taipei)

Danshui Station

which closely resembles Chinese Garden MRT station, doesnt it?

feels like homeeeeee

the quaint streets of Danshui

on a rainy day

i'm pointing to the famous bakery where you can eat for free til you drop (ok, i meant try the samples as many times as you want)

apparently, they're very confident that ppl who try their samples would definitely buy their products

close-up of the bakery

i really ate til i almost dropped, haha

den we went searching for Ah Po's Tie Dan and we found her!

we chanced upon a fishball shop and decided to go in for some snacks

and immediately fell in love with their amazing fishballs and tantalizing wantons!

they are fabulous!

as you can see, i really love them!

we were so addicted to it that we had 2nd helpings and tried to come up with a zillion ways to pack them home. However, our heads must have been colonized by fishballs and wantons instead of any sightings of our brain.

this is some kind of tau kwa stuffed with tang hoon and meat.

quite an interesting taste, but my whole head was filled with danshui fishballs and wanton addiction

hotsprings by the road!!!!!

cool huh!

we saw a japanese girl walking in them too!

if only i wasnt wearing shoes and jeans, otherwise i would be joined her!

i could only do this..-_-

the public hotsprings that we went.

as you can see, lots and LOTS of aunties, uncles, ah mas, ah pehs, and what have you.

but it was fun!

this place had 6 pools. 3 hot ones and 3 cold ones. the locals there told us that we are supposed to soak in the hot ones den jump into the cold ones for a number of times.

self torture, i would say. but shiok, nevertheless!

night has fallen

didnt realised we had been soaking in the hotsprings for so long.

and its STILL raining! -_-

this definitely aint as nice as the one i ate in fangliao.

and much more expensive too!

ktv at Partyworld!

we got an huge room to ourselves! and sang our throats coarse!

damn fun!

the loveable peeps at Taipei Ximen Backpackers!

love them to bits!

hilarious bunch!

not forgetting to mention the comfy-est blanket! (i came to despise my one at home after a while)

they were acting out my name, if you need to know -_-"

Backpack Taiwan (Kao Hsiung)

this should be a famous temple in Kaohsiung

presenting to you, KaoHsiung City

attempting to take a shot of the lighthouse at lover's bridge

British / American embassy turned cafe

cool place!

wang wang brought us on a ferry over to the other side of KaoHsiung.

its quite cool seeing ppl riding their scooters up into the ferry

night view of the pier

does look like clarke quay, doesnt it

reached the other side > Ciqin

the famous black sugar dessert! and my fav yam balls!! heehee!!

everybody should know Dream Mall!

but both me and shu didnt think that it would be worth the time going inside since its just gonna be like any other shopping mall so we made do with a picture from outside.

ferry back!

food!! finally fooooood!

i dunno whats wang wang's doing hhah

laoshu overcoming her fear factor > parson's nose!

well, it aint exactly fear factor i would say. parson's nose is delicious! hoho

snake meat!

coupled with wang wang acting cute

yummy yummy snake meat

nothing special. taste like chicken.

they sell little pigs as pets!!

gorging ourselves at the much recommended Liu Ho night market

and this is yum yum! i think its fried fish with some kind of thick soup and noodles



time to leave KaoHsiung and Wang Wang

really need to thank Wang Wang.

If not for him, we probably wont succeed in hitch hiking and wont be able to try out diving.

If not for him, we wont be able to get a free ride to KaoHsiung and tour KaoHsiung express.