Taipei Solo Trip - Day 1

Technically day zero was also sort of overlapping into day one but we r not in Taipei yet so.. hahaha.

Taoyuan airport is surprisingly empty. Two observations here.. One thing i did realise was that the wifi is cheaper to be bought here than back home. Another is that.. though the high speed rail is super fast.. waiting for the bus to the rail station and the journey there was not worth the whole effort of cutting time. It's definitely better to travel by the metro.

 After almost an hour (see! totally not worth the money spent) i finally reached taipei main station. It is a super huge n complex underground system that connects to a lot of different places.

 I finally managed to check in at my hotel at 8am but that means that i had like almost 7 hours to burn before i could be given a room. Gah.. no more red eye. 7 hours is freaking long when you have no slept the previous night. I dragged my cold sorry ass in search of good food to comfort my weary body.

However, it was not meant to be.. after 15 mins of walking and passing by the famous doujiang place which was packed with ppl.. i could not find my jinfeng braised meat place at ximen. Sigh.. i was so disappointed that i went in search on huayin and lungshan temple.

Funny that i kept walking pass food places and refusing to eat cos it does not look appealing or smells nice.. i was so bloody hungry that i could eat a cow. I ended up somewhere near lungshan temple and ate at a roadside store.. it was ok.. quite cheap too.

Thankfully i managed to get a good reading at the temple and it warmed my soul. Despite the rain thru out the day and the mishap with what happened before reaching the temple and the constant rain.. it was looking to be a good day.

After the temple, i went in search for ximending. It was quite quiet since it was still very early. Not much shops were open, and not many people were walking around. Tried to burn as much time as i could there.

Went to view an old mansion cos it was still early to check in. Best decision ever as i chance upon a braised meat shop that smelled super mouth watering. Of course it was decided that my lunch would be there.

After lunch.. finally went back to my hotel n got a room.. bathed and slept till 8pm.. hahhaahah..

Woke up, went back to xmd and ate the famed ah zong and also rose salt beef cube that my cousin raved about.. yumz. Though the night time xmd atmosphere was good.. the mood was dampened by the rain that came out of no where n got heavier.. no shopping for me....

Finally went back to the hotel after a failed shopping attempt. Shall call it a day.

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Day 2 to 5

There is a lot to write about.. but I guess the most impt thing was that I enjoyed my trip.. it was eye opening.. it was carefree..  it was peaceful.. and it was something that i needed.

I'm gonna go back there again! so many place that I have yet to visit nor fully explored..

yeliu... jingguashi.. hualien.. and many other places..

maybe I will try a dorm or a minshu next time~