Back from Taiwan and very much fatigued and fat. I have been trying to lose the extra flab these past 4 days and thank goodness I'm back to my original weight now. Hard work but it's extremely satisfying when I start to feel the leg muscles again.
Anyway, just a disclaimer about this blogpost title - I'm not sponsored by Chan Brothers okay. I just went on a tour organised by Chan Brothers!
Thank you Kengyang's parents for this trip! :)
This tour was supposed to highlight the entire Taiwan, hence we spent a lot of time on the bus, moving from one city to another. Luckily we had a really humorous local tour guide and our bus journeys were not as tiring as we had expected them to be.
Some tips if you want to go on an organised tour to Taiwan:
- Get the 3G Prepaid Card. 7-day unlimited 3G only costs NT500 (~S$21.50). Entertain yourself during those long bus journeys! You can't sleep every single time you're on the bus right?
- Bring an external battery pack for your phone and make sure you turn off location services and other unnecessary applications. You need your phone for entertainment!!!!
- Please bring along motion sickness pills. We travelled on mountainous roads and it was a jerky experience. It's damn easy to get motion sickness. Not nice to barf in front of other people eh?
- Be prepared for early early morning calls. Our average morning call time was around 645am? Crazy, but you get to sleep on the bus so it's not so bad lah.
- Prepare an overnight/weekend bag. There was one night in which we only had our overnight bag with us because our luggages were on the bus and the bus driver had to drive overnight to another city.
- It's okay if you don't want to eat so much. Don't worry about food wastage. We were fed like kings and our tummies couldn't handle it. Each time we ate, there were more than 8 different dishes in front of us. After eating, you'll go back to the bus and sit down until you reach your next destination. So, it's best you don't overeat! Nobody wants a protruding tummy!
- Buy souvenirs/food stuff only at the end of the trip so you don't have to carry your extra boxes around.
Visuals!!
Here are some of the places that I went to. Of course there are other locations but I don't think those are worth blogging. HAHA.
Sun Moon Lake 日月潭
Wenwu Temple 文武廟
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Centre 佛光山佛陀紀念館
Seven Star Lake 七星潭
This was a sudden addition to the itinerary because we were in the vicinity and the local tour guide didn't want to waste the opportunity!
Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園
Yilan National Centre for Traditional Arts 國立傳統藝術中心
This was on the way to Hualien. Everyone was sleeping and I couldn't fall asleep. THEN, super super SUPER scenic seaside views greeted me. WOW. Took out my camera and SNAP SNAP SNAPP!
Releasing paper lanterns at Pingxi 平溪放天燈
Early morning train ride. Our morning call was 530am. WHATTHEEFF. =_=
Wulai 烏來
FOOD FOOD FOOD
I don't really like Taiwanese oyster omelette? Very much prefer the Singaporean version. :S
Ah Zhong Mian Xian was the bomb. THE BOMB. I was freaking full, but I couldn't stop eating?! Best Taiwanese food EVER.
Shout out to Mr Chung! :))
Wah okay. Damn tired. Stitching all these photos + lagging laptop = SELF-STRANGLE ARGH.
OKAY RUNNING TIME. ACTIVATE THOSE ENDORPHINS LAI LAI!!
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