An Amazing Trip - Hualien花莲

6-7 Dec 2010
Okay~ All I want to say is Hualien really has a lot of breathtaking views!!!
We all keep on Wow wow wow along the journey XD


The place we stayed~
Colorful Taiwan Hostel~
http://www.travellerspoint.com/accommodation/27886-Colorful-Taiwan/
I liked this hostel very very much!!! The environment, the design and the cleanliness is excellent!!!
The price is average and affordable~

 Living room~

2nd Floor living room~

 Our room~

慕谷慕魚(Mukumugi)
This is the 1st place we visited~ with very natural view and the water of the river is clean with natural blue color! I thought I saw sea water :D 

Blue color river's water!

My lovely travel members! Most of us just meet at the 1st time but we are enjoy in this trip~

Jade DIY~

Hualien is famous with jade~ So our tour guide brought us to collect some jade and do it ourself!!!

The tour guide told us it depend on your luck whether can get a jade or not.

We try hard to find and finally we all got at least one :D

Take a photo while finding~

Our collection~

In the process~

Dang dang dang~ the right no 1 is my jade :)

Night Market 南滨夜市

Yeah!!! Night market~~~

This night market is more on foods and games~ 

We buy our dinner and have it at the sea side~

A nice and special dinner~

After dinner, we tried a activity that we all never try before- 放天灯

We write our wishes and let the lantern bring our wishes to the sky and hope it will become true~

Having our dinner~ 

Take a photo~

Write my wishes~

 Wishes come true^.^

Taroko National Park太鲁阁~

This park features high mountains and sheer gorges. Many of its peaks tower above 3,000m in elevation, with many natural wonders. The spectacular Taroko Gorge and the scenic beauty of Liwu River can be conveniently viewed from the Central Cross-Island Highway. The varied mountain peaks, numerous waterfalls, diverse plant forms and animal life, together with the indigenous Taroko people, create the rich texture of this unique natural ecosystem.(quote from website)

Taroko really amazing!!! I feel I'm tiny when looked at the natural here!

Let's see what I had get through in Taroko~

Chixingtan七星潭

I thought Chixingtan is a lake bacause Tan潭 in chinese means lake. But actually Chixingtan is sea side! Haha~ We were out of time when we visited to Chixingtan because we wanted to rush for train. So we just went there to have a look and take some photos. 

The most amazing view I had saw in Hualien~ 

The breathtaking view is amazing!!! Wow!!! 

The background was like a poster! We are top models! Haha~

I want to recommend a aboriginal people dishes! It is delicious and yet the prices is reasonable (I roughly remember is RM23++ per person with more than 10 dishes). We had tried the special aboriginal people food and enjoy the environment there! 

Toufu! 

This is one kind of fern! I can eat it in Malaysia too but the cooking way is different!

I think this is pork~ hehe~ forgot!

Chilies!!! Spicy!!!

Just remember the taste is nice and a bit sweet sweet! We all like this very much~

The smell of this soup is strong! I think not many people can accept it but can have a try because special!

Another taste we like so much!

I didn't show all the dishes because I can't find the photos >.< Sorry ya!

This trip had a very happy ending with all the travel members who I just met once! 

I know that we maybe won't meet again in the future but just make this trip as a sweet memories^.^

Wish you all will stay happy and have a bright future!

P/S: Okay! The final thinking after this trip is I'm tiny in this world!!! Hahaa~ I hope I can come here and travel again!!!

~KaohSiung~ 高雄~

~Kaohsiung 2 days 1 night trip (27-28/11/2010)~

Kaohsiung is located in southwestern Taiwan and is the second largest and most densely populated city in Taiwan. Kaohsiung was far from Hsinzhu, need around 4++ hours by bus if the traffic is smooth, you can choose another way that can save your time, go by High Speed Train (just take around 1 hour) but the ticket fee is much more higher than bus fee XD

We went Kaohsiung by bus, this is my 1st time taken such high class bus! !! The seat has TV, drinks, biscuits, and even massage~ haha~

TV~~~

We arrived lah~

Kaohsiung Train Station~ 

This is the old station, the new station is just beside it.

Takao British Consulate 打狗英国领事馆

Why this consulate called as Takao? This is because Takao is the original name of Kaohsiung, we still can see many restaurants and motel using this name in Kaohsiung ^.^
This was the first western-style building built on the island and it currently serves as a cafe and tourist attraction.

Need to climb so many staircases to reach the consulate, 

so tied but worthy~

The view from British Consulate~ 

We can see the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) from here~

  

This is the building of the consulate~

It built by red stone and the design is unique~

 

We can see the tallest building of Kaohsiung~ 

Tuntex Sky~Tower~Kaohsiung 85 building~高雄85大厦～

 Sunset~ The view before we left~ Like!

Cijin 旗津

Cijin Island is a small island just a 5 minute ferry (Cijin Ferry) journey from Kaohshiung Habour. 

It is also reachable by car from a bridge further down

We took ferry to Cijin~

Cijin ferry take passenger and also motorcycles~
Different with Penang ferry which take passenger and cars~

Cijin ferry pier~

You can take tricycle to go around Cijin~

Just like Malacca ~

We had seafood as our dinner~

Cijin is famous with fresh seafood~ almost all the restaurant having the same promotion~ 100NT per dishes, you can choose seafood you like and let them cook for you~ 

Love River 爱河

Love River lies across Kaohsiung for times of sunrises and sunsets.
At night, lights sparkle on Love River. Everyday from 4:00-11:00, visitors can take the boats on the east and west coast to look at the romantic and charming sights of Love River. 

 Romantic view~ This is a romantic place~ suitable for couple :D

Service center of Love boat~ 

You can buy ticket at here and take boat to enjoy the view of Love river~ 

Yup~ This is the ticket~ 80NT~

I can't take a clear photo~ But this is an animal that fish mix with dragon~

This fountain so colorful~

 

It is nice to allow the leisure of the Love River to relax your body and soul.

Guess where is it? 猜猜看这里是哪里？

Dang dang dang dang!!!

This is a MRT STATION~ So unbelievable right? I'm amaze with this structure~

Formosa Boulevard Station 美麗島站~ The 'Dome of Light' is the name of this structure~ 

The 'Dome of light' consists of 16 pillars of colored light arranged around the dome. The entire work has a diameter of 50m and uses over 6000 pieces of glass.

Liouhe Tourist Night Market 六合夜市

The 1st night market I went~ Din't take pictures because concentrate on shopping~haha~

Liouhe night market is a traffic street by day but a walkway for people by night. There are common dinning areas. You can have your dinner and shopping!

Location: Infront of Kaoshiung Main Station and on Liouhe 2nd road.

You can get off at the Formosa Boulevard Station on the Orange/Red line (Exit No.11)

We are eating Stinky Toufu~  

Lotus Pond 莲花潭

This a a lovely man-made lake and is well known for the 20 or so temples dotting the shoreline and nearby area, we can see various chinese structures located in and around the lake that give it an intensely traditional chinese feel.
We went to Dragon Tiger Tower龍虎塔 and Emperor of the Dark Heaven God temple 玄天上帝

Dream Mall 梦时代

Dream Mall is the largest shopping complex in Taiwan and one of the top large-scale shopping centers in Asia. One of the most famous features of the Dream Mall is the Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel outside the complex. You can enjoy both city views and ocean views with the ferry wheel.

Took from shuttle~ This is free shuttle service~ 

From MRT station(forget which station) to Dream Mall~ Of course also from Dream Mall to Station ^.^

Christmas is around the corner~ 

Colorful ^.^

Kaohsiung Eye~

This is discount ticket~ 

We get it by using our student card (foreign student card also can)

So, don't forget to bring your student card!

We can see Tuntex Sky Tower from here too~

Ocean Views~

City Views~ All things became so tiny~

The end of the trip~ I'm so happy and enjoy my Kaohsiung trip~ Thanks to my travel members~ You guys are adorable~

P/S: Travel really is a fun and excited activity~ You can see lots of different things and forget your trouble at the moment~ I like it so much~ but the 1st point is MONEY! Haha~