The weather was clear and bright. Nice :)
We took a bus (国光) and headed towards the central bus station. It was T$120 per head. And then from that station we took another bus to 西门町. This was free.
Our hotel is 立夏商旅. It's located at the central city. Very convenient.
Something very special about it is that, the hotel is somewhat located in a SINGLE floor of a multi stories building. Yes. Only a single floor. Pretty unique from the perspective of a Malaysian.
Ok. It was a bit pricy. T$2500+ per night. But given the strategic location, and nice room, I'd say its reasonable. U could save quite some money on transportation as well as time, and that kind of makes up for the gap, I'd say.
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Straight down from the hotel, right next to it is a very busy night street full of activities and hawkers.
We headed straight to try out the very famous 阿宗面线 at 峨眉街.
Honestly speaking , it was not bad. But really, not that really good. It's nothing quite near to Penangs Kampung Malabar's pork broth. At T$4.50 for a small bowl the size of an ais kacang, not really worth it. But if u are here, it's still worth a try la.
Now this is something really interesting. It's call 花生卷冰淇淋.
It's made up of a layer of pohpiah skin, wrapped around grinded peanut sugar, with 2 scoops of ice cream of your choice. The peanut sugar that I saw them grinding was of the size of at least a square cube of 30cmx30cmx30cm. It was HUGE. Wonder where they get that :p
As we moved on. Danielle spotted something that she have dreamt of trying badly. 大肠包小肠.
We were already bloated at that time, and so we carry it along in our backpack. But the smell of it is enough to make anyone salivate.
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Off we go to Taipei 101 building, the tallest landmark in Taiwan. It's some distance away from our current location. We need to take mrt(the blue color rail) about 7 stations, and some distance if evening walk to reach there.
Along the way, we came across this building which is a famous book store. 诚品书店。its a chain book store, just like Popular or MPH in Malaysia. Just that, there is one of it that lays in somewhere of this city, which opens for 24 hours!
Anyway, we didn't enter that building as we were short of time.
We reached Taipei 101 around 9pm, and its closing in 10pm, so we gotta hurry.
Still the queue is long.
We bought our tickets, and of we go.
The lift that took us up to the 89th floor of this building is claimed to be the fastest lift in te world. From level 5 to 89, it took us less than 15 seconds.
Honestly, with the price that we paid (T$500 per head), there was nothing really special about it. If you are for the introduction of Taipei city, I'd suggest that u go during day time. And apart from that, there is really nothing else that you can expect for. It does allow you to go to level 91, which is open air to enjoy the breeze though.
Well. That concludes our first day in Taipei.
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