TAIWAN ~~ toUch yOur HeaRt

back from Taiwan

spent a fantastic 2 weeks there :)

all that 夜市 exploring, shopping, the drive down to Hualien, the 综艺节目s, the fOOd...

i wana do it ALL all over again!!!

Taipei

-- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

*top-down: with my 2 fantastic 'local' guides Daniel & Daniel :)

caught the Changing of Guards at 4pm at CKS Memorial Hall

the National Theatre & National Concert Hall behind us

-- Danshuei

*top-down: when you have no tripod, self-shots always come out slightly wrong :p we tried unsuccessfully to shoot ourselves AND the full signage at the pier but... ha! the best we could manage was "淡水客船码?" >.* "头"was missing

view of the Danshuei River from the Train Station

Danshuei River

-- Taipei 101

WHY ARE MY SHOTS AT TAIPEI 101 NOT COMING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROARRRRRRRRRRR

Hualien

i experienced my first ever earthquake while at Hualien!!!!!!!!! the 2nd morning we were there... i woke up thinking someone was at the door trying to tear it down or something!!! but turns out it was just an earthquake... a teeny one according to locals... nothing worth getting excited over, but me being from SG and NEVER having had to live through quakes (Thank God!), i was like..."what's happening! what's that! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!" *sheepish*

-- Hualien Ocean Park

*spent 1/2 a day at the Ocean Park

did all the usual stuff you do at amusement parks... cable car rides, watch dolphin & seals perform, have junk food, buy over-priced souvenirs.... bah!

Taichung

spent a fair bit of time in Taichung

the place looks & feels an awful lot like towns of Malaysia, except all signages are in Chinese characters & everyone speaks Mandarin & 台语 -- Hokkien?

MY PHOTOS ARE NOT COMING UP!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!