Wednesday, December 3, 2008

taipei december 2008 - day 1

the flight was SQ876, the earliest flight by SQ to TPE at around 0835 hrs. Got up slightly late, so rushed off to meet up with Kelvin without bathing. Got quite a bad sinus the whole day as a result.

reached Taoyuan T2. Had big problems locating places, because most of the signboards are in traditional chinese. From the airport to the hotel, we spent 2 hours changing into Guo Guang bus 61, which brought us to Taipei Main Station (TMS). Took a short break before changing to the local metro line to Ximen Station. Was quite a challenge navigating TMS, because it's a interchange station for all kinds of lines - local metro, High Speed Rail (HSR) and Taiwan Rail Administration (TRA) that goes beyond Taipei.

SQ876


Lo Mai Kai for brunch


Touching down..


How to read this route map?


T2


Guo Guang 61


Dropped here to transfer to metro


Got lost in TMS


Their ezlink


Finally got to hotel - Paradise Hotel


CineplexES


E Mei St


Their graffiti!


Rainbow Hotel - smack in Ximenting


Watsons


Modern Toilet Restaurant


Fei Tian Mala Steamboat


YUM


Funny icecreams


Xmas is coming!


Nice facade


Do re mi


Shabu shabu - the nicest dish to have in winter


Squirrel


It was closed


Ovaltine in packet

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