just to share with u what i've done during my last visit.

i visit hualien. board train from taipei to hualien. spend a night in hualien. during this day, morning i am in taipei. i go to yehliu. then i board afternoon train to reach hualien. spend evening in chisingtang beach and go to tzechiang night market. the food in tzechiang is nice! the best food i ever try among all nightmarket i've been to. (1day)

the next day i go to taroko park. before taroko, i go to chingsui first. lunch at taroko. then up hehuanshan. reach cingjing already evening. spend a night in cingjing. (1day)

morning visit some place in cingjing. then head down to sun moon lake. didnt visit much in sun moon lake due to raining on the way to sml, i drop by puli. (1day)

the next day again, from sun moon lake go to formosan village. use the cable car. reach back sml, i buy bus ticket to go taichung. late evening reach taichung. go to the famous feng jia night market. (1day)

the following day, after breakfast i went to board hsr back to taipei. reach taipei only i visit jiufen & jinguashi. suppose to visit shifen and pingxi but weather not good so we wasted some time in taipei/jiufen/jinguashi


from hualien straight to sml will be whole day car journey. will be super tiring and boring. maybe u can reconsider to change ur itinerary

using bus?

yup all the whole trip i use bus , mrt , hsr only

... anyone know the chinese song play on the airasia plane before take off ..kinda like soft music with some female voice ...miss that song

i use cab few times.
1. going to yehliu from ximending due to time constrain. pay higher cost to save time to catch train going to hualien after that which i have already book.
2. going to tzechiang night market from my hotel at chisingtang in hualien and also back hotel
3. going back to hotel at taipei at taipei city hall area. it was after midnight and no more public transport available. i was out till late for some drinks
4. going back to taoyuan airport from taipei. i didnt take public transport due to many luggages

i book driver for 2 days
1. hualien: chingsui cliff - taroko park - hehuanshan - cingjing (1 whole day)
2. cingjing: cingjing - puli - sun moon lake (1 whole day - not a perfect one due to raining )

the remaining is using bus, mrt, tra, hsr. mrt the most

did anyone of u visiting the latest barbie themed restaurant? or any themed restaurant? i didnt manage to visit any themed restaurant due to time constrain.

i tot to bring my hubby go one of the theme restaurant (dogs & cat cafe) but due to timing n really tiring days

I didnt manage to go

where is this dog cat cafe?

got any website recommend to book cheap and good hostel/hotel?

If not mistaken.. There is a big big dog real dog like golden chao chao .. sit infront of the cafe .. Pass by there the dog sat outside and very obedient .. Waiting for the owner to close the shop..

Their logo .. Inside the restaurant have the dog patch son the wall .. The place is a small place cafe ..

Forgot the street name ..

through agoda..depends on where u wanna go also..u can read up more at tripadvisor

Is it called risotto? Its a golden retriever if im not mistaken for risotto. The dog very kuai n wait in front of the shop attract customers

want to ask o... if get a driver to bring us around for 6 days for 4person.is rm3000 too much?

Where to?

taoyuan airport>taichung>qingjing>nantou>hualien>yilan>jiufeng?
more details on each location not very sure...

This post has been edited by PewPewboom: May 11 2013, 01:23 PM

For out of taipei they wud normally charge TWD5000...Within Taipei is approx TWD 3300 - 3500.

N u r on private tour n.not tourist bus.Xclusively 4 of u. N u dun hv to rush for public bus or HSR...dragging yr luggages.so of course u hv a little extra for tis xclusivity:-)

how much ntd? coz i was charged ard ntd 6000 per day fot the same trip except i dun go to yilan.

almost NTD30000 for 6 days for 4 person. in each location,got go 3,4 places. each person about RM130 per day.
too expensive?
its my friend's planning.

i thought was go taiwan, and maybe we just trains or sth go...

well u can save time on mrt and trains and go more places. when r u going?

next week