Need broadband actually. I am looking for Taiwan 3G too. Any idea..

Oh i will need google map running on time.. 14 days trip(and unable to read mandarin) to cover 1/2 Taiwan gonna kill me.

I need help on itinerary on 14 days trip.
17 April arrived Taiwan Airport
busy till
21 April Night

22 April
Morning no plan yet
3pm Wu Fen Pu
Night no plan yet

23 April
Check out taipei
Morning Yeh Lui Geopark
Noon Transit at KeeLong to JuiFen
Check in Windsor at 2-3pm
Noon Gold Ecology park
Night KeeLong Night Market

24 April
JingTong
PingXi
Shi Fen
JuiFen old town shop till close shop

25 April (Relax Day) @Yilan
12 Noon checkout Winsir
2pm LouDong Rothenburg Lodge
3pm LouDong Water park
6pm LouDong Night Market

26 April
11pm Checkout Rothenburg Lodge
12pm Go back Taipei.

Should I go taichong for sun moon lake and Hualien ?
Also how to go to Hualien ? I see stimix go by bullet train but i dont see hualien station.
Any bus from Yilan to Tai Chung without passing taipei?

Till
30 April 2pm flight.

This post has been edited by tyj82: Apr 8 2012, 02:16 PM

Hualien should over night o not ?
I check the hotel there around RM ~350 per night

wanna ask if i stay hualien, should i go taroko the day i reach hualien or the day i check out ?

Look like Taroko only need 1/2 day. Do you think i have enuf time to go Ching Jing Farm after taroko. My train back to taipei at 8:30 pm

I going next week and i try to book hotel last week. all cheap hotel all booked. You might want to check backpacker hotel for cheap rate.

Just back from Taipei yesterday, the weather getting hotter but Malaysia/Singapore still hotter.

I stayed in couple hotel and wanna give short review here.
1. Nei Jiang [Ximen] (NT1440 and NT1880 this is cooperate price you may not able to get this price)
The hotel is pretty clean and the service is good until they throw away all my gf contact lens(all no yet open) on the basin. All the contact lenses we gone and we were rushing for the wedding photography. Lucky, I managed to find on shop near ximen open at 9am. I made the hotel to pay for all the contact lenses after big argument as the cleaner refuse to admit she throw it away. The cleaner say it already in the bin when she clean the room. Waste so much time looking for contact lens and argument with the hotel. The manager took 1 hour and 30mins to arrive but told us 30 mins
Breakfast: Sandwich + box drink.

2. Windsor B&B [Juifen] Recomended by kampongboycitygirl (NT 3200 and NT 3600 Weekday price)
The first impression of the B&B is pricey but i still go ahead as I never stay in this kind of place before. The distance of the B&B is far from the main road(about 15 mins walk) and climbing stairs is unavoidable. The view from the room is nice especially the windows is design with web to prevent mosquito so you can enjoy the natural breeze. I booked 2 different from for 2 days. Both have different design and style. Go ahead try it if you have extra cash to spent. The onwer of the B&B Mr Hzu Da Ge(Hzu big brother) is very kind, he even purposely bring us around Juifen by car to show us around Juifen waterfall and Green copper rock.
Breakfast: Sandwich+Fruit+Coffee/Tea/Chocolate

3. Rotherburg B&B [Loudong] (NT3600 Weekday price) Recomended by kampongboycitygirl
This B&B every nicely decorated, you can feel the different of the quality compare to other B&B. Everything here carefully installed. The light/wall/wood/sofa/table deco. I managed to speak to owner and he told me most of the things here imported. Bad thing about this B&B there is nothing around. Need to take 15 min taxi to night market in Loudong. We just take a rest and have plenty of photo shooting in the house.
Breakfast: Too many thing to describe. They forget to give us yogurt as other guess have it. I did not request since the food already over kill.

4. Forever ocean [Hwalien] (NT2500 Weekday price)
This the most friendly staff compare to any B&B i stayed. They carefully explain everything to me in details and I can feel they do happy explaining word by word in map(I asked alot of it). Both staff day and night(Vivi) very very nice. I would praise them in every way. Vivi speak mandarin like singing to you because she is Indonesia. B&B is walking distance to some shop lots but not night market. They have discounted price for taxi NT100 to anywhere in hwalien.
Breakfast: Sandwich+Fruit+Coffee/Tea/Chocolate very large portion. Male and Female breakfast are different. haha

5. Julie House B&B [Ximen] (NT1800 and subsequent NT1200 same price for weekday or weekend)
I booked this B&B because i could not find any other place to stay. All fully book even it is 2 month advance. The room very small, I got no place to move after putting 1 cabin luggage and 1 big luggage. I have to leave my another luggage back outside the room. Breakfast only provided for 1 day, no breakfast for subsequent day. It pretty far from the MRT and the owner refuse to give exact location before booking.
Room condition quite dirty as the floor filled with some dust, the water from bathroom leak to the room cause bad smell. No lift. Water dispenser in common room has no water for 2 days. Good thing is washing machine can be use.
Owner help me to bring my 2 x 20KG luggage bag up and down the stairs. She is quite friendly and helpful.

Will provide more detail in blog next few weeks. 14D13N in Taiwan

8th July
Head to Hualien with Taroko tour
I think you need to leave Chingjing very early to do this. ChingJing to Hualien need at least 3 hours. After all the snake road.. I dont think i can go to taroko anymore.. Taroko tour usually start at 9am.



Why not stop at Juifen after Hualien. The gold mine is interesting place. Cover yeh lui too if you have not been there.

This post has been edited by tyj82: May 5 2012, 10:03 PM