Have fun !! Hope you have a great time there

or you can follow this itenery

reached taoyuan straight go taichung spend one nite there n go fengjia night market. next day early morning go to cingjing and spend a nite there too. then next day hire car go across mountain to go to taroko and maybe spend 1 nite at hualien. then only spend the last 3 nights at taipei

tze chiang is the fastest train (but cannot fight HSR la)

if travel by bus, there's no way u can finish in 1/2 a day.

I bought bus ticket from taipei main station direct to yehliu which took me about 1 hour 10mins. and yes, they stop at main road and you need to walk in to the geopark. i spent like 2 hours there(3 would be jz nice). then need to walk out to main road to take bus to keelung city. this took me another 40mins. then switch bus to jiufen which is another 45mins.

ironically, i jz finished my blog update on this route. check out the link at my signature.

that guy asked for a taxi to hire to yehliu and jiufen for 1/2 day ma...hahaha

You need international driving license to drive in Taiwan, right?

Jz FYI who want to know the update on currency exchange, when i withdraw money from Taiwan ATM, I actually got a good exchange rate from CIMB which is RM10.48 per NT100 but need to add Rm10 per transaction la...if you withdraw more, then it's a good rate.

Also, I was at Suria KLCC last week, I kinda pass thru one of the money exchange counter and jz out of curiousity, i checked out the Taiwan exchange. OMG is RM10 to NT100 exactly. I'm not sure if it's still the same but this is a very good deal... you can go there and check out yourself if u want, just sharing what I saw. but don't come back and scold me if there's no more that rate la...hahha

i not sure but i think taxi is much more expensive...moreover it's jz 2 of u...

yeah. usually every place you stay should have the adapter. if you have a lot of devices to charge, then bring your own so that u have options.

well, i didnt check the rate before and when i was there..only knew about it after i checked my account after i came back here...

somehow i think the rate is a bit different but i'm not so sure about that..

i stayed there too..miss the place.. too bad when i was there, the mist is everywhere. Great pictures!

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Added on May 3, 2011, 7:32 pmthe pineapple tart there not nice imho.. sun cake also ma ma tei..

This post has been edited by jlgoh9: May 3 2011, 07:32 PM

u wan cheap ticket, u need to book at least 6 months in advance...

if you check the price when you want to fly in a few days/weeks, of course the price is so damn expensive...

I believe that's me

Check my blog for the pics and review.

if u leave early and take cab instead of bus, yes, you can make it...

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Added on May 13, 2011, 8:57 ami havent finish writing also 3 more days to cover..haha

This post has been edited by jlgoh9: May 13 2011, 08:57 AM

u can make and light paper lantern at shifen on top of their railway line

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Added on May 13, 2011, 12:10 pmno need hike if u dun want...there are a lot of stuff to do besides hiking there...

This post has been edited by jlgoh9: May 13 2011, 12:10 PM

different colour for different wish you want to do... like education, love, money, job, wedding etc etc etc... hahaha

about 2.5 hours per way from taipei to hualien if u take the fastest train (Tze chiang express). So 5 hours on travelling on day trip only. + time transfer from train station to your destination

i think by oct should be ok already. autumn season is quite nice in taiwan...

yes..go yehliu first... most shops in Jiufen opens after 2pm..

If me, i'd choose january although it's winter time in Taiwan at that time. But better than really hot days in July or typhoon time in Sept.

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Added on May 19, 2011, 10:02 ammost signature cafe/restaurant is kinda expensive but if u have the money, why not. you can drop by Mr J restaurant also if you want (Jay Chou's)

This post has been edited by jlgoh9: May 19 2011, 10:02 AM