Curious any1 know which brand of the pineapple tart there is good?
I know its consider not cheap to buy in taiwan well just want know more whats worth getting home
Mostly food ba.
Need some shopping guide as well branded and non branded.
Going there this coming Friday.

Hi,

Came back from Taiwan 2 weeks ago. Taiwan was great overall, love it =))

As for the Driver i mention above, Miss Gu古小姐 and Mr Zhen曾先生, they are both great, very friendly and careful driver. highly recommended
Due to some part of the road from CingJing to Hehuan San and Taroko is narrow and winding, the husband (Mr Zhen) was the driver as he is more familiar with the roads. Then for the second part which is the last part of Taroko to Hualien, the wife (Ms Gu) took over.
So we actually met both of them.

i hired them from CingJing Farm - HeHuan San - Taroko Gorge - Hualien

Fees : TWN 4500 perday (from 9am to 8pm)

I also would like to recommend the Minsu i stayed in CingJing Farm. The view was superb in the morning with the clouds surround the mountains !!! We woke up abt 5am in the morning to catch the view. Something that i will nv forget..... missed it so much...

The steamboat my minsu provide us for dinner was so tasty too
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This is the superb view i capture from my balcony at 5.30am

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

Just back from Taiwan and it was great! Would love to go for 2nd time...
Those souvenirs and food stuff u can buy from Jiufen somemore u can taste some of it. By trying all free food there already enough for yr 1 meal there..hahahah....will update more of my travel iternary!

ya, me oso.... when back tat time really, i really look forward to have plan 2nd trip.....

agreed. Taiwan is a nice place :-)

yah agree

Hi guy! Has anyone went to Feng Jia (逢甲) before? Where to visit over there? I'll be going to Feng Jia soon & just want to know where else I can visit there. Currently the plan is only 九族文化村，逢甲夜市 & 日月潭. Any suggestions?

Dun miss the feng jia night market

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions where else to visit?

kambing is right as regards credit/debit card usage in Taiwan. There are admin charges for credit as well as debit cards but it should be the same for both the aforesaid card types - normally, you would still get a better exchange rate (as compared with Wawasan) through card payment.
See the thread on credit card foreign exchange rate.

The only thing you should not be doing save for a grave emergency is using your credit card for a cash advance - this attracts a cash advance fee and also a high interest rate on the sum withdrawn. Do your homework as to whether it is worthwhile to convert your RM to US$ first before re-converting to NT$.

Well said. AMEX acceptance is poor generally, unless you shop exclusively at luxury boutiques and big departmental stores like Sogo/eslite. @MandyG You can search my posts in the credit card thread with respect to exchange rates (plus admin fee) for Maybankard AMEX vs Maybankard Visa vs CIMB MasterCard. To the best of my knowledge, Visa is the most widely accepted card in Taiwan and many places have the payWave feature.

I'm going to Taiwan in this July which is the hottest weather of Taiwan and typhoon might occur too 6D5N trips with another 4 college friends. Maily in Taipei and might pay a visit to Gaoshiong/Hualian. Going there by MAS. AA lowest price rm900+ ; MAS lowest price rm1100+

Check your ticket. What plane is MAS using..Are they still using Boeing 737-800 there? For me really uncomfortable using smaller plane for long-haul flight

Depart: Boeing 777-200
Return: Boeing 737-800

How bad it is?! worse than AA? any entertainment?

Btw, Luckily i book the ticket early, cause 1 hour later, i checked back the price, it increases like hell. I guess the reason is ticket almost sold off. (*best deal price RM442 air ticket only w/o taxes)

At first, we plan to go for 8D7N, we checked the price, it was RM1100+(include taxes) on MAS website. But when i trying to book ytd, the price increased, so we choose 6D5N which the price is also RM1100+. This morning, i checked the site again, the 8D7N price back to RM1100 again. Whats wrong with MAS?! increase price just for few hours then go back to low price?!

This post has been edited by uncontrolled: May 12 2011, 08:46 AM

Wah atleast you are lucky. got a B777 departing but going back suffering wth the small 737 plane...really uncomfortable..esp 5hrs journey from Taipei

BTW, I got the MAS ticket during promo period for RM780 return. I don't can get this rate now. But during the same period AA was offering only RM350 return ticket..sigh

Where you get this price? I saw in MAS website all is more than RM2k..

Mayb their price increase when the ticket almost sell off. Best deal RM221 one way. Try depart on 2 July and back on 10 July

hi, i'm looking for a cheap budget place to stay in taipei for 8D7N this coming end sept. wondering if anyone has stayed in Taipei Chen's Guesthouse?

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/up0109tw

or anyone can recommend a place below TWD1000, preferred with bathroom, safe and clean. thanks!

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 a bit confuse with the weather. my friend told me sep is the hottest weather,but i look at the chart it seem not that hot. March is the best weather to go hot spring? Thanks.