Duration: 13 Days 13 Nights (Nov 18~Dec 01, 2015)
Day 0: Sleeping in Changi
We arrived the night before at Changi by Air Asia at
around 10.30pm to spend the night in the airport since our SQ SIN-TPE flight
departed at 8.15am at Changi. Since we had check-in luggage with Air Asia, we
had 2 choices:-
1)
Clear the immigration to get our bag then try to
get in the transit hall (airside) at night to sleep in one of Changi famed
snoozing area before getting on SQ flight in the morning
2)
Leave our check-in luggage on the belt, sleep in
the snooze area in transit hall before getting our luggage at ‘lost &
found’ in the morning to clear immigration and get in again for SQ flight
We didn’t want to risk option 2 of finding our luggage at
‘lost & found’, we went with option 1 and cleared immigration right after
AK flight touched down.
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| Sammy the Illegal Tourist! |
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| Misty in AirAsia |
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| Finally Touchdown at Changi |
We went ahead to SQ counter and thankfully they allowed
us to check in our luggage early to get into the transit hall. The funny
immigration guy even told us “don’t fall asleep and miss your flight
tomorrow!”. =P
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| Sammy with R2D2 |
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| The New Cutie Robot! |
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| The Jet! I have no idea what it's called! LOL!!! |
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| At SQ Counter |
We walked aimlessly in the T2 transit hall and did some
free foot massage before grabbing a seat at the snoozing area! Apparently we
were not the only one having the idea to sleep overnight here as tons of people
did that. The air condition was quite chilly though so one should wear a
thicker jacket or brings a blanket. =)
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| Feeling Bored at T2 |
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| Let's have some Foot Massage |
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| Our Bed of the Night! |
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| Butterfly Garden |
Day 1: Singapore -> Taoyuan -> Taichung (Rainbow
Village & Fengjia Night Market)
Breakfast in SQ flight was “Baked Egg” or “Wok Fried Pork in Leek
& Ginger Sauce”. Personally they were just okay but I did like it when I put the baked egg between the buns with
tons of butter! DIY McEgg! How I wish for McD Ketchup to complete the meal.
LOL!!!
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| Our Plane to Taoyuan |
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| Sammy has his own seat! |
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| Goodbye Singapore! |
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| Sammy with some Refreshment! |
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| Baked Egg with Sausage Set |
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| The Noodle Set |
The flight landed in Taoyuan International Airport at 1.05pm and
there was a long queue at immigration. Once we were at the arrival hall, we
went straight to do the following. All of these counters were at the arrival
hall itself.
- Buy the Easycard (悠遊卡) for bus
& MRT ride (TWD100 non-refundable fee + TWD400 credit) (Easycard Link)
- Buy a TWD500 SIM card for foreigner with 10 days unlimited data
with free TWN100 airtime credit at Chung Hwa Telecom (中華電信) counter
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| 10 days Unlimited Data & Free TWD100 Airtime Credit |
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| This is the Place to Register for iTaiwan Wireless |
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| Easycard Counter |
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| Sammy & His Easycard! |
We then walked to the bus transfer counter by following the signboard
and bought 2 U-Bus tickets (TWD240/pax) to Taichung. The bus seats were quite
comfortable but unfortunately there was some stinky smell there. We reached
Taichung before 4pm when the bus stopped at Chaoma Station (朝馬站). With
luggage and all, we walked to the opposite direction and got ourselves on
another local bus (台中客運27) towards Ling
Tung University (Ling Tung Road) (嶺東科技大學(嶺東路)) before walking
to Rainbow Village (台中彩虹眷村).
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| Waiting for our Bus to Taichung |
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| At Chaoma Station waiting for Local Bus |
Basically there would be a lot of holiday buses parked near the village so just walked towards the direction of those buses would be the right choice. When in doubt, follow the crowd! Anyway, the bus fee was FREE since we were using Easycard and were eligible for free ride within 10km radius.
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| Follow the Crowd!!! |
The Rainbow Village was quite small
but with lots of pretty graffiti on the wall which makes it a good place to
take nice pictures. Mr Huang himself (the creator of the graffiti) was there as
well. The sun set very early in Taiwan in November and it quickly turned dark
by 5.30pm.
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| We are here! Taichung Rainbow Village |
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| Really Colorful! |
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| Rainbow Village |
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| Painting Everywhere! |
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| See the KukuKai?! |
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| LOVE this Umbrella but it cost TWD750!!! |
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| A Church near the Village |
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| Yes! Sammy & I are definitely a perfect pair! |
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| We are getting Married! |
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| Sammy is HAPPY! |
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| At Rainbow Village Station! =) |
We took the same bus back to Chaoma
Station (朝馬站) free of charge again and walked to our Minsu near Fengjia Night
Market. Our Minsu was Mountain Kafta (山上的卡夫卡). We finally found it
and checked in at a coffee shop there (木巷咖啡館). They have special themed room but we just booked the normal room
which cost TWD1200 per night via Expedia.
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| Waiting for our bus in front of this University |
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| Checking in! |
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| The door to Minsu |
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| Sammy makes himself comfortable! |
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| Fridge & TV! |
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| Bathroom |
We had a short rest before walking to the famous Fengjia Night Market (逢甲夜市). Oh MY!!! SO MUCH FOODsssssss!!!!!!!!! Since we were starving, we
quickly bought the famous “Small Sausage rolled in big sausage” (官芝霖大肠包小肠)
when the queue was still short. It was not as scary as I thought and actually
tasted good. The Taiwanese sausage in the glutinous rice was definitely different
from those yucky Taiwanese sausages in Malaysia.
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| Let's go!!! |
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| 1st Purchase of the Night! |
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| My 1st ever Small Sausage in Big Sausage! |
We quickly bought a Chicken Thigh Roll (鸡腿卷) as
well and it was tender and yummy! What else? We bought the Korean spicy fried
chicken (都教授來自星星的炸雞) and red tea stinky taufu (紅茶臭豆腐). We didn’t even manage to eat the fried chicken on the spot as they
were wings with bones but we were pleasantly surprised on the stinky taufu! It was
not stinky at all and tasted very well with the spicy sauce provided. DA YUM!!!
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| Chicken Thigh Roll! |
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| Oh so JUICY! |
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| Korean Spicy Deep Fried Chicken |
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| Looking GOOD! |
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| Red Tea Stinky Beancurd! |
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| Can't Believe I say this! This is not Stinky AT ALL! SO SCRUMPTIOUS!!! |
We also bought some papaya milk (超獨特果汁傳奇木瓜牛奶) since Taiwan trip would not be complete without PAPAYA MILK! There was
also this Grilled Deep Fried Chicken (86碳烤雞排) that
tasted like SIN! Basically it was deep fried chicken coated with some sauce and
then grilled for some time for the sauce to sink into the meat. Gosh my saliva
is dropping literally now.
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| Papaya Milk!!! |
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| Grilled Deep Fried Chicken |
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| Doesn't look so nice but it's TO DIE FOR!!! |
There was a long queue on some sweet potato and yam crisp so we joined
the queue to buy as well. We bought the spicy yam crisp and sweet plum flavored
sweet potato. We also queued for the famous sweet potato ball (溫家老店正宗逢甲地瓜球) for more foodssss!
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| What is the queue for?! |
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| For this! Yam or Sweet Potato Crisp! |
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| Look OH SO ALLURING!!! |
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| The Night Market is just beside the University! |
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| The Famous Sweet Potato Balls |
We stumbled upon this HK style stall selling iced lemon tea and were
totally addicted to the refreshing tea. After tea, we walked to buy ourselves
some Tako Balls (日船章魚小丸子), egg pancake (明倫蛋餅) and pepper biscuit (帝鈞胡椒餅) before walking back to our Minsu.
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| With Lots of FOODsssssssssss |
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| A lot of People too! |
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| The Refreshing Iced Lemon Tea! |
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| We found the Tako Ball & Egg Roll Shop! |
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| We did not buy from this shop but the deco is SO CUTE! |
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| Queuing Queuing Queuing! |
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| Lots of Tako Balls! |
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| Egg Roll! |
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| On the Way back to Minsu! |
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| Stumbled Upon the Pepper Biscuit Stall! |
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| Biscuit inside the Oven! |
If you have been reading this entry, you would be wondering how many
people were actually eating the food since there were so much right? Well the
answer is 2 people so we totally overbought! Once we reached our Minsu, we ate
the egg pancake which I adored since I’m an egg-head! =P But the star was
definitely the tako ball! It was no ordinary tako ball! It was crispy on the
outside, melt in the mouth on the inside YUMMY GOODNESS! I miss this SO MUCH!!!
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| The BEST Tako Balls EVER!!! |
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| Egg Roll! |
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| YUM YUM!!! |
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| Pepper Biscuit! |
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| Sweet Potato Balls! |
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| Honey Coated Sweet Potato |
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| Yam & Sweet Potato Crisp! |
We ended up walking out from our Minsu AGAIN after a while to get more
iced lemon tea from the HK style stall before calling it a night with tons of
LEFTOVER foodssss for tomorrow breakfast. What a NIGHT! I think I must’ve
gained 1kg in 1 night!
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| The Doggie is SO CUTE!!! |
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| Finally it's GOOD NIGHT! |
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| Lots of Drinks!!! Orange Juice, Iced Lemon Tea, Aloe Vera Iced Lemon Tea & Passion Fruit Iced Lemon Tea |
Next Day (Taichung -> Cingjing)
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