Destination: Taiwan
Duration: 13 Days 13 Nights (Nov 18~Dec 01, 2015)
Day 6: Kaohsiung -> Kenting
We will be departing for Kenting (墾丁)
today and had arranged our transport with Xing Ji Minsu (兴吉旅店).
It cost TWD350/pax to get from Kaohsiung Main Station (高雄火車站)
to Xing Ji doorstep. This price was similar to a bus ticket to Kenting. We
arrived at the station at 8.30am since the driver was supposed to be there
between 8.30-9am. However, there seemed to be a mix-up and the driver went to Zuoying
Station (左營高铁站)
instead.
We waited for a long time and I ended up buying breads
from Yamazaki since it was right there and was calling my name! LOL!!! The ride
took around an hour and we were sharing the car with 4 other tourists. We finally
reached Xing Ji and the driver actually charged us TWD400/pax which was the
price departed from Zuoying Station! Hey! It was not our mistake you went to
the wrong place! *curse*
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| Nothing to do? Bread Hunting! |
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| More Breads! |
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| End up with this! |
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| And this! Taiwanese Floss is the BEST! |
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| At Kaoshiung Main Station |
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| Our Ride! |
It was still quite early and our room was not ready yet. We
booked a day tour from Xing Ji for tomorrow to explore Kenting before getting
on a public bus just opposite the Minsu to HengChun (恆春). It was
a scorching hot day again and we were kind of lost on what we should do in
HengChun due to lack of planning! *facepalm* Thus we bought a beer from Family
Mart which happened to locate right beside HengChun Bus Station. We keep trying
to look for a travel map in HengChun but just couldn’t find one until finally
we found the travel information counter which was located right outside the
Family Mart at another entrance. *double facepalm*
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| Arrived! |
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| Opposite the Minsu is the Entrance of some National Park - NEVER attempt to walk in! There is another 4-5km away before the REAL entrance! |
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| Bus Staion |
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| Finally here at Hengchun! |
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| Map of Hengchun on the WALL! |
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| Beer! |
7-11 was in our opposite direction and our feet just
brought us there for reason unbeknown to us! 7-11 a calling! Anyway we ended up
with more Japanese Spicy Oden (關東煮) again –
this time with giant mushrooms! There was a doggie sitting beside us INSIDE the
shop and no one bats an eye on this. Just imagine this happened in Malaysia!
Instant FB news!
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| Oden again! |
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| Hello Doggie! |
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| Lunch! |
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| Yummy Yummy! |
Since HengChun is famous of its
historical city (恆春古城), we’d decided to walk along the wall. It was not really old and well
preserved since there were new style buildings within the wall which made it
less charming in the old style perspective. We still preferred Lucca (link)
or Rhodes Island (link)
for their gorgeously nostalgic medieval building.
Before we started our walk, we made a
brief stop to Ah Jia’s House (阿嘉的家) – a location for a famous movie Cape No. 7 (海角七號). A move
that we’d never seen! LOL!!! Anyway, I paid TWD50 to get to the top floor and
the friendly Owner's daughter helped me to take some photos. She is definitely a
professional! Teaching me how to pose! =P
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| Sammy was here! |
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| Here we are! |
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| Hmm.. the famous Post? |
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| OK, I've never seen the movie! |
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| Picture taken by Ah Jia |
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| She is the Professional! |
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| Even on Staircase! |
After Ah Jia’s house, we set out to the
West Gate. One thing we learned the hard way – the wall between North Gate and
East Gate was NOT CONNECTED! The path might look nice and made for walking
along the wall – BUT THERE WAS A GAP between the wall and the East
Gate. You either had to jump down 1.5 floor height to the ground or you would
have to JUMP OVER a 10 meters gap over the main road to the East Gate from atop!
WTF!!! I think they had to cut off the wall to make way for the main road. We
had to walk back to the North Gate AGAIN to get down from the wall. The distance
between North & East Gate was around 1km so it meant we ended up walking
additional 2 km to get to the East Gate! Don’t believe the MAP! The Map stated that
South Gate was the only one disconnected! It’s A LIE!!!!
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| A Temple |
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| Sammy on the Wall! |
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| Another Garden |
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| Walking walking walking |
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| Just keep walking! |
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| West Gate |
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| Sammy! Don't be naughty! |
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| AARRGGH!!! |
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| Sammy is enjoying! |
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| North Gate |
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| Let's walk to the East Gate from North Gate!! |
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| A Long Long Way! |
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| Are we there yet? |
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| Hmm.... |
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| We are still not there? |
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| WHAT?!!! A GAP?! WTF!!! |
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| Walking back! |
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| KILL ME! |
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| Finally at East Gate! |
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| Yet another Wall! |
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| Right Across a School! |
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| The South Gate |
We were really tired after the long walk
thus we took the public bus back to Kenting (墾丁大街) just in
time for sunset at the beach near our minsu. The wave was really strong and hit
us even though we were quite far away!
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| Strong Wave |
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| Let's take a picture! |
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| Going to hit us? |
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| OH NO!!! |
There was an Oyster Omelet Stall at the
corner on the way back to our Minsu which stated they were selling crispy style
omelet. Being a sucker for oyster omelet, we’d decided to give it a try. It disappointed
us again as it was not crispy. However, there were lots of bean sprouts and
vegetables inside thus giving it a refreshing taste. The Verdict? Tasted better
than the stall at Riuhe Night Market (六合观光夜市) last night.
=P
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| Oyster Omelet |
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| Not Crispy Enough! |
We finally checked in to our room and
made a brief rest. Hubby’s shoes were totally soaked by the wave earlier thus I
had to make an errand of buying a pair of cheap slipper near Watson’s there. It
only cost TWD50 a pair and it was like 100 meter away from our Minsu! We
finally started our food hunting with Grilled Boar Meat and Sausage (垦丁山猪石板烤肉) that cost
TWD150. It was so HEAVENLY scrumptious! We just couldn’t stop eating it!
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| Our Room |
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| Sofa |
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| Bathroom! |
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| Time for Food Hunting! |
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| Hi Dooggie! |
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| Grilled Boar & Sausage |
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| This is so scrumptious!!! |
We also bought the milk with tapioca ball
(青蛙下蛋) and let
me tell you – this tapioca ball tasted nothing like the plastic-y junk we had
in Malaysia! Its texture was softer and chewier with strong brown sugar taste. I’m
a tapioca ball HATER but yet I LOVED this! We also bought a cup of Mojito and
the bartender prepared it right in front of us. Bad luck stroke again as the
strong wind began and the Mojito wooden sign fell on hubby’s feet! OUCH! =P
Anyway this was the 1st time we had alcohol in a night market! Way
to go!
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| Milk with Tapioca Ball |
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| Mojito! |
We continued our food hunting and bought Crispy
Kenting Soup dumpling (脆皮汤包). This dumpling was special in the sense that it was really crispy
from below. YUMMY!!! Definitely the best dumpling we’d eaten during our entire
Taiwan Night Market Venture.
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| Crispy Dumpling! |
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| YUMMY YUMMY! |
After food, it was time for more alcohol
again! We bought the tea infused with alcohol (干邑紅茶) and it
was quite special. We then queued for the famous grilled deep fried chicken
with plum powder (梅粉) and ‘sausage with hole’ (打洞香腸). The chicken was deep fried
then grilled before adding the powder that you wanted. We chose plum powder due
to recommendation from bloggers and it was indeed a succulent combination of
chicken and powder! *thumb up* The Sausage with Hole had some sweet Chinese
Alcohol in the middle and it was a good blend too.
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| Tea with Alcohol? Count me in! |
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| Mini Chicken saying hello! |
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| Let's get DRUNK! |
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| Oops! Police Station is nearby though! |
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| Fried Oreo? Seriously? |
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| Sausage with Hole |
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| Look at all the Goodness! |
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| Grilled Deep Fried Chickan |
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| Look at this!!! |
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| Shut up and take my money! |
Our last food loot was the Mexican spicy
chicken wing and it was just okay. We finally walked back to the Minsu and
bought more milk with tapioca balls (青蛙下蛋) again – this time from another stall. We still preferred the 1st
stall though. =P
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| Mexican Wing |
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| Another Grilled Store |
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| The Mexican Wing |
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| Frog Milk Store! |
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| Here is the Milk! |
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| Finally back after a long day! |
Next Day (One Day in Kenting)
