Taiwan 2011 Trip Overview

This was my planned itinerary for the Taiwan vacation from December 13 to December 22, 2011. Day 1  (13 December 2011)Travel from home to Taiwan by air. Upon arrival at Taoyuan airport, travel to Taichung either by bus/taxi, taxi or combination of shuttle bus/HSR/taxi. * Actual – we took the limousine bus from airport to Taichung. Cheapest and quite fast too.Visit Feng Chia Night Market.Where...

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Taiwan Day 1 – Taichung Feng Chia Market

13 Dec 2011 Our first day in Taiwan was spent in the city of Tai-Chung, located in the central part of Taiwan island. The only place of interest we planned to visit in Tai-Chung was the Feng Chia Night Market. Around 1 kilometre wide, Feng-Chia Night Market is the premiere night market experience in Taiwan. This is the place to experience Taiwan’s delicious and value for money street food and cool...

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Taiwan Day 2 (Part 1) – Sun Moon Lake, Wenwu temple

14 Dec 2011 I had booked a private taxi to take us from Tai-Chung to Cingjing with stopovers at Sun Moon Lake and Puli for sigthseeing. After a decent breakfast at the Le Parker Hotel, we loaded our luggage onto Mr Lim’s Toyota Wish taxi for the one hour journey to Sun Moon Lake. Sun Moon Lake is Taiwan’s largest fresh water lake and is known for its natural scenic beauty as well as aboriginal Thao...

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Taiwan Day 2 (Part 2) – Sun Moon Lake cruise, Ita Thao, Syuanguang temple and Shueishe

14 Dec 2011 There are 12 aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, with the Thao tribe being the one found in Sun Moon Lake area.  Ita Thao is a settlement for the Thao aboriginal people and is also now a shopping area cum a place to board the boats for a cruise on the lake. The picture below shows the 12 aboriginal tribes of Taiwan, with their native dress.From Wenwu Temple, our taxi took us to Ita Thao....

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