Monday, June 21, 2010

Fun TAiwAn!

Truthfully.. I have always feel that Taiwan has been over-rated. A lot of my frens and frens's frens are super crazy about this place, always telling me how fun it is over there.. how easy it is to go free and easy and how cheap and good it is... Well, they are all true!! I really like the place and will definitely go back again. It has completely replaced short shopping getaways best choice - Hongkong .Taiwan will be my first choice now!

We started off the trip hectic, with an overnight bus journey to Chiayi.
This is where we tranfer to make our way to FenQiHu, a little old village in the mountains of Alishan. With great company and a good guide, we really have a fulfilling and educational time in Alishan.We got to see the sunrise, sea of clouds and fireflies.. The place we stayed was awesome 5 star from me! Was really worth all the walking and climbing.. =)



We proceeded on to GaoXiong after spending 2 days in the mountains. Was really hot in GX. PX's fren's mum was the guide for this part of the journey. Really grateful for her hospitality and having to take time, effort and money to bring us around. With her help we were able to go sightseeing in Kenting, which was about 2 hrs plus drive from GX. It was here we did our first major shopping on masks and creams at Hanshin Shopping Mall and also got to know a great salegal - Yiting. She is really helpful and responsible..

Last stop of our trip is Taipei. Well is it really eat, shop, sightseeing and shop again here.. We stayed in the centre of XiMenDing which made us even more accessible to shops. We also splurged on a Gucci Bag each at Tapei 101 =p
All this while there was sales throughout major departmental store in Taiwan as Mother's day was around the corner..and so great buys for us too!



One big regret for me is that i really brought not enough cash ... regret for 3 of us.. no time for heart to heart session...
This trip has made me realise how much we have been missing out on each others life. Knowing each other for more than a decade and yet it seems a lot has change as we get busy with our own lifes.

To PX & XL:
May our friendship last till we are old grannies.. and still we can quarrel and bicker on stuffs. This only show we care for one another.. Frens 4 ever!~

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