**** Beware a length post with only words and no pictures (still with kn, including my kukup pics! haha)****

Day 1 - 29 Mar 12
Taichung - Feng Jia Night Market

GE888 ETD 0720hr was DELAYED for 1.5hrs due to the breakdown in the baggage system and they have to sort manually =S Took off at 0900hr and reached Taoyuan airport around 1.30pm. We'd missed our HSR timing which we booked at 12.57pm (30% discount), bo bian gotta book the next available timing at 2.57pm with no discount.. sadded. haha. We were behind schedule and hence skipped yi zhong jie and only go feng jia night market lo. Took free shuttle bus from Taichung HSR to Feng jia uni at 4.10pm and reached around 5pm. Walked 20-30mins to our tomato room minsu - 1N ~ NTD1000.......(halfway through i kept niaming =p) Surprisingly tomato minsu offered a very good deal transport arrangement (9 seater taxi) to go cingjing straight from minsu the next day morning NTD400 each. Our initial plan was to cab to taizhong HSR -> 1.5hrs bus ride to cingjing @845am -> call cingjing minsu to pick us up. Heng we didnt buy the bus ticket yet, we were stopped by a taxi driver along our way to the bus station who offered us a package to drive us straight to our cingjing minsu NTD2000. He told us not to buy the tix just in case we missed the bus (overslept? traffic jam?) so best to buy tomorrow lo.

Food
Japanese style chix thigh, rice with 3 veg NTD65
Strawberry choc crepe NTD69
芋圆综合(with red bean, pearls, sweet potato & yam QQ yuan) NTD40 (?)
熊手包 fillet fish fried with milk with tartar NTD60
Papaya milk NTD45
冻柠茶 refreshing lemon tea

Shopping
Pair of sweats NTD250
2 pairs of shoes NTD290+190
Kn's 2nd bdae pressie adidas jacket <3 he also bought a pair of shoes - his one and only purchase haha.
Hamburger hp pluggy NTD39 =p

Misc
Applied for easy card and prepaid card. Gek think the guy didnt help us submit our particulars properly and the prepaid card wasnt activated zzzz. End up using hp to call minsu.. we only manage to activate the card in hualien city which was 2 days later liao..

Day 2 - 30 Mar 12
Cingjing

Bfast 8.30am at laya burger~ There's free bfast coupon given by our minsu that we can use to offset our meal for NTD25 each =D Paid NTD70 for pork burger and grilled chix 蛋饼 and coffee. yummy~ Taxi took us straight to Cingjing Starry minsu~ Reached around 11am+~ Minsu owner personally drove us down to Green green grassland, dropped by 7-11 for us to buy some food - 關東煮 <3 Shiok to eat soupy stuff in cold weather! Entrance fee NTD160~ Sheeps all around us~!! We bought milk ice cream and milk sweet~ We dont dare to tried sheep milk thou despite that being the main focus haha. Finished touring in about 2 hrs? We walked at a super duper fast pace along the scary road packed with huge vehicles zzz for 30mins before we reach little swiss garden! We ate at carton king first before going little swiss garden. Pretty ex, our meal cost us NTD440 - 1/2 chix set meal with honey green tea and fruit honey tea. I bought a bottle of longan honey (350ml) for NTD230. Next was little swiss garden~ Entrance fee NTD90. Quite small, we just went around and take some photos. Got tricked by this lady who offered to take free pics and ended up buying touristy photo from her at NTD300 for 2 pics. hahaha. We went 7-11 to buy some food before the minsu owner come to fetch us at 5.30pm for steamboat dinner back in minsu~ Wheeee awesome dinner~ We finished our dinner at 7.45pm~ It was super cold lo~ Evening was already 14degc and night was very misty! Can see clouds from our minsu~ Just nice there's bed warmer as well =D  Healthy dinner but end with unhealthy supper =p We ate cup noodles at around 10pm+~ hahaha it was the first time kn opened a milk box successfully! Still rem the first day how he opened his drink... ended up tearing the box lol!

Day 3 - 31 Mar 12
Taroko tour

Bfast provided in Starry minsu as well <3 awesome nutritious bfast - toast with peanut almond and butter, bread with cheese & bacon, egg, milk tea and fruits! Nice minsu 1N~NTD1900 comes with steamboat dinner and bfast =D
Driver Huang came and picked us up from Starry minsu around 10am~ Toured wu ling and he huan hill first which were freeeezingggg cold!! It was less than 10 degs with strong wind plus us wearing thin layer clothing arghhh! Awesome scenary but we didnt manage to properly enjoy it coz too cold and we hurriedly got back to cab! Next 碧绿神木， 天祥，岳王亭， Cihmu bridge, yan zi kou (+lunch) , chang chun shrine - walked 3km trail to 五间屋 and to sunrise minsu. Overall cab fare is pretty ex NTD5000, dont think it's worth it.. and poor kn wasnt feeling well along the way. Me toooo... the driver was speeding along the moutainous road... Imagine a 5hrs rollercoaster ride............. The front was ok, we started feeling unwell when the driver speed down after he huan hill. After we told the driver, he did slow down but can see he was quite bored.. oops. We finished the bulk of the itinerary before our lunch at yan zi kou ard 2pm. We ordered dumpling + wu xi ribs set that comes with drink, soup and banana. Took around 1.5hrs to complete our 3km trail~ Checked in super early around 5.30pm.. 2N at sunrise minsu ~ NTD2000. We added an additional tour at zhao feng leisure farm for tomorrow for NTD800 which we regret.. Should have went for ocean park =X Overall it was still a nice stay in sunrise minsu as the owners are very nice and friendly~ Rachel gave us a packet of mochi~ =)

Set off for dinner at zi qiang night market around 6.30pm
Food
北港春卷 pork NTD40 (It's like popiah~)
官财板 gongbao chix NTD45 comes with free red tea
第一家烤肉 bought 4 sticks NTD95 (sotong ball, chix wing, pork and bacon)
上海生煎包 bought 2 - pork and jiu cai NTD24
QQ ball - sweet potato and yam NTD20
Citron apple fruit juice NTD50

Went 7-11 bought cup noodles, tibits, lychee beer and cider. The latter drinks cost only about NTD60~ i likeee! =D

Day 4 - 1 Apr 12
Zhao feng leisure farm & city

Cup noodles for bfast~ Not a day for me, i lost my left eye contacts! =S Left at 8am, bus took us to li yu pond for photo taking before dropping us at zhao feng leisure farm. Pretty empty.. made us wonder why are we here.. hahah. Reached zhao feng around 10am, toured around the zoo, animals, birds.. had toast for tea break. Sadded fruit orchard not open for fruit picking =( Overall we finished touring ard 2pm but bus is only coming at 3.30pm. haha. We walked to hot spring wen quan guan, reached around 2.30pm. very tempting! 40 mins for a private room for NTD500, unlimited for public spa, sauce etc for NTD200! Regretted not coming here earlier with our swimming costume! Muchhhh cheaper than taipei one lo! We dont have much time left, so we walked back.. Planned our itinerary later while waiting for the bus to come and fetch us. We dropped off at the city area around 4.30pm~ First time we did was to activate prepaid card and to buy my contacts! 1 box of acuvue moist daily cost NTD600!

Food
公正包子店 - 4 x xiao long bao (NTD20) which are like small 包, not those shanghai 汤包，肉羹汤 (NTD25)
炒天下 v cheap zi char~ Generally dishes are at NTD199~ We ordered 1 kongbao chix, fried crab meat and fried cabbage for NTD400
液香扁食 NTD60 (which are like our dumpling/wanton in soup~ there's total 11 pieces! lots of meat filling with thin skin~)
曾记 muah chee~
Fruit juice NTD105 (passion fruit orange and raspberry pineapple)

Shopping
Love at love sight and bought a pair of shoes for dance NTD2200~ For the same pair of shoes, another shop sell at NTD2000 but sadly no size.. I was praying hard i cant find this cheaper in taipei! Sadly on my last day i found 1 that is cheaper by NTD500?!! Kn was consoling me the shoe has already turned yellow..... maybe that price is for display set?! haha.
Bought a top for NTD100.

Walked around in search for cab back... omo lost! Finally managed to find 1 after walking for 30 mins.. zzz. Ride back ~ NTD150.

Day 5 - 2 Apr 12
七星潭

Woke up at 8am, left at 8.30am in search of bfast place recommended by Rachel~ 鱼肚汤，卤肉饭 @ 阿忠司目鱼 originate from Tainan! First impression when we first saw that shop was like " ahh.. are we at the correct place?" There isnt a lot of people in there also.. Nevertheless we decided to give it a try! Fish soup + rice cost us around NTD100~ Surprisingly it's really nice! Walked to tiramisu shop for dessert~ Ordered 3 cakes (tiramisu, cheese cake, choc blackforest) and caramel macchiato for NTD99. Stupid us on our way walked a big round and took us 30 mins to reach.. started raining halfway through some more.. zzzz. On the way back took us only 15 mins! Went back to minsu around 11am, rachel sent us to hualien train station and we bought tomorrow's tix to taipei. Sian all sold out, we ended up buying standing tix. After tt we met up with Huan who brought us to bayview minsu~ Nice and friendly guy~ We checked in early and started cycling around 1pm~ Went 原野牧场 but we didnt buy anything coz all made with sheep milk~ Went Katsuo museum~ Around 3pm we had already covered all the cycling path! hahaa. Huan told us if we want to cycle to city also can, it'll take us around 1.5hrs? Similarly we can cycle to taroke also?! hahaa. Bought some food & drinks which wasnt nice.. Any fried stuff will taste like smelly beancurd coz they use the same oil to fry argh. Think it was the food which later on made kn fell sick =((((

Rested in the hotel and watched movie.. so nice everytime u switch on the tv there's some nice movie lo~ Huan very nice, he helped us to purchase tix online and volunteer to send us out to change the tix around 8pm! Heng we manage to get seats! Cant imagine standing for 3 hrs =S 11.51am -> 15.26pm.
After tt he brought us around the city and intro all the nice food! Kn wasnt feeling well.. so we only eat steamed dumplings NTD30 which i ate like 7 out of 10 and drank a suan la tang NTD20. Bought fruit juice (mixed fruit juice and hot almond milk) NTD70. Next i ate spare ribs noodles NTD60. Didnt really like it.. fried ribs put in soup made the ribs soggy and soup oily, and some how their soup i find it abit too bland.. That concluded our day, cabbed back which cost us around NTD200 lo. Poor kn was down with fever =(( I feel so bad coz i cant seem to help much.... =(

Day 6 - 3 Apr 12
Taipei - Wu fen pu

Woke up at 5.20am for sunrise! AHHHHH sad the sun was very shy and hid behind the clouds. SAD. Went back to slp and had bfast (provided by minsu) at around 8.30am. Bfast was a spread~ Nice! Western + oriental style! Satisfied meal! Left minsu at 11am and they send us to hualien train station~ Before our ride, we bought some food at 7-11 - black pepper chix handroll with yoghurt drink NTD49 and he bought hot milk choc. Bought a 排骨便当 NTD60, not very nice.. I miss the one i had the other time i came taiwan!

Checked in future star hotel around 4pm.. As kn wasnt feeling well, we decided to go only wu fen pu today.. While he was resting in the hotel, i was eating the remaining half packet of grapes which i bought 2 days ago in hualien city. Think i ate like 1kg of grapes =S Went 胡须张 and had 卤肉饭, 贡丸汤 and veg for dinner ~ NTD110. Bought freshly squeezed orange juice NTD80~ Shopped from 6-9pm and bought 2 dresses, 3 tops, 1 sweats, 1 cardigan and 1 skirt for a total of ~NTD1400 =O
Before we go back to our hotel, i da bao-ed 肉羹汤 NTD50. I prefer this to hualien's one lo~ Oh ya we wanted to buy po piah at one roadside stall in Xi Men ding, super funny when the auntie was making it halfway, police came! It was pretty chaotic! I was following her coz feel v paiseh if i ordered and left. After police left, she quickly pushed her cart away.. she totally forgot about me! haha.

Day 7 - 4 Apr 12
Shifen & Jiu Fen
Bfast at  永和豆浆！Ordered 猪排蛋饼, 鸡蛋火腿压饼, soy milk and 1 笼汤包 of 10 pcs! Initially was 3 pcs of xiao long bao, i didnt know when i say change to 汤包 it wouldnt be 3 pcs, it'll be 1笼! Total NTD 150+ Super full bfast! Bought train tix to Rui Fang NTD98 for 2 pax. Sadded we missed the train! Gotta wait for the next one which was an hr later...zzz. Meanwhile went gia gia at Kmall Taipei undergrd main station.. most of the shops nt open yet coz it was only 10am+. I manage to buy a dress at NTD290~ OMGAH the train was super duper packed! Think it was school holiday, wrong timing! Haiz. 1 hr train journey seems to take forever... At Rui fang station, we bought unlimited pass along pingxi line for NTD52 each which was kinda stupid when we were only travelling to Shifen which would cost us only NTD40 to and fro. Alamak. Ok nvm.. haha. Again we missed the pingxi train, ended up waiting for another one which is almost an hr later... zzzz. By the time we reached shifen station it was already 2pm. Whole train ride from Ruifang to shifen took us around 30mins! No seats again! Super packed.. very miserable! Walked around Shifen streets, bought 鸡翅包饭 NTD50~ Not bad quite nice! Basically i see long queue i also queue up and buy =p Walked to shifen waterfall, to and fro took us around an hr~ Bought tian deng for NTD100 and wrote our wishes~ =) Also bought small tian deng accessories for family~ Each cost NTD50! 2 of us bought a total of 11 lo. haha. Super thirsty~ bought fruit juice which we regretted max! Spent NTD75 to drink 2 cups of like water?! 1 apple blended with half a cup of water + lots of ice = apple juice? I think should call it water with a tinge of apple. I missed the fruit juices in hualien! Fast and nice! These 2 kinnas made us wait like 10 mins to blend 2 fruit water..?!
Food: Bought 烤山猪肉串 NTD40 and fried sotong ball NTD20 and sugar cane + lime juice NTD70.

Took train back to Rui fang.. PACKED AGAIN!!! Cham there were people who couldnt get up the train! Poor thing.. the next one was an hour later lor. Waited for bus to Jiufen but we missed 2 coz we werent very sure.. Finally we got up the bus, but stupidly we alighted 2 bus stops earlier zzz. Gotta wait for the next one pengz. By the time we reached Jiu Fen, it was alr 7.30pm and most of the shops were closed. I regretted not chionging to li yi to order their pineapple tarts and sun biscuits first coz it was closed by the time we reached there! We ended up going down to their another branch, queued for 20 mins and carried the boxes of sun biscuits back on the last day! zzz.

Food
五味鱼丸汤 NTD60 + 卤肉饭 NTD25
芋圆 NTD40
Popiah with peanut and ice cream NTD30(?)
草仔粿 NTD10 with salted veg which we didnt really like it.. the salted veg reminded him of the food he ate which was prob the cause of his sickness.. =(
Just nice the popular shops open till quite late.. I bought 3 packets of 姜茶/海燕窝for NTD500.

Took a bus from Jiu fen that goes straight back to the city area~ passing by wu fen pu! Tempting! But i shall not extend kn's misery.. so we switched train back to xi men and go back to hotel to rest lo.

Day 8 - 5 Apr 12
Beitou, Danshui, Shihlin

Bfast at 9am~ kn stubbornly wanted to eat mac bfast even though he hadnt fully recover.. Ordered big bfast NTD99 whereas i ate 卤肉饭 NTD25 and veg NTD30~ Yums! Although i think 胡须张 and Jiufen's one is better~ This one is abit oily~ Initially we wanted to go yang ming shan and maokong today but weather was very bad.. kept raining! So we ended up going beitou for hot spring! Booked a private room NTD 1050 for 90mins. - sun and moon with hot and cold hot spring~ Not bad q nice they also provide shampoo and soap and body moisturiser~ We spent 12.40pm - 2.10pm~ Shiok! However as we shift from the hot to cold, dont know why we felt very dizzy! I thought i was about to faint anytime omgah! But heng after a while was ok alr.. Whereas kn felt like there was an earthquake! Stun! I tot really den i was preparing to change out liao haha. Feels gd after soaking in hot spring~ very refreshed! Had our lunch at some random shop nearby, ordered 干面 NTD35 and 肉羹汤 NTD45~ Quite nice except it's very salty!

Next we went danshui! Bought a cow accessory for both of us NTD30 x2 and i forced him to hang on his bag! hahaha. =p i bought another 2 more packet of 海燕窝 whereas kn bought 1~ 3 packets for NTD500. Oops in total i bought 2 packets of 姜茶 and 3 packets of 海燕窝 LOL (cranberry, melon, longan). Ate 阿给 - beancurd filled with 冬粉 and fish ball soup (abit like teochew fish ball with meat filling inside) for NTD100. Next milk mochi with peanut! NTD100~

Reached Shihlin night market around 7.15pm.. Sadly it was still raining.. poor kn was ferrying me around with umbrella~ xie xie ni! =) Ahhh i lost my scarf.. nan guo.. duno whr i placed it.. Anw i didnt manage to buy anything~ Mainly food lo.

Ate 胡椒饼 NTD45 which i didnt manage to eat in rao he night market~
1 pc of 烤肉串 NTD10
十全排骨汤 NTD70
Fruit juice NTD40

Was searching for 虾煎 but cant find one with people inside.. so i gave up~ telling myself i must eat one before i go back!
Kn bought a packet of fruits back which cost him NTD350?!!! omgah think kena cheated liao. hahaha. The only thing we can console ourselves was the fruits are really very nice - pink guava, mango, guava, pineapple, lian wu~

Day 9 - 6 Apr 12
Maokong, Taipei main station, Shida Night market

Woke up at 7+am today~ Set off at 8.30am to 阜杭豆浆! Omgah crazy long queue! Shop is located at level 2, we joined in the queue at level 1 at the staircase! Ordered dou jiang (served in a bowl), 薄饼蛋加油条, 蛋饼 and 萝卜饼 NTD154. Super full! We didnt manage to finish the 萝卜饼, kept it for high tea later haha. It wasnt that fantastic to me, think it's abit too oily and kinda over rated hmm. They have much lesser options as compared to yong he dou jiang lo.

Next, went mao kong cable car~ We sat the crystal cabin which we can see the scenary below~ Journey up cost us NTD50, up and down total NTD100~ Pretty affordable as compared to cable car =O SUPER COLD!!!! Opened up our 暖暖包! We went 缘续缘 to experience the authentic way to yum cha~ NTD120 each to sit in the little cosy room~ (similarly to clubbin entrance fee lol). Paid NTD350 vfor 桂花铁观音 tea leaves and NTD 35 for 茶冻! We were allowed to use the room up to 3hrs~ We only stayed there for 1.5hrs~ Total damage was NTD625! Though ex but it's an interesting experience lo~

Next Taipei main station underground shopping!~
I bought a total of 4 pairs of shoes each NTD200. In total i've bought 7 pairs of shoes! Break record liao hahaa.
6 pairs of socks NTD100
2 boxes of masks requested by mama NTD199 x 2

Ate mac kids meal for the doraemon soft toy! hehe. We bought an additional toy for NTD39. Ordered pineapple pie as well and total cost NTD156~ Randomly we bought umbrella (those auto open mechanism) NTD390 for 2.

Alot of barangs, we went back to hotel to deposit our stuff before going to shi da night market. On the way bought sushi at xi men station 6 pcs for NTD55! At Shi Da, we ate 關東煮 for dinner! Super big bowl - 4 items + noodles + 高丽菜 NTD140!
Shopping - top NTD150 and bag NTD390

Reached XMD ard 10.30pm and we went 三兄弟 for dessert! Ordered mango shaved ice NTD100! zzz mango was frozen.. Ok only, think another over rated place. Alamak up to date we have yet to eat ah zhong mee sua and or ah jian! must eat tt tml!

Day 10 - 7 Apr 12
Xi Men Ding

Spent 1-2hrs packing our bag in the morning - i've already started packing yesterday night but yet still ended up the last one packing in the morning =X About 15 top/bottom/dresses, 1 bag, 7 pairs of shoes, 5 packets of the 姜茶/海燕窝 (equivalent to ~ >2kg?!), ....

We left our hotel at around 10am for bfast! Ordered my all time favourite daily dosage of my 卤肉饭NTD25, 花枝蛋煎 NTD70 (additional NTD10 to change from oyster to sotong zzz), 干面 (with bor chor) NTD35, 香菇肉羹汤 NTD50 => NTD170. Went taipei main station for the countless no. of times~ This time round is to purchase sun biscuits! For the pineapple cakes we called and order from Jiu fen main branch yesterday. Unlike the main branch, taipei's branch people very unfriendly lor. They told us no more pineapple cakes and sun biscuit, we would need to come down the next day to purchase on the spot. Supposed to have free delivery if we exceed NTD1500, then they claimed say nxt delivery would be mon which i'll alr be back lah zzz, say need to purchase on the spot. Then i ask if we can write down our orders and tomorrow we come and collect ALSO CANNOT! Emphasize we need to queue to purchase. Unfriendly. So i called Jiu Fen branch to order and instanteously they say can deliver the pineapple cakes to our hotel the next day before 12pm. Unfortunately sun biscuits were sold out and hence we went to queue to purchase zzz. Sian should have just called to order 2 days ago~~

Carried the boxes of sun bicsuits back to hotel before we start shopping in XMD~ Bought yoghurt freen tea NTD35 and kn bought his ai yu lemon jelly drink NTD25~ We finally manage to eat Ah zhong mee sua, ordered a small bowl NTD45. Last min shopping - bought 1 dress and a top for NTD530. Supposed to be NTD540 but coz i dun hv enough coins den she say she pay for me. LIKE REAL. Confirm can be cheaper one lahhh! zzz. After tt we took a 4D ride upon kn's request - jungle rollercoaster NTD100 each! I seriously cant imagine if it was a real rollercoaster i prob will died with a heart attack. haha.

Lunch at Tamago-ya restaurant! Whee free treat from <3! =D Ordered a creamy pasta dish with crab meat and omelette rice with pork cutlet curry cost us NTD550! After tt we took a cab (arranged by hotel) to Tao yuan airport for NTD1000~

More fooooood purchase:
On top of my 4 boxes of pineapple tarts and 4 boxes of sun biscuits, 2 packets of mochi, i bought .....
1 more box of pineapple tart and sun biscuit from vigor, 2 packets of mochi, 1 box of strawberry milk mochi and 1 box of 紫晶酥 ~ NTD1300!

This concludes my tw trip! Whee i really like taiwan alot~ I feel like i havent tour enough hahaha~ Sadly didnt manage to go yang ming shan coz weather isnt gd and didnt manage to catch a nice sunrise! =( Nevertheless really gotta thank <3 for accompanying me and still shopped with me when he wasnt feeling well =( I feel so guilty, there's so little i know and can do.. =( Realised we have travelled to many places tog! =D And you made me discover my flaws and bad living habits! wahahah. Glad that you nv xian qi me lol. Hope our tian deng wishes will come true!~ =D