TAIPEI Day 4

Rise and shine!
We went for breakfast near our hotel.

Ordered a Pork chop Sandwich(猪排三文治) $30NT, Egg pancake(鸡蛋饼)$25NT and soya milk (豆浆) $15NT.
Some flavored powder to go along with...

And proceed to Beitou(北投) and transfer to Xin Beitou(新北投)

Reach around 30mins

They even have the sign on the floor

The train station is like a cartoon world.

Inside the tain carriages, you'll see hotspring symbols all around.

Gaily colored trains

The pleasant walkway design at Beitou station adn the alluring public art on display, a perfect start for outing to a plce bubbling with cultivated history.

During the Japanese era, Qinshui Park was developed as a hot spring resort and this area had the dubious distinction of being one of Taiwan's largest illegal red light districts. However, in the late 80's and 90's, the government made a concerted effort to clean up the area and the MRT line reached Beitou. Currently, young professionals with families were drawn to the Beitou area because of its good enviornment and convenient transportation links to downtown Taipei.

The mist and sulphur smell coming out from the drain

Beitou Library

Beitou hotspring museum (北投温泉博物馆)

Originally called the Beitou Public Bath, this was built in 1913, at that time the largest hot spring public bath in East Asia.Today is the most important display showcase for hotsprings related Beitou historical gems, and has the area's rare hokutolite or "Beitou Stone" on display. Roman style arches and columns merge with Japanese style interior perfectly.

Amphitheatre

At that time the entire bathhouse was painted green. When this museum was under construction, special chemicals were used to remove the paint. the green wall is now all that remains, left intact as evidence to illustrate the changes the bathhouse has undergone.

Public bath, adult $40NT

Plum garden(梅庭)

This was once the summer getaway home for the famed Chinese calligrapher Yu You-ren. Built around 1930s.

Geothermal Valley (地熱谷), also called Hell Valley

Beitou stone

Beitou has 2 famous stones that have serves as precious natural resources. One is " Beitou Stone" an extremely rare type of ore that contains radium. The other is called Qilian Stone, by nature highly refractory, in the past much valued as a building material.

Can see the mist and smell the sulphur from far

There are 3 type of sulphurs found in Beitou hotsprings, Green sulpur, White sulpur and Iron sulpur. learn more about the sulpur before chosing which hotspring you are heading which will make the experience more enjoyable.

White sulpur: Not recommended for those who suffers from pulmonary Tuberculosis or diarrhea.

Iron sulpur: Not recommended for those who suffers from gastrointestinal disorders.

Unfortunately it had been raining and we did not explore much and decided to proceed to Danshui(淡水)

When reached, it rained very heavily. No choice we turned back since we had been here previously.

Grab some bites before heading back to our hotel and rest, I found this!!!

Inside underground mall of Taipei Manin station.

Claypot duck blood(鸭血冬粉)

This is real good, i can't find any in Singapore. Especially in cold weather, shiok!

Opposite our hotel, buy some bubbles tea back. I order a fried pork liver too:)

I find that quite a number of stalls are using fish flakes in their food here.

After resting for 2 hours, there we go to Shilin Night Market (士林夜市)

Sausages wrap in a glutinous rice bun 大肠包小肠

大饼包小饼

The famous Chicken Chop

Steak again...

But Shida Night Market better

We spend at Sassy boutique for around 2hrs:)

Located at Shilin road No.45

Too tired we went for a massage in Shilin, Flyfar Massage 飞来发(五馆)

Shilin Rd No.82. Met a therapist No. 28 (林文樟). He is very good...

Will definitely return if I ever to go back again.

Remember must buy Sun biscuit(太阳饼)and Pineapple Tart(黄梨饼)when visit Taiwan.

This is good, we bought it at Taipei Main Station. They have a shop at Jiufen, opposite 7-eleven.
李儀饼家

Recommended by the local, when go Danshui must patronise 三栛成饼鋪 and 许義鱼稣.

Transportation is not expensive here in Taiwan, we travelling so much of MRT and still have some balance till the end of the 3 days. Booking of Taxi for whole day (approx 12hrs) is about $3000- $3500NT. They will drive you around for sightseeing.

昆阳车队 (Taxi driver)
小何(747)
Tel: 0981064455