Taipei
After a 4 hour plus flight in which I watched a movie i long wanted to catch, 300, we finally reached Taipei. As I have never been to Taipei, I was surprised that the weather there was exactly like in Singapore. Over there, there was another cockup. As my Aunt had been there before, she told me that someone would be at the airport waiting for us with our names written on a piece of paper. But when we reached, we walked up and down twice only to find that there was no one there waiting for us. We went to the information counter and was told that we had to get a sticker badge and a slip to show that we were there for an overnight transit.
After waiting 20 mins or so, we boarded a bus to go to TaoYuan hotel. It was supposed to be 10 to 20 mins drive away but it was farther than expected. The bus was nice. the only problem with it was that the stairs were really steep to get to our seats but we had a nice view of things from up there. We passed many shops that had neon lights outside. They were places where one could go and chew somthing like beetle nut. Ladies dressed sexily would attract potential customers to buy them.
Soon we reached the hotel. It was a relief after a 4 hour flight. The hotel was old and tired but pretty decent. Our room was on the 11th floor, 1108. It smelled like one of those old changi chalets. I guess it was because the rooms were not occupied much. It was about 9 at that time and we were a lil hungry and therefore we decided to go out and get dinner. The streets were filled with food stalls and supermarts. Along one street, one could find 3 7-eleven shops and there were others just like them. The streets smelled alil like the gutter, it took me a while to get used to the smell. as i broke nail, we had to buy a pair of nail clippers to relieve me of my pain. It was hell.
We settled on eating beef noodles. It was heavenly. The noodles were a bit hard and starchy, but i like my noodles that way. The beef was real tender. It was scrumptious My Aunt had wonton noodles. The noodles were the same only thinner. The wonton skin was a lil thick but it was alright. The best was the dumpling. It was filled with meat and it had gu cai inside. My favourite. We then headed back to the hotel where she just relaxed and watched tv while i was playing around wif my new mp3/mp4 player.
After waiting 20 mins or so, we boarded a bus to go to TaoYuan hotel. It was supposed to be 10 to 20 mins drive away but it was farther than expected. The bus was nice. the only problem with it was that the stairs were really steep to get to our seats but we had a nice view of things from up there. We passed many shops that had neon lights outside. They were places where one could go and chew somthing like beetle nut. Ladies dressed sexily would attract potential customers to buy them.
Soon we reached the hotel. It was a relief after a 4 hour flight. The hotel was old and tired but pretty decent. Our room was on the 11th floor, 1108. It smelled like one of those old changi chalets. I guess it was because the rooms were not occupied much. It was about 9 at that time and we were a lil hungry and therefore we decided to go out and get dinner. The streets were filled with food stalls and supermarts. Along one street, one could find 3 7-eleven shops and there were others just like them. The streets smelled alil like the gutter, it took me a while to get used to the smell. as i broke nail, we had to buy a pair of nail clippers to relieve me of my pain. It was hell.
We settled on eating beef noodles. It was heavenly. The noodles were a bit hard and starchy, but i like my noodles that way. The beef was real tender. It was scrumptious My Aunt had wonton noodles. The noodles were the same only thinner. The wonton skin was a lil thick but it was alright. The best was the dumpling. It was filled with meat and it had gu cai inside. My favourite. We then headed back to the hotel where she just relaxed and watched tv while i was playing around wif my new mp3/mp4 player.
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