Saturday, January 27, 2007
Naruwan! Part 2
Finally had time to update my little blog. Has been working lately, even though it's quite a nice and slack job, lol, but that'll wait.
Ok, from the previous part, looks like i ended where we left kaohshiung city. We visited one of its attractions before heading for a theme park near taichung. Name's 春秋閣, or "spring autumn tower(s)", and i hope i'm correct on the translation, haha! Nothing much since the scenery was pretty much blanketed by a thick mist, but it's a tourist attraction to say the least, so i'll just upload a pic.
Next we head to 劍湖山世界, or Janfusun, as it is called in english. Judging from the name, it's a theme park of course. We didn't really warmed up before taking the intensive rides as my mum, surprisingly, was pretty eager to go on board the coaster with a vertical drop. It was SCARY, and they make you sort of suspend on the very top then hand you over to gravity just when you start to calm down. but it was fun, lol! then we went for the ferris wheel, the most significant and noticeable ride in the park, and also a launch freefall, which seems scary at first, but pales in comparison with the vertical coaster actually. here're a couple of pics. Sentosa should have more rides like these instead of some crappy observation tower. oh, and escape "theme park" is nowhere better!
and after a long day at janfusun, we went for dinner in taichung. it's the closest place to my home town during the whole tour, lol. i could have dropped down already, but i wanted make my money worth! anyway, we had dinner in this very unique restaurant. the entire building was built from drifted wood, and it has this very special atmosphere. artistic and classy at best. the food also rocks! maybe it's because we're all famished, haha, but their milk cakes are the best!! it's soft, like machi (麻薯), but not that sticky, and it has a very very pleasant milky taste! oh, and taiwan produces one of the best milk! master's and farmhouse taste no better than plain water when you've drunk one of the top milk in taiwan, lol! here're the pics of taichung city, which really looks like any typical street in taiwan, and also the interior of the restaurant with a very nice ambience :)
After spending the night at tc, we went straight up back to taipei. visited the home of one of the taiwanese presidents, which has nothing more than flowers, really. no big deal though, when compared to those from my hometown, lol! the tourist destination we went this time was 淡水漁人碼頭, or "freshwater mermaid jetty". it was darn cold that day! the wind actually chills to the bones, no kiddin! but since they said 情人橋, or "couple's bridge", kinda helps, i survived all odds and went on top of it! lol, no la, just dun wanna waste my chance of sight-seeing, despite the winds.
i'll end today's entry at taipei. there're still a couple more days left in that city, and another entry will close up my whole tour. the entry after that would cover either misc stuffs or my hometown! good chance to let my friends know more about taiwan and try to psych them into touring with us *prepares pendulum*. lol! that'll be all
...此時將在月光下謝幕
11:43 PM
Naruwan! Part 2
Finally had time to update my little blog. Has been working lately, even though it's quite a nice and slack job, lol, but that'll wait.
Ok, from the previous part, looks like i ended where we left kaohshiung city. We visited one of its attractions before heading for a theme park near taichung. Name's 春秋閣, or "spring autumn tower(s)", and i hope i'm correct on the translation, haha! Nothing much since the scenery was pretty much blanketed by a thick mist, but it's a tourist attraction to say the least, so i'll just upload a pic.
Next we head to 劍湖山世界, or Janfusun, as it is called in english. Judging from the name, it's a theme park of course. We didn't really warmed up before taking the intensive rides as my mum, surprisingly, was pretty eager to go on board the coaster with a vertical drop. It was SCARY, and they make you sort of suspend on the very top then hand you over to gravity just when you start to calm down. but it was fun, lol! then we went for the ferris wheel, the most significant and noticeable ride in the park, and also a launch freefall, which seems scary at first, but pales in comparison with the vertical coaster actually. here're a couple of pics. Sentosa should have more rides like these instead of some crappy observation tower. oh, and escape "theme park" is nowhere better!
and after a long day at janfusun, we went for dinner in taichung. it's the closest place to my home town during the whole tour, lol. i could have dropped down already, but i wanted make my money worth! anyway, we had dinner in this very unique restaurant. the entire building was built from drifted wood, and it has this very special atmosphere. artistic and classy at best. the food also rocks! maybe it's because we're all famished, haha, but their milk cakes are the best!! it's soft, like machi (麻薯), but not that sticky, and it has a very very pleasant milky taste! oh, and taiwan produces one of the best milk! master's and farmhouse taste no better than plain water when you've drunk one of the top milk in taiwan, lol! here're the pics of taichung city, which really looks like any typical street in taiwan, and also the interior of the restaurant with a very nice ambience :)
After spending the night at tc, we went straight up back to taipei. visited the home of one of the taiwanese presidents, which has nothing more than flowers, really. no big deal though, when compared to those from my hometown, lol! the tourist destination we went this time was 淡水漁人碼頭, or "freshwater mermaid jetty". it was darn cold that day! the wind actually chills to the bones, no kiddin! but since they said 情人橋, or "couple's bridge", kinda helps, i survived all odds and went on top of it! lol, no la, just dun wanna waste my chance of sight-seeing, despite the winds.
i'll end today's entry at taipei. there're still a couple more days left in that city, and another entry will close up my whole tour. the entry after that would cover either misc stuffs or my hometown! good chance to let my friends know more about taiwan and try to psych them into touring with us *prepares pendulum*. lol! that'll be all
...此時將在月光下謝幕
11:43 PM