Thursday, July 1, 2010
Went to Taiwan from 19 June to 25 June. Had lots and lots of fun there! We went to cities like Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hualien as well as other places. Basically, we traveled the whole of Taiwan by bus. Hehe..and our tour guide, Jimmy, was so funny! He told us a lot of jokes on the way to keep us entertained. The people in Taiwan were so nice and polite! Like when we bought anything from the shops, they were most happy to help us, and without a glum face or anything. When we went to the Lingzhi shop, one staff even chatted for quite a long time with us about everyday life. So friendly! I wanna go Taiwan again~ :) and in our tour group, there were quite a number of children! Jimmy called one kid "Hao ge" cause he noticed the kid standing on the bus when it was moving. A few days later, he said, "Don't fall down or else you cannot be Hao ge anymore." HAHA! He was so random X) We stayed at different hotels every night since we were travelling to different places everyday, except for the hotel that we stayed on the first night. We stayed there on the last night in Taipei too. Ate a lot of awesome food there! Like the smelly beancurd, oyster omelette, the fried chicken and potatoes with cheese sauce! Yum yum~
On 25 June, when we were waiting for the flight to HK (about 25-27 June), it was delayed for about 5 hours. So all of us stayed at the HK airport, and some other people not from our tour group quarreled with the airport ground staff. We reached HK at around 9 or 10+pm. I think we were all so exhausted when we arrived there, and we headed to our hotel after that. The next day, we had a half day city tour of HK. My family met a relative there too! Such a coincidence. After the tour, we had the rest of the day to ourselves to explore HK. Hmm..the service was not as comparable to Taiwan's, and the toilets there were..smelly, especially the one in KFC >< there were even people eating near the toilet entrance. I shall not describe how I felt then, so I'll continue to other things haha..when we took the MTR (i think is spelt like this), I almost couldn't breathe because of the huge cold air blowing past my face when the train was speeding to the next station lol. My family and I were squashed with a lot of other people too, but all in all it was an experience.
I bought 2 pairs of shoes, one from Taiwan and the other from HK! Both designs were very nice, and I noticed that the fashion in Taiwan was daring, cause they were not afraid to wear clothes that seem to shout, "LOOK AT ME!"
I miss those days we were travelling together in Taiwan and HK with the tour group...but maybe I will upload the photos that I took there on FB soon, and tag those whom I have added (if they are accidentally caught in my photos haha..) :D
On 25 June, when we were waiting for the flight to HK (about 25-27 June), it was delayed for about 5 hours. So all of us stayed at the HK airport, and some other people not from our tour group quarreled with the airport ground staff. We reached HK at around 9 or 10+pm. I think we were all so exhausted when we arrived there, and we headed to our hotel after that. The next day, we had a half day city tour of HK. My family met a relative there too! Such a coincidence. After the tour, we had the rest of the day to ourselves to explore HK. Hmm..the service was not as comparable to Taiwan's, and the toilets there were..smelly, especially the one in KFC >< there were even people eating near the toilet entrance. I shall not describe how I felt then, so I'll continue to other things haha..when we took the MTR (i think is spelt like this), I almost couldn't breathe because of the huge cold air blowing past my face when the train was speeding to the next station lol. My family and I were squashed with a lot of other people too, but all in all it was an experience.
I bought 2 pairs of shoes, one from Taiwan and the other from HK! Both designs were very nice, and I noticed that the fashion in Taiwan was daring, cause they were not afraid to wear clothes that seem to shout, "LOOK AT ME!"
I miss those days we were travelling together in Taiwan and HK with the tour group...but maybe I will upload the photos that I took there on FB soon, and tag those whom I have added (if they are accidentally caught in my photos haha..) :D
what we could have been, 5:45 PM.
