Taiwan 2015: Taipei

Day 7 / 24-Sept-2015 : Jiufen to Taipei Today we will travel back to Taipei and stay for two more nights. We have not prepared any itinerary for this part of our trip so basically we will just hang out around the area of our hostels and buy souvenir items to bring back to Singapore.…

Taiwan 2015: Shifen & Pingxi

Day 6 / 23-Sept-2015 : Shifen & Pingxi Just like Jiufen, Shifen (well known for the Shifen Waterfall)  and Pingxi (very popular for sky lantern festival) is a populary day-tour destination from Taipei. The other reason why we decide to stay for 2 nights in Jiufen is to visit these two towns.    Our homestay…

Taiwan 2015: Jiufen

Day 5 / 22-Sept-2015 : Travel from Alishan to Jiufen via Taipei Today we are leaving Alishan with a slight heavy heart, like I said earlier, we initially plan yo stay for 5D/4N but changed last minute to 4D/3N. The last 4 days in Alishan (particularly at Lauya Homestay) was one of our (if not…

Taiwan: Hui Ming Homestay in Juifen

This a very simple and basic homestay. Once you arrive, the owner will settle you to check in then sit with you for a while to explain the surrounding area and point to a map (which readily he prepared) the different “tourist spot” in Jiufen. We took a cab from Ruifang to reach the homestay…