My Fairytales..

What does this mean??  Another vacation? Wrong!  This mean another due Travel entry. What did I owe? Cambodia, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shenzhen, Vientiane, Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh and Nha Trang travel entry *sigh*

I had a rough night last night!     Went to bed around 2.00 am and took me ages to sleep.  I have so many things on my mind at the moment.  My flight is at 10.15pm tonight and trust me I have tons to pack.  This is the most unprepared vacation, ever!  Took me until 6pm yesterday to dragged my lazy bums to the money changer and not until this morning I managed to complete my hotels booking.

There is something different about this trip.. very different indeed.  I'm going only with 1 backpack. Yes, you read it right BACKPACK. (a big 1 obviously) That's when the headache started.  I have to carefully select only the essentials to bring along with me, but I think you should understand how hard it was.  Most of my friends found it impossible for me and their laughter are still lingering in my mind.  But hey, you girls should have faith in me.  I will behave and travel light ok???

Errrr can anyone spot my backpack??

I will share with you in a separate entry of what I pack for this trip.  I wouldn't want to waste more time snapping photos today.  I need to continue choosing packing my stuff or the aircraft will have to leave without me.  Please pray for my safe return trip.

The day I've been waiting for was finally arrived!  Xinbeitou, a place that really caught my heart when I did my research on Taipei. 

How to get to Beitou :
The MRT red (Xindian-Danshui/Nanshijiao-Beitou) lines both stop at Beitou MRT station. From Beitou station a one-station branch line runs to Xin Beitou station, which is near the hot springs area.
From the Xinbeitou MRT station, you can either walk or take a bus to the nearby attractions.  We choose to walk as the weather was a bit chilly during our stay in Taipei.

Beitou Town

The guide map

The Hot Spring Museum. Free entrance and there were class going on in the hall

One of the public bath.  I can't remember how much is the entrance fee as I passed on this.

One of the beautiful building in Beitou Hot Spring Park

Left a love note

Qinshui Park was developed as a hot spring resort by the Japanese during their occupation era on 1895 - 1945 and is known as Beitou Hot Springs Park now.  You can see beautiful European-Japanese style buildings everywhere.


Beitou Thermal Valley also known as Ghost Lake

This place remind me of Owakudani in Hakone, Japan

The greens around the park

We didn't stay long at the valley as I can't really stand the sulfuric atmosphere.  The springs here have the highest temperatures of any in the Datunshan Volcano Group. Well, that's what Mr Google said :D  We stopped at the souvenirs shop inside the Thermal Valley to buy something for families and friends, had an ice-cream on our way back to Beitou Town.

Our next destination was Zhuzihu, the field of white calla lily flowers. Situated within Yangmingshan National Park in Taipei City, Zhuzihu Scenic Spot is at the intersection of Zhuzi Lake and Yangjin Highway.

How to go to Zhuzihu :
By bus :  Take bus route red 5(紅5), 109 to reach Zhuzihu directly

I never had the feeling to get a nice cup of hot latte at as much as when I saw this.  Not sure why

Would like to share a video on the journey to the mountain but I hope you guys don't get dizzy.  This one is pretty decent actually compared to others. The bus ride was quite rough and I felt like we were on a roller coaster ride. We survived the bloody murder bus ride eventually and the scenery was spectacular! Those photos didn't do them justice thought.  The real experienced was way more beautiful than what captured. I'm glad we included Zhuzihu in our itinerary.

Those shoes are only RM18!  They are definitely coming back with us

We caught the bus back to Beitou Town at the same exact bus stop we disembarked earlier.  Bought our early dinner at Family Mart and had them at Starbucks in Beitou.  We decided to head to Shilin Night Market after that for some last minutes shopping.  By this time, I will vomit blood if I see another night market. Toooooo much of night market!!

I didn't do much that morning.  Trying my best to get my body strong again so I slept till late afternoon. I think one of the important things to take note while traveling is to keep your body hydrated. Please drink enough water because the changing of environment we are experiencing and the last thing you want in the trip is to fall sick.  By the time I woke up, it was already pass my usual lunch time.  We walked to the nearest 7 Eleven to buy our fav onigiri for lunch.  I really admire how their 7 elevens are provided with table and chair so that everyone can dine in.

We spend some time at the mall next to our hotel after lunch and headed back to the room to freshen up before going to Tamsui that evening.

The journey to Tamsui from our hotel took approximately 1 hour train ride.  Upon arriving Tamsui, we took a bus to Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf.  Please remember to board the bus back to Tamsui town at the same exact place you disembark

How to go to Tamsui

Take Mrt Tamsui (Red Line) to its northern end at Tamsui Station

Didn't managed to take many photos after this as the rain decided to pour heavily the moment we crossed the bridge.  What a night!! We had nice dinner, went back to the bus stop to catch the bus back to Tamsui Mrt and took the mrt to Shilin Night Market for dessert and shopping.

Looking at the date of last post in this blog made me feel very sad.  It has been more than a year. Emails that I received from few of you asking, encouraging, I really appreciate it girls. I really really do. I wasn't able to blog because I was soooo busy with my online clothing business and my beauty spa. These babies occupied my time the most.  I don't even have time to watch any Korean Drama online! I was about to post about my business before this but after a second thought, I don't think I should.  

It wasn't easy peasy, but we made it anyway.  I almost give up, but they whispered encouragement and held my hands to keep going.  Everything were right on track and I was able to breath peacefully when some dreadful things happened and I lost it anyway... 

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Things go wrong so that I can appreciate them when they're right. Good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Someday everything will make perfect sense, so for now I have to laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears..

I will start writing again, sharing my beautiful life adventures and splendid holidays. I owe a lot of travel post and will try to finish them soonest possible.

These are few photos of my weekend booth selling clothes and accessories and the photos of once my spa

I was down with slight fever on my 3rd day in Taipei so I decided to continue shopping later in the evening. Since I don't really have anything to do during the day, I offered to accompany Dina to the pool.   

That night, our friend Cheng Hui and her family decided to join us. Took a cab and we met up in front of Taipei 101.  Yeay we are going to Taipei 101!  Been waiting for this moment since we saw the photo when we booked Shangri-La.  They made this tower look so beautiful in the website.

The taxi fare was pretty cheap, TWD108 (around RM12). We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant called Momoya and discussed if we want to go up to the observatory deck.  But looking at the time, we have 2 more places to go, Wu Fenpu (again) and Raohe Night Market.  So we passed the observatory deck but I promised Ina that we will come again during the day.  Few minutes later, we were in a taxi heading to Wu Fenpu.

Raohe Night Market is reachable by foot from Wu Fenpu so we walked there when we were done with our shopping.  

What else can I say?  All we did so far was eating, drinking and shopping.  We went to Tamsui and the fisherman wharf the day after.  Beitou was in our list too. Can't wait to share the beautiful photos of Beitou with you guys.  We went go to Keelung City which is 1 hour away from Taipei city on our 6th day.  I'm glad because beside shopping, we are able to experienced the beautiful side of Taiwan.. Till the next post!