Allison Chua: Taipei Day 3 | 228 Peace Park & Longshan Temple

Saturday, April 15, 2017

We checked out at around 6:30am

We waited for the 6:55am bus to Koahsiung Station
NT 288

It was a long ride.

We finally reached Kaohsiung Station at 9:25am

Take a train to Xin Zuoying Station.
NT 14
We followed the signs to get to the high speed rail.

The queue was longer than what I had imagined.
lol
It did not took a long time.
NT 1430

Our ticket to Taipei!

The seat is comfortable and spacious!

One with hubby!

Departed at 10:55 am

We reached Taipei Main Station at 12:30 pm
From there we walked to our next accommodation.

After we checked in and settled our stuff, we decided to go out to explore.

We went to 2/28 peace memorial park first.

We took our time to walk around
but...
It ended pretty soon because we were hungry

Our lunch
Hot dog
NT 30
Pasta
NT 65
Onigiri Combo
NT 39

Looks yummy right?

After that it was mainly time for shopping.
Yes, I was so happy!

First stop!

I went in to have a quick look.
I did not buy anything here.
I think the price here is slightly higher.

Next is Guangnam wholesale
I went in...
Did not buy anything here.

I spotted another shop that caught my eyes!
Daiso!
Nearby...

I went into all Watsons and Cosmed in sight. lol

Since we were tired from walking, we decided to take the MRT to Longshan temple.
NT16

We followed the signs...

Longshan Temple

We also stopped by Bopiliao Historical Building

A different kind of place to see, I guess.
We were there pretty late, so we just took a few pictures and head off to the night market.

Hwasi night market
Nothing much here.
We saw those exotic food stalls here.

Guangzhou night market.

We were hungry but did not really saw anything we want here...

Luroufan (NT50) and Squid soup (NT65)

We left at 7:30pm
We decided to go back to Ximending for dinner.

Potato cheese

NT100

I love cheese and potatoes!
This is the perfect combo!

Beef!
NT100

We tried the rose salt flavor!
It was so good we wanted to get another one but we held back in case we wanted to try something else!

Wanted to eat this so I bought it...
lol
We were having our supper at the pantry area in our hostel while doing our laundry.

Shopping and eating all day today, it seems...