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Next Taipei Hostel @ Ximending

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Name: Next Taipei Hostel

Location: Ximending, Taipei

Cost per night: NT 837

Link: Next Taipei Hostel

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Directions
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Next to Watsons (opposite of Hot Star)

There will be a small sign (I forgot to take a pic)
Just enter and take the lift to level 9

The place you will see once you get out.
The reception is right in front!

Staff were friendly and showed us to our room.

Our place for 2 nights...
This was not as comfy
It was hard.
lol

The place is clean.
It was not as small as we had quite a big area to put our luggage.

There were lockers available but we do prefer to leave our luggage in our room.
We only used the lockers when we were outside to store our laptop and some other valuables.

The shared bathroom was clean.
Basic toiletries and hair dryers were provided.

The pantry is clean.
Free drinks and some breads are available.
Free of charge!

If you need to do your laundry, it was also free of charge.
We did our laundry here.

Overall, the location was great!
Breakfast was also included which was great.
Free drinks and laundry service was great.
Shared bathroom was clean.
No problem for me.
The only complain is the mattress.
Too thin so it was a little hard.
That's all!

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Kenting Day 2 - Part 2 | Longpan Park & Maobitou | January 2017
Taipei Day 3 | 228 Peace Park & Longshan Temple | January 2017
Taipei Day 4 | Jiufen | January 2017
Taipei Day 5 | Maokong & Fengjia Night Market | January 2017
Nantou Day 6 | Xitou | January 2017
Cingjing Day 7 - Part 1 | Cingjing Farm | January 2017

Cingjing Day 7 - Part 2 | Little Swiss Garden | January 2017

Tainan Day 8 | Fort Provintia | January 2017
Tainan Day 9 | Golden Eternal Palace, Anping Fort & Anping Treehouse | January 2017

Kaohshiung Day 10 | Dragon and Tiger Pagoda & Rueifeng Night Market | January 2017

Accommodation

{AIRBNB} 墾丁旅店 @ Kenting

嵐山小鎮 @ Cingjing

ECFA Hotel @ Tainan
{AIRBNB} #3 Copa Di Amore @ Kaohshiung

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{AIRBNB} #3 Copa Di Amore @ Kaohshiung

Monday, September 11, 2017

Name: #3 Copa Di Amore

Location: Xinxing district, Kaohsiung

Cost per night: NT 504

Link: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2047666

The host is very friendly.

The room is not bad.
Comfortable and spacious.

Hmm...
The shared bathroom is small and a little messy.
No big deal.

The location was great!
A convenient place.
The MRT station was just outside the apartment.

I do recommend this place for its convenience and affordability.

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Related Posts!
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Kenting Day 1 | Kenting Night Market | January 2017
Kenting Day 2 - Part 1 | Chuan Fan Shi & Eluanbi Park | January 2017
Kenting Day 2 - Part 2 | Longpan Park & Maobitou | January 2017
Taipei Day 3 | 228 Peace Park & Longshan Temple | January 2017
Taipei Day 4 | Jiufen | January 2017
Taipei Day 5 | Maokong & Fengjia Night Market | January 2017
Nantou Day 6 | Xitou | January 2017
Cingjing Day 7 - Part 1 | Cingjing Farm | January 2017

Cingjing Day 7 - Part 2 | Little Swiss Garden | January 2017

Tainan Day 8 | Fort Provintia | January 2017
Tainan Day 9 | Golden Eternal Palace, Anping Fort & Anping Treehouse | January 2017

Kaohshiung Day 10 | Dragon and Tiger Pagoda & Rueifeng Night Market | January 2017

Accommodation

{AIRBNB} 墾丁旅店 @ Kenting

嵐山小鎮 @ Cingjing

ECFA Hotel @ Tainan

Next Taipei Hostel @ Ximending

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ECFA Hotel @ Tainan

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Name: ECFA Hotel

Location: Tainan

Cost per night: NT 756

Reception on the 8th floor

Refreshment corner nearby the reception

Loved the drinks!

Our room!

Hubby's favorite TV time!

Clean toilet.

Breakfast was included.

Good variety of drinks.
These were milk tea and soya milk.
There were hot drinks machine and juices nearby.

The space is quite big.
The food spread is decent.
I did not really enjoy the food here but hubby was fine.

The staff was really helpful and polite.
She upgraded our room to triple to accommodate our needs.
I actually booked the hotel on two different bookings because I changed my mind.
At first I only wanted to stay at Tainan for one day but then I decided to stay for another day.

Location is not bad, I think.
Room is clean.
It provides almost everything you need.
Well, in my opinion, of course.
There was a fridge, safe, toiletries, water, hangers and towels.

If I return to Tainan, I will definitely come back to this hotel!

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Related Posts!
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Kenting Day 1 | Kenting Night Market | January 2017
Kenting Day 2 - Part 1 | Chuan Fan Shi & Eluanbi Park | January 2017
Kenting Day 2 - Part 2 | Longpan Park & Maobitou | January 2017
Taipei Day 3 | 228 Peace Park & Longshan Temple | January 2017
Taipei Day 4 | Jiufen | January 2017
Taipei Day 5 | Maokong & Fengjia Night Market | January 2017
Nantou Day 6 | Xitou | January 2017
Cingjing Day 7 - Part 1 | Cingjing Farm | January 2017

Cingjing Day 7 - Part 2 | Little Swiss Garden | January 2017

Tainan Day 8 | Fort Provintia | January 2017
Tainan Day 9 | Golden Eternal Palace, Anping Fort & Anping Treehouse | January 2017

Kaohshiung Day 10 | Dragon and Tiger Pagoda & Rueifeng Night Market | January 2017

Accommodation

{AIRBNB} 墾丁旅店 @ Kenting

嵐山小鎮 @ Cingjing

{AIRBNB} #3 Copa Di Amore @ Kaohshiung

Next Taipei Hostel @ Ximending

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Kaohshiung Day 11 | Cijin Island | January 2017

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

We checked out early.

We took a bus (NT12) and changed to MRT (NT17)

We left our luggage at our room.

We took MRT to Yanchengpu (NT17)

Our destination was Pier 2 Art Center 駁二藝術特區

We spent less than 10 minutes here.

Not really our cup of tea...

I had planned to go to this place (永和小籠湯包 ) for breakfast but it was not opened yet...
In the end, we went for McDonald's...

NT156

It was ok.
I have nothing much to say about it actually.
Haha.

Time to continue our journey!
MRT to Siziwan NT17

Take exit 1 and there will be signs pointing to the Gushan Ferry Pier
or...
Just follow the crowd!

I will say it was quite safe to follow the crowd...

We paid NT25 each with easycard to get to Cijin Island 旗津島

Us on the ferry @ 11:30 am

We reached in about 10-15 minutes.

I was so excited to start my eating adventure here!
I had a list of food to eat here.
I did a lot of research >,<

This was one of the first stall we saw!

NT45

The place was run down and dirty.
Yes, I was a little skeptical at first but decided to order one anyway.

The staff was... well... not friendly.

Anyway, the taste was really good.
I was surprised.
I actually wanted to order another bowl but I was afraid of stuffing myself.
I love the soup, which means most of the meat were left untouched.

I totally recommend this!

We needed to buy some drinks while exploring the island so we went to 7-eleven.

NT40 for 2

We wanted to try this but we did not really like it.
Not our cup of tea.

At first, we decided to walk around the island.

We saw the beach.

We saw some tourists riding on electrical bicycle and we were curious. We walked around looking to rent one.
lol

Finally found it!

Electrical bicycle

NT200 for 1 hour

It was quite fun to explore the island with this...
It was so much easier than walking...

The lady we rented the electrical bicycle from gave us a map and told us where to visit.

Cijin Wind Turbine Park
I was not impressed.
lol

I was busy... drinking...

I remember it was quite a long ride...

Next...

Rainbow Church!

Hubby caught me!

It was crowded when we were there!
A lot of people were here to take photos.

We returned the bike after visiting this place.

Time to explore on foot!

I was really looking forward to this because of the name
but...
It was just a tunnel.
I was ~~slightly~~ disappointed.

That was it.

Time for lunch!

Ya Jiao Seafood Restaurant (鴨角活海產) was on our list!

Our food and beer!

The beer was also on out list!
Hubby loves the beer!
He totally recommends this!

We ordered deep fried oyster,stir fried scallops and clams.

I rarely eat seafood because I am allergic.
Hubby loves seafood.
I took some.

The seafood were really fresh, according to hubby.
The taste was also good.

Total damage was...
NT630
Beer - NT90
Oyster - NT140
Clams - NT150
Scallops - NT250

We were really satisfied after lunch.
Time to take the ferry back to Kaohshiung.

I nearly fainted when I saw the queue!

Look at the queue on the opposite side!

We waited for quite a while...
30 minutes or longer, I think.

We paid NT25 to get back to Kaohshiung.

Once we got off, we went food hunting again!

Desserts!

Tofu Pudding
NT30

I love it!
Hubby rates this average...
lol

Hubby was attracted to this!

Milk Tea
NT45

Hubby rates this average.
Hmm...

We were undecided on where to go next.
It was too early to go to the night market...

So we decided to go to Sanduo Shopping NT22
I nearly bought a set of skincare products because the sales lady was quite aggressive.
I resisted the temptation.
Mainly because I did not know the brand and I need to Google it first.

I declined quite politely.
Did a little research but it did not seem to be a popular brand.
Do not bother to ask me the brand because I have already forgotten.

We took the MRT to Formosa Boulevard NT17