Day 4 - Kaohsiung to Taichung

First of all, Happy Daddy's Day to my dearest Daddy... we are unable to celebrate with him as we are in Taiwan... However, we already bought a very nice and special gift which will be hand carried and presented to him when we reached Singapore...

 

Early in the morning, we set off to Marine Life Museum which is a part of Chengqing Lake (澄清湖)... the special part of this museum is a 200-meter tunnel has a massive bomb-protection door that weighs 5000 kilograms.. after many years, it was turned into an aquarium, featuring all manner of ocean sea life... Next we went to a Pearl Center before settling for lunch at An Ping Old Street (安平老街) tasting their Tainan cusine...

We came across this nostalgic "Marble Soft Drink" where a marble is sealed on top by the aerated pressure of the drink. To drink the beverage – you pop the marble down with pressure and it goes all the way down, the gas escapes and you can then drink the bottle.

We also saw some game stalls and I choose this fishing game from a big plastic container... Mummy just need to pay a small fee and I can sit for as long as I can to fish and pour back my fishes and fish again.. at the end of it, I can choose a toy and bring back...

Our next stop is Qigu Salt Mountain (七股鹽山)... The salt mountain that looks like a snow mountain from distance was originally the place for Taiwan Salt Corporation to pile salt. We were being recommended by the tour guide to try the salty ice lolly... However, I do not like it and chose an ice cream cone instead...

The highlight for the night will be Fengjia Night Market (逢甲夜市) is one of Taichung's famous commercial business districts... We were being told that they sell cheaper sports shoes here... in the end, I bought a pair of Puma sport shoes...

We were being given quite long hours to shop here but there are so many streets to cover and it began to drizzle in the late evening... Soon, its time for us to gather and the coach will be sending us to the hotel.. in the bus, the tour guide told us that we will be staying in a motel tonight... we were all very disappointed but when we opened the room's door... it was a total exclaimation...

Every room had a different theme and everyone of us are so excited about each and every room that we are staying for the night... we then began to tour around each other room... then while Ah ma went over to Grand Aunty Belinda's room to use the massage chair... Mummy and I had a nice bath in the jacuzzi bath tub watching television program on the installed television in the bath room... nice!!

Updates on Kloey:

Daddy stayed home with Kloey in the morning, bringing downstairs for a short walk and buying newspaper... cooking lunch and playing with her...

In the evening, Daddy drove to Clementi and had dinner with Yeye, Mama, Sharon gugu, Pak pak, Pak leong and Chee Leong gor gor... they had a simple dinner downstairs to celebrate Father's Day for Yeye..

When Kloey was there, gor gor brought out his toys for her to play and played together with her too...

Day 3 - Dong Pu to Kaohsiung

We started off this bright and sunny morning to Peacock Garden (孔雀园), there kept a breed of Taiwan National Treasure (蓝孔雀)... we also saw a very outstanding white one...

Next, we went over this famous Wen Wu Temple (文武庙) for prayers... People pray the Civil Saint of Confucius, the Military Saint of Guangong, and the Established God of two temples at the Wenwu Temple. The temple is popular among students.

The temple had been rebuilt and renovated due to the 921 earthquake that hit them in Year 1999... Mummy let me pray in the temple to for good studies

There are also wishing card in the temple for people to write down their wish and hang it up... Mummy took one for me and I wish good health and happiness in my family...

While waiting for the coach to fetch us, we crossed over the road to the opposite side of the temple and bought some Tea Egg and Taiwan Sauage... the Tea Egg are cooked with Mushroom and Lingzhi while the special Taiwan sauage is made from Black Wild Boar's meat... after that, we had lunch nearby...

After lunch, the tour guide asked if we would like to hire a yacht to take us round Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) to enjoy the scenery... wanting to give it a try, we opt for this optional tour...

As this is a private hired yacht, only people in our tour group are in the yacht...

Most of us are busy taking pictures and enjoying the sea breeze...



It was a nice experience and everyone enjoyed a lot...



Then, we visited a Aboriginal Products Shop where they promote their Royal Jelly, Wild Honey, Lingzhi Tablets, etc... but we did not buy anything from there as it is too expensive... Mummy wanted to buy the wild Honey for me but the price is almost the same as the Manuka Honey that I am taking in Singapore...

After that, we visited a Tea Garden where Mummy bought Oolong Tea for Pak pak...

The tour guide rewarded us for our punctuality by bringing us to a shopping mall called Dream Mall (夢時代購物中心)... The rooftop amusement park at Dream Mall is the home of the Kaohsiung Eye (高雄之眼) Ferris wheel.. we did not go up to the ferris wheel as there is not much time so we spend the time shopping around the mall...

Finally, we checked into the hotel for tonight... did a bit of wash up and met up to Leo Ho Night Market (六合夜市).. famous for its various choices of food and local dishes...

We sort of had our dinner at the night market buying bits of here and there to eat... Before going back to the hotel to rest... Mummy bought me an ice cream and let me play games at their game stalls while Ah ma and Ah gu went to see beauty products...

Some updates of my sister, Kloey in Singapore:

Daddy met up with Mama and Sharon gugu to go shopping at Tanjong Katong as Sharon gugu wanted to buy some rice dumpling for the coming festival... after that, they went shopping at Centrepoint Robinson and Sharon gugu bought 2 new toys for Kloey...

 

Day 2 - Taoyuan to Dong Pu

 We checked out from the hotel early in the morning and began our "hotel changing" days...

The local tour agent got us a nice and comfy coach to transport us from place to place...

Our first stop, Sun & Green Farm (向日农场), there grows a lot of sunflowers... as the season is not right, we did not manage to see any lavenders...

We were given some time to walk around the farm... taking the foot path to view the flowers... and posing for picture with the nice sunflower back ground...

After getting some souveniors from the farm, we moved on to the next stop... Beipu Hakka Village (北埔客家村), there sell a lot of Hakka Delight and we had their famous 面條 for lunch...

As there is still time, we went into a Family Mart for coffee and Tea Egg (茶叶蛋) to hid ourselve from the sorching sun...

Next, we drove for a few hours and came to Ton Po Bridge (东埔吊桥)... its the highest and longest bridge in Taiwan... the tour guide let us get down the coach to take some pictures... although there is a slight drizzle, we still manage to capture some moments and walk across the bridge to the coach...

 

We will be staying over at TonPo Hot Spring Hotel tonight... After our dinner, we watch an Aboriginal Dancing Show presented by the hotel...

* Mummy and me helping out with the musical instruments *

* Photo taken with the little dancer, she is of the same age as me *

After the dance, we were invited for dumpling soup (汤圆) and I even got the chance to roll my own dumplings as well as for the others... nice experience!

Mummy and I showered using the bath tub as the water that runs in is Hot Spring Water while the others visited the public Hot Spring within the hotel...