This is my first time travelling to Taipei. I had booked my Air ticket and hotel online. This is very convenient when you want to travel free & easy.
The air tickets (for going & coming back) cost about SGD406. I had checked through a few website on booking on hotel. I would personally recommend "Hotel Travel" & "Asiarooms". "Hotel Travel" enable you to chat with the service operator to check on your booking status for the hotel and answer any doubt which i think this can directly solve your problem. The booking of my hotel was through "Asiarooms" as the price was more reasonable and they are able to sms you after they had checked the availabilty of the hotel. This helps you to know the result even you are not online.
I was travelling with my female colleuage, AL. We had taken the "Jetstar" flight on 1pm from Singapore (Changi Airport) to Taipei (C.K.S International Airport). I had reach C.K.S International Airport @ about 5.20pm. After the custom, it is about 6.10pm. When we came out from the arrival gate, we turned to our left and walked to the end. There are several bus counters available that will be able to transport you from the airport to your hotel. We had selected "Freego Bus" and the ticket cost about NTD135. The journery was about 40mins from the airport to my hotel because it was the first stop. My hotel, Paradise Hotel, is located @ Ximenting.
On the way to the hotel, you can see the view for taipei. And you will discover that their traffic is so different from Singapore.
When we reached my hotel, it was about 7.15pm. We had checked the hotel. Our room number was 2171. When we entered the lift, we pressed 1. Their level 1 is 'L', level 2 is '1' and subsequence for the others. How strange...
After we had settled down, we get ready for our adventure. We were informed from the hotel staff that we were able to find the "Ximen Station" when we walked pass 4 traffic light and turned left. The weather was cold during the night which about 17 degreeC. Cold~
Our first stop, we went to Shilin Night Market. We went to take our dinner.
Actually me and my friend had missed quite alot on the food~ We had tried the delicious [Ji Pai], which is highly recommended by me~
I had also tried the [Da Bin Bao Xiao Bin]. It is tasty too... And also the super big [Xiang Chang]. But discovered the food are all too oily.
I had missed the shopping area on Shilin Night Market. We thought that the NM was only like that so we did not continue walked and we heaaded back to Ximenting~
I will definitely visit Shilin NM again!
Second day in Taipei~
Waking up @ 7.30am, it was raining on the 2nd day~ Cold weather~
The plan for today is C.K.S Memorial Hall-> Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall-> Taipei101-> NYNY-> View village-> Neo19-> Wu Fen Pu->Rao He Night Market-> Back to Hotel