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Thursday, December 24, 2009
臺.灣 6days 5nights taipei trip finally comes to a closing end. awesome trip. fantastic weather. and great companionship. fortunately with chin around. his strong mother tongue & vast knowledge of taiwanese 'culture' (mostly through variety shows! haas) +plus+ my "excellent navigation skills". makes travelling soo much easier. haas. not forgetting my taiwanese aunt & family who constantly ensure of our safety while we were over there.  click on image for better viewing given that taipei has similar mrt system as to spore. we travelled largely on their 捷運 and navigated around each area by foot. did nothing much on our first day. since we arrived & check in our hotel only in the late afternoon. as we had to transit at kuala lumpur international airport. dump our stuff & off we head to the famous shihlin night market for early dinner & shopping with the night falls as early as 5pm due to the winter season. visited some places of interest like taipei 101 & sun yat-sen memorial hall as well as 'window shop' almost all departmental malls around zhongxiao area on our second day. afterwhich settled our dinner at this highly recommended 'ma la' buffet steamboat near gong guan station. scrumptious soup base. fresh dishes. free flow of beer & haagan dazs ice cream & desserts. with air temperature of 10-13degree celcius outside. simply a life that can never be experienced in spore! haas.  click on image for better viewing  fubon taipei half-marathon race pack collection @ city hall best passion for running goes international spent most of our thrid day morning and afternoon travellin to and fro jiou fen. took an hr-plus "tu-tu" train ride before transferring to a public bus which brought us up to this scenic & cultural place close to the outskirts of taipei. where lottas taiwanese snacks & sourvenirs can be found there.  click on image for better viewing evening was spent @ the "much-talk-about" & "must-go" wu fen pu fashion district. din managed to cover the whole place as the area is like the fashion version of chatuchak! moreover it is not really advisable to buy their wears unless you are buying in bulks as prices can be rather steep. had our dinner at another famous night market in taipei. similar to shihlin night market it serves wide variety of local delicacies. one craze am missing right now! haas. travelled up to another altitude to yangmingshan on our fourth day. due to the freezing weather. we did not travel up to the peak but visited the visitor centre instead. haas. afterwhich travelled back down to taipei's "orchard road" - ximending. once again. did mostly 'window shopping' (hate it!) except patronizing the modern toilet concept restaurant. click on image for better viewing fubon taipei half-marathon on the fifth day put my 2009 running to a closing chapter. and it is by far the most memorable race since takin up this passion 2years ago. no intention of running competitively. no personal best. but totally enjoyed the whole experience. had to face drastic weather differences as i totally hav no experience running long distance in cold weather conditions. but still... with couple of walk-jog-take-photos. managed to cross the finishing line in 2hrs 25mins 02secs. with some overseas marathons can be quite expensive. taipei marathon will be the perfect race to attempt as it costs much cheaper than other races within the asia continent. furthermore the december race will be an ideal venue to beat personal bests be'cos of its weather & flat route throughout the whole course.  click on image for better viewing visited the national chiang kai-shek memorial hall & returned back to shihlin night market for dinner & last min shopping on our last evening in taipei. simply love their 豪大大雞排! this hardship trip came just right before getting ready to 'chiong' my final sem this coming jan. at the same time. planning for next trip in 2010 shuld be along the way. and will be keeping a lookout for at least 1 overseas race this coming new year :) more photos from taipei can be viewed from my facebook.    merry christmas to all Labels: best from me Posted by BEST at 10:14 PM
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