T-town (Love 1)

i would like to start with "China Airline sucks big time". we were seated right behind the butt of the plane, having the stench from the closest toilet. there is barely enough space for us to stretch our legs. it's either the airline only caters to ppl with short legs or all three of us (same height) are just plain too tall.

upon arrival plus a few minutes of wait for the bus, we were greeted by

the infamous taiwan trademark. but this is not sexy as promised in TV. (we saw more sexier along the way).
there aint much to do since we arrived around evening.
and having airport at an outskirt area, there isnt much place where u can hang out. so we just settle in for the day.

THE NEXT DAY (day 2)
we have Tour guide (TG=local who will show us around town) and Tour leader (TL=Msian who is the head of the tour tribe). TL is known by the name of Ray throughout my posts (which stands for Raymond la, basket) to avoid confusion. we had 26 ppl in the tribe. three of us are among the youngest. and there were another 3 boys. well, u can imagine the rest of the tribe.

Ray, the TL

one FIERCE TG but possibly the best..

so after buffet-style breakfast at the hotel, we left for the train station heading to their i-forgot-place but it's historical which symbolize freedom.


after the train journey, we had our serving of their MRT..

it was so busy i almost thought i was in Japan. people just walk walk walk walk walk and WALK..as if there is no tomorrow. sure a sight to be seen since we cant find any of that, even in the busiest city in malaysia.

officers here are damn paranoid of us stepping over the "yellow line" while waiting for the MRT. if u stand 15cm close to the line, they will start blowing their irritating whistle till u step back.
we were beeped a few time till we got fed up. well, one of us being a challenge-lover decide to PROVOKE him

note: he is looking on behind there. ready to blow his whistle *beep beep beeeepppppppp*

our ride. notice our boredom at the side. we massaged each other. the joy of tour-buddies.
we reached here lo. dunno the name of the place. self-explanatory photo

nothing to brag about when we were here. umbrella is a must if u go during summer time. it was blardy hot we half-wished we are back in malaysia.

next, we head off to "Jiu Fen". my favourite place. it was so gorgeous. the seas the mountains the houses the trees. it was all love at first sight. MINUS the journey there. it was torturous. long winding roads that beats Genting Highland.

houses that overlook horizon.

view from the top. this is a place if u dont stop by while u are in taiwan, suicidal is the sweetest reciprocal.

our lunch. to the most right, mine. fishballs. saving spaces for hopefully, something better later while wondering around.

next stop for snacks.

mine. ice cream made from the black liquid oozed out from squids. yucky yes, but are u gonna waste prolly once-in-a-lifetime trip to worry bout something so minor?!?! anyway, it was yummy. i had mine w a mix of mint. note the green stuff among the black cream. the other 2 gals had local sausages.

next stop is the ice cream (again!) wrapped in popiah-lookalike skin. it was well-known as i heard from Charmaine who actually bother to research before-hand. while she was fulfilling her duty as Buddhist in a nearby temple. me n Angeline fulfilled ours too--EAT. the process:

that huge brown cube is actually peanuts. she ground peanuts to powder form and spread it on the popiah-skin. it's so thin, u cannot actually see the skin here.

digging off ice-cream. doing it the old-school way. yam and pineapple flavored.
and finally....no more picture coz i was busy pigging...however, i had someones'

there u go...ice-cream topped w a chick.

we had our 20 min-stop by a beach (coz the TG is sensitive enough to note that he has camwhores on board)

afterwards, we had the biggest aboriginal tribe, the Amis, dancing for us (duh..coz we paid)
being together w a camwhore taught me a few lessons too: to snaps and do not let chances flow by.so...

he seek attention too by making irritable noise while us, gals snap away w his tribe-mates.

our sleep for the night. golf club resort.

to be continued...

p/s: if u r still not satisfied w how my trip flows here in my blog,u can refer to Angeline's. she should be updating soon. and hers will be much better off cause she cared bout her readers to write diary each day in Taiwan. what i write here is based purely on my memories.
p/p/s: some photos courtesy of angeline.