whats up everybody? Hope you guys enjoy the part 1. Lets begin Part 2!
Part 2 will mostly cover our 16-19 September(hopefully wont be too long or else i'll split it into Part 3 again)
16.09.2018 (Sunday)
Hari Malaysia Day!!! we dint forget to celebrate our Malaysia day, we even brought Malaysia Flag and Labuan Flag! last night home stay owners remind us as breakfast will be 7-9am only. after 9am there will be no food served. so our Captain says sleep as you wish but dont miss breakfast. Me and my roommate slept until 7am++. auto wake up before alarm rings. while he went to the toilet, i take a walk outside. it was till cold, around 14-16 degree celsius. today the weather is way better than yesterday. sunshine and smooth winds.
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| The view from homestay front door |
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| even got a pair of binoculars for you to view stars or the village opposite(still working) |
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| Our homestay景聖山莊 |
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| Everything you see are available for you to use, as long as you put it back after use. |
Breakfast served by the homestay. all in house prepared. almost forgot to mention. the whole house and dining area have no air conditioning. probably due to high altitude and most of the time are cold. After breakfast we had a little chat while watching our west malaysia friends pack thier bikes ready for day 2 cycling. their original plans was to cycle 3 days. but due to one of them broke a hanger during the Wu Ling climb, so canceled and cycle 2 days only. we also went back to pack our stuff and ready to move to Taipei(Ximending). But first, Group photo session!
Shortly after we depart, started to rain again. we made a pit stop for black fungi juice and deep fried mushroom. Our tour guide decided to intro us something new.
The store owner here is an old couple. but when the lady owner ask us to guess her age, we all guessed around 38-50. but is actually 57! her secret recipe? natural honey and black fungi juice. she even show us how to separate pure honey and artificial honey. another lesson learned! is really tasty tho, the black fungi juice, honey and the fried mushroom. if not mistaken two of us even bought two bottle of the honey. aint cheap tho since is natural pure.
Our journey continue, and you guessed it, another 7E pitstop. we almost stop at every 7E we saw. dont ask me why. i have no idea. hahahahah!
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| 7E pitstop |
something funny happen here. but as they says, what happens in Taiwan, stays in Taiwan. hahahaha!
around 1pm+- we arrived at a local restaurant for lunch. YES! beef noodles!
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| Taste better than the one we had on the first night. |
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| My portion |
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| Red bean ice. also the ice here is not just plain ice like we had in Malaysia. is flavoured |
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| Signature mango ice! |
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| I saw this at our homestay too. maybe aquascaping is also their hobby here. |
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| Shop owner ask us to left our signature. Lazy Riders was here 16.09.2018! |
we continue our journey again directly back to Mr Liew workshop first to disassemble our bikes into bag and ready to be transported to our hotel in Ximending.
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| Packed and ready to go |
Fast forward 1 hour +- and we have arrived at our destination. 101s Hotel. when we checked in we inform hotel staff that we have 8 bicycle bag to store but they say their store can only store 3. GG. after some negotiation they agree to let us bring our bags into the rooms. we have 4 rooms. the room i sleep in have 4 bikes. imagine the walking space. luckily most of the time we are not in the room so is still ok.
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| view outside from our hotel |
we arrived here around 5pm+-. we settle down and get some rest before head out for the night. Kang yang will be our tour guide tonight because he is half taiwanese(gf is). so he planned to bring us to one of the most famous night market, Shilin Night Market!
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| we have to take train and transit 1 station to reach our destination |
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| Arrived! just look at the crowd! |
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| quite a few of fresh fruit stall |
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| The only one 7E we doesnt went in. hahahah |
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| My first experience eating smelly tofu. not as smelly as they described. |
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| Fresh seafood cheese grilled |
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| Beef cubes. nice! |
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| Feel the people squeezing! |
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| Most of the menu here have japanese word. i guess japanese is their highest foreign visitors. |
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| The legendary Ru Rou Fan, meh~ the nice is special tho. different from Malaysia. |
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| Whole roasted pig. in malaysia you probably only can see the whole one during festival. |
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| Our Teacher Mary and a newly opened shop mascot |
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| 4 stories Watson. Captain look for sampoo and we have to climb 3 stories. |
We really enjoyed our time here. saw a lot of new things and get to experience part of their culture. all of us ate until walking with our back straight. needed extra force to support the heavy stomach. i also notice that a lot of dog owners will bring their dog out for walk here. you rarely see that in Malaysia, especially in crowded place because we are multi religion country which some religion forbidden them to have contact with dogs. i passed by a small souvenir shop and bought some souvenir from here. hopping i doesnt get "chopped" as a tourist.
Such big place and of course we get split. after we regroup, we head back to our hotel and rest. what a good night sleep because all the energy went digesting food in my stomach. hahaha.
I guess i'll end Part 2 here. Part 3 will be covering 17-18 September 2018! stay tuned!
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