Taiwan Day 9 ( 11 June Mon)

Breakfast at 815am: The Cafeteria opposite our Hotel. The Dan4 Bing on the left is very nice.

Morning 9am:

Left Ximending. Took 2 hours to get to Liu Fu Chun. I was quite looking forward to it after Shujie said her bf was very much into it. However on the way up, I realised liu fu chun was quite ulu, and quite run down. Our spirits were dampen as I was expecting something comparable to Disneyland. I guess is the expectations that we have set. Actually I think there was less than 100 ppl on the day that we went. We do not need to queue for any rides and there were hardly any people in sight. "It will be more interesting if we could queue for maybe 2 mins" (Quoted from Ed)

We took almost all the rides that could fit us! Haha. Some rides we even sat twice or thrice as we dont even need to queue at all! That's why Ed is in a shoe turning round and round.

See just me and Ed on board the Merry Go ROund.

There is a zoo theme in Liu fu Chun. Thought the zoo theme was much better than those in Singapore. They have a open concept zoo and in the comfort of this steam engine train, you can tour around and have close up views of the animals.

I made a cup and had 2 photos of this. Found it very cute. My expression was about to cry while Ed was super happy. This was a candid shot by the machine. We were sitting the "Pagoda's Revenge" This was my first time sitting the free fall like game. Scary when I heard that it was 17 storeys high. However, it was actually really nothing to be scared off. Before I could feel the thrill, the ride was over. A bit anti climax.

The one tallest with an Egyptian head is the "PAgoda's Revenge"

The two peaks, one is straight while the other is twisted is called the "Screaming Condor" THis is real scary. 100times for scary than the Pagoda's Revenge. After mustering much courage, I sat that. The ride will go up and down twice. This compensated for the less exciting rides in Liu Fu Chun. Our impression took a slight turn after sitting this.

Close up view of the Screaming Condor. It looks much scarier when you see it from below. It was not that scary when you are on it. Make sure you are not full when you see on it. Every ride there is bound to be people who puke from the ride.

7p.m: Ximending
Dinner at Ximending. We decided to try this after I saw nice reviews about this. The ambience is nice and though it is a restaurant, the price is more affordable than those in Singapore. We spend a total of about S$30 at this restaurant but we were very full and satisfied!

Soup and Salad

Mine is curry udon with seafood

Ed's curry rice in beef.

Ed's dish selling point it that there is free refills of rice and curry! But after the second serving of his rice, he was too full to eat any other stuff!

Green tea dessert at Magic Curry. It was amazingly nice.

Our Taiwanese friends keep on asking us to eat this thing called Yannick at a shopping centre at Ximending. THe one opposite the KTV! However they did not say what was it. So we went in search for this good food highly recommended by our frenzs. Was so ma lu as I pronounced the name wrongly but luckily the salesperson there still can get understand what we are asking for. SO ta ta our Yannick... A hazelnut cake. Yannick is actually the brand of a cake. Faint.

I ate a total of 9 凉圆 (=NT30) all by myself as Ed does not eat anything sweet. Looks pretty but only taste so so. The honeydew one was not too bad though.

I caught Ah Gei. 11 June is his birthday. I was so happy that I kept smiling all the way back to our hotel. The person at the shop was very nice. They will put the toy back in its original place once it got out of position so that it will be easier for you to catch. The shop is near Ximending but I forgot the name of the shop. Somemore it was really worthwhile. Catch small dale get big dale. I caught it at NT140 (=S$7)! SUper worth it!