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Friday, May 16, 2014

Taipei' 2014 Day 2 - Tourist style

I named this post as "Tourist Style" because on this 2nd Day of my trip..

We booked Uncle Xu's cab for 8 hours for TWD 3300. TWD 300 is meant for road tax.

He's so nice that he even bought fruits for the boy & I
It's pretty worth it, if you go in 4 persons group.

From Shi Fen - Jiu Fen - Gold Mine - Waterfall - Wu Fen Pu Night Market.
(PS: you can tell him where you wanna go and he will plan a good route on the way & bring you around.)
Read on.. I will tell you how to contact him & get discount!

Shi Fen is the place where you can put Sky Lantern (天灯).

Write your wish & send it up to whomever above.
It's only about TWD 100-200 depends on colour.

I sent mine to Jesus HAHAHA!

At Jiu Fen is more of eating and buying goodies back for office.

And special tea for my darling, only available at Jiu Fen

I don't drink tea, so I won't introduce much on that.

It's a famous-healthy-tea which cost 3 boxes TWD 3000.

It's cheaper if you by 3 boxes at once.

1 box is about SGD42+

It's called "台灣之寶"

Moving on to eating..

The boy & I doesn't eat Yam but we eat this.

Yam without the disgusting texture, if you know what I meant?

So don't blacklist it the moment you know it's Yam, give it a try (:

Famous Taro Ball - Alot of "imitation, make sure you have the correct ones.

The boy love mushroom.
No mushroom can escape from his claws.
So we found this, quite yummy!

After Jiu Fen, walked back to find Uncle Xu and he start to drive us around.

Totally love what he planned.

He brought us to a place where we can touch gold.

No entrance fee.

Right near the entrance, they have an interesting Japanese house.

It was built since 1940s, right there, destroyed & revamp all over again.

It's called "Four-joined Japanese Style Residence"

I love History, it kinda runs in the blood of my family.

It has 4 houses joined together.

The houses are built & designed according to the ranking of the soldiers.

Okay gold touching time~
These is how gold was first found in Taiwan.

It worth TWD 27,691,700 = SGD 654,908,705
Weight: 257 gram.
I can't even push it.
Photos are limited because after us, there came a China women and her Taiwanese Husband.
They keep taking picture and created a queue right behind.
Inconsiderate much, as you can see from above, you're suppose to only put one hand in..
The women put two. $.$
HAHA don't understand.

Okay moving on.. next stop is a Waterfall.
Oh yes~ that's Uncle Xu.

Finally back in Taipei City.
Shopping Time at Wufenpu.
Didn't get much stuff.
We were famished and decided to have 胡须张 (鬍鬚張 Formosa Chang ) for dins.

Famous for Minced pork rice (卤肉饭).
Nearest Station: Hou Shan Pi.
I don't fancy Minced pork rice (卤肉饭) but the boy love it.
I had curry rice, yummy!

Side dishes.

Main course.

Now is the discount sharing time!
Uncle Xu was introduced by my gf, Ansley.
Hence, I got discount & free fruits.
Usual price if you booked a cab for 8 hours its TWD 4000 and above, exclude standard road tax TWD 300.

But Uncle Xu offer me TWD 3300 (incl. road tax) + Free fresh fruits.
Now.. it's your turn!
Call Xu Shu Shu and tell hi, you're "Qiu xue's " friend and remind him to give you free fruits!
@ +886920092179
if you're going Taiwan, I believe no matter which part you're going.. he can help you!

xoxo.

Labels: discount, food, food blogging, foodies, formosa chang, getaway, holiday, jiu fen, ru rou fan, shi fen, shopping, sky lantern., taipei cab driver, taipei. tripadvisor, taiwan, uncle xu, waterfall, wu fen pu

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Ratings & Review: Siloso Beach Resort.

Initially, I was looking forward to the stay-cation.

So I camwhore non-stop. hahaha, I love this new monthly lenses but I have really sensitive eyes.

I got eye infection since Thursday. But vain me, wanna look good on camera.

With this lens, I don't even need to put eyeliner!

Ending the night without lenses because my eyes got so red by late afternoon.

Guess monthly lenses are ain't for me, now I'm back using my daily lenses, no more dolly eyes ):

Okay let's get back on track..Siloso Beach Resort.

By far the WORST stay-cation ever.

Let me list down a few stay-cation experience in Singapore I had before.

- Ascott Raffles

- Swissotel

- Pan Pacific
- Grand Copthorne

- Marina Bay Sands (MBS)

This round for the girlfriend birthday, we got to try stay-cation at Siloso Beach Resort.

It's entrance looks a bit run-down and have limited parking lot.

And first thing the girlfriend said was "wah piang, the picture look better."

Here we go again, pictures VS reality. HAHA!

Service of the reception area is lousy.. we had baby pram but no one open the door for us.

The moment I stepped into the room, I screamed!

The floor is so sandy, the table beside the bed is so dusty.

TOO DIRTY and worst, we have an infant in the room.

Called housekeeping but the person didn't bring a cloth, ended up using up all the tissues and we have to called to request another.

The floor is still sandy even after vacuuming it and we can't even change room, goodness.

Put down our stuff, ready for the swim.. oh my gosh~ the water looks so dirty.

I swam 30 mins and I'm up and rushing for a bath, I couldn't stand it any longer.

Paid 400SGD per night for such stay-cation, no way!

Okay this hotel had been blacklisted.

Overall, a gathering with the girlfriends is always awesome.

xoxo.

Labels: experience, getaway, hotels, new, ratings, reviews, sentosa, siloso beach, siloso beach resort, singapore, stay-cation, staycation, weekends

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