Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Taiwan Trip 8D7N

We are back from our 8D7N Taiwan Trip and here’s our itinerary! We flew Singapore Airlines on the early morning flight and this time round the kids got pampered with kids ear phones and goodies sponsored by USS Singapore.   They fully enjoyed the inflight entertainment and dining experience.  I must say inflight kids goodies varies from time to time, on some occasions we encountered no goodies offered at all and on other occasions they generously bring them out.  So being unsure, I prepared some activity books and toys for the kids.  Before we knew it, five hours passed and we arrived at Taoyuan International Airport. Here’s our executive summary, more on the details later!

We rented a car for 5 days to travel to Hsinchu and Miaoli area.  Back at Taipei we travelled mainly by their local transport - MRT, shuttle bus as well as taxi.  I must say Taiwan is very convenient to travel the F&E way, the roads are relatively easy to drive (ample signage in Mandarin and English), public transport is well connected and streets are well maintained and less crowded.  In terms of child friendliness I also give it thumbs up, most restaurants have kid’s utensils and baby chairs, easy to move around with pram since streets are better maintained and there were lifts to the main street area at most MRT stations compared to Hong Kong and Korea.
Day 1
Taoyuan International Airport 桃園國際機場 Late lunch at Taoyuan Airport - Collect Car from Hotai Car Rental- Stay Monarch Skyline International Hotel, Taoyuan尊爵天際大飯店– Taimall  Shopping Center台茂購物中心
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Miaoli Flying Cow Ranch Activities - DIY baking and ice cream making – Animal Feeding and Farm Tractor Ride
Day 5
Miaoli - Lunch at Castle in the Sky 苗栗天空之城 – Taipei –大車輪西门町Big Wheel  Japanese Restaurant Ximending-Shopping at Ximending - Stay Taipei Westgate Hotel Ximending 
Day 6
Babyboss City – Shihlin Night Market士林夜市
Day 7
Taipei 101 – Melange Café at Sogo Zhongxiao Fuxing - Wu Fen Pu 五分埔商圈 + Raohe Street Night Market 饒河街觀光夜市
Day 8
Breakfast at MacDonalds- Shopping at Carrefour家樂福– Last minute shopping at Ximending- Lunch 朱記餡餅粥店 FE21 Ximending Branch



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