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Day 1 (Taipei)
ARRIVALS
DINNER: Ningxia Night Market
STAY: Hotel Quote Taipei
Day 2 (Taipei)
BREAKFAST: Hotel Quote Taipei
BRUNCH: Agnes B Cafe, Takashimaya Tianmu
SEE: Longshan Temple
LUNCH: Chow’s Porridge
SEE: Bo Pi Liao (Monga’s Shotting Scene)
TEA: Yong Fu Ice Cream
DINNER: Niu Dian Beef Noodles, Ximending Street Snack
EAT & SHOP: Ximending
STAY: Amba Taipei Ximending
Day 3 (Taitung)
BREAKFAST: Amba Taipei Ximending
Depart to Taitung
LUNCH: Random Restaurant
SEE: Fugang Fish Market
DINNER: Home Cooked at Minsu
STAY: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
DAY 4 (Green Island)
BREAKFAST: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
Depart to Green Island
SEE: Green Island Light House
SEE: Glass-bottomed Boat Tour
LUNCH: 18海簡餐
SEE: Island Tour with Scooter
DINNER: 綠漁餐廳
SEE: Chaori Hot Spring
STAY: Amany Resort
DAY 5 (Green Island, Taitung)
BREAKFAST: Amany Resort
SEE: Snorkelling at Da Bai Sha 大白沙
SEE: Green Island Prison
LUNCH: Picnic in Cave
Depart to Taitung
SEE: “water running up”
DINNER: 鲨鱼馆 (Shark’s Museum)
STAY: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
DAY 6 (Taitung)
BREAKFAST: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
SEE: Nanan Waterfall @ Yushan National Park.
SEE: Liushidan Mountain 六十石山
LUNCH: Picnic at Liushidan Mountain 六十石山
DINNER: Taitung Town
STAY: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
DAY 7 (Kaohsiung)
BREAKFAST: Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿
Depart to Taitung
LUNCH: Tanzuomali Premium Jap BBQ 碳佐麻里, Kaohsiung
TEA: Friend’s House
SEE: Kaohsiung Love River, Lotus Lake
DINNER: Popo Ice 婆婆冰, No Name Restaurant @ Kaohsiung Town
STAY: 四季精品汽車旅館 Four Seasons Love Motel
DAY 8 (Chiayi, Jiufen)
BREAKFAST: 四季精品汽車旅館 Four Seasons Love Motel
Depart to Chiayi
LUNCH: 紅花鐵板燒 Hong Hua Teppenyaki
Depart to Jiufen
SEE: 林老師鋼琴咖啡屋 Mr Lin Cafe
DINNER: Windsor B&B
STAY: Windsor B&B
DAY 9 (Jiufen)
BREAKFAST + LUNCH: Windsor B&B
Jiufen Free & Easy
DINNER: Friend’s House
DEPARTURE
At this stage, it is apparent that Taiwan is our favourite holiday destination as this is KampungBoy’s third time and my fourth time visiting Taiwan. It was a last minute decision made as our good friends from Windsor B&B, Jiufen (Hsu Da Ge and Chen Jie) asked if we would like to join them for a trip to Taitung (East Taiwan) and Kaohsiung (South Taiwan). We jumped at the opportunity, how often does one get to join the locals to go on a road trip in a foreign country?
Our Travel Route – Taipei, Taitung, Green Island, Kaohsiung, Chiayi, Jiufen
Day 1
We got these from Taiwan Visitors Association office at Wisma Goldhill. Remember to bring along a proof of your flight ticket to be entitled for these promotional gifts (varies from time to time).
WISMA GOLDHILL
Suite 25-01, Level 25,
Wisma Goldhill,
67 Jalan Raja Chulan,
50200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Tel: 60-3-2070-6789
We boarded onto Guo Guang bus which took us from the airport to the city (Nanjing East Road station). It is also within walking distance to our hotel. Not knowing which bus to take? Taoyuan Airport – Taipei transport information here.
Checked into Hotel Quote Taipei, a very trendy boutique hotel with great reviews at Trip Advisor.
Hotel Quote Taipei
Add: No.333, Nan-Jing E.Road, Sec. 3, Songshan Dist., Taipei City 105, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2175-5588
Reservation Direct: +886-2-2175-5589
Email：servicecenter@hotel-quote.com
Website: http://www.hotel-quote.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HOTELQUOTETaipei
Getting Here:
1-minute walk from Taipei Arena, 4-minute walk from Nan-Jing E. Rd. MRT Station (Wenshan Line)
Ningxia Night Market, a very popular night market amongst the locals for its distinctive Taiwanese snacks. From top left: Tainan Savoury Rice Pudding, Oyser Omelette, Stinky Tofu, Fried Yam Balls
Ningxia Night Market
Ningxia Rd., Datong District (between Nanjing W. Rd. and Minsheng W. Rd.)
Getting Here:
Alight at either Shuanglian MRT Station or Zhongshan MRT Station (Tamsui Line),walk towards west Chengde Rd. from Exit 1 for approximately 10 minutes.
Day 2
Checked into Amba Taipei, a new boutique hotel (opened February 2012) right smack in the middle of Ximending.
Amba Taipei
77, Wuchang street Section 2,
Taipei 10843,
Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2375 5111
Website: http://www.ambahotel.com/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ambahotel
Getting Here:
Alight at Ximen Station (Banqiao Line and Xiaonanmen Line), walk towards Chengdu Road from Exit No.6, turn right to Kunming Street and walk for approximately 3 minutes until you see amba TAIPEI on your right.
“Lunch” at Agnes b Cafe, Takashimaya Tianmu as we went all the way to Tudong Market Tianmu 土东市场 only to find out that a very famous sushi/sashimi stand (阿吉师) that we wanted to try is CLOSED!
Agnes b Cafe @ Dayeh Takashimaya (and almost everywhere in Taipei)
Longshan Temple 艋舺龍山寺 is a famous and well known temple in Taiwan.
Getting Here:
Alight at Longshan Temple Station (Banqiao Line).
Chow’s Porridge 周记肉粥店 is highly recommended by us! Try the deep fried pork slices 紅燒肉, so delicious!
周記肉粥
Add: No. 104號, Guǎngzhōu Street, Wanhua District Taipei City, Taiwan 108
Tel: 02-2302-5588
Operating Hours：06:00~16:30
Getting Here:
Alight at Longshan Temple Station (Banqiao Line), turn right to Guangzhou Street as you see Longshan Temple right in front of you. Walk for 5 minutes.
剝皮寮 Bo Pi Liao, filming location of the movie Monga 艋舺
Getting Here:
Directly opposite 周記肉粥店 Chow’s Porridge
From Bo Pi Liao, we took a 15 minutes stroll back to Ximending (or 1 station away). As we walk along Kunming Street, we passed by Yong Fu Ice Cream 永富冰淇淋, a very famous ice cream parlour from the olden days. 3 scoops (flavour: yam, egg, passion fruit) for only NT 35.
永富冰淇淋
Add: No. 68號貴陽街二段 Wanhua District Taipei City, Taiwan 108
Tel: 02-2314-0306
As we were nearing Ximending area, my sharp eye spotted Niu Dian; an award winning beef noodles shop. Our bowl of signature beef noodles costs NT 220 and it tasted so good! Be prepared to queue though!
牛店
Add: No. 91号昆明街, Kūnmíng Street, Wanhua District Taipei City, Taiwan 108
Tel: 02-2389-5577
An overly ambitious late lunch as such left us in search of something “light” for dinner at Ximending shopping district – Okinawa Grilled Mochi, Taiwanese Sausage, Ah Zong Mee Sua (which sucks btw) and Jiguang Xiang Xiang Chicken.
Getting Here:
Alight at Ximen Station Exit 6 (Banqiao Line and Xiaonanmen Line).
Day 3
We hired Jiang Gong to chauffer the 4 – 6 of us around for the next few days. He is charging NT 4500-6000 per day (depending on the distance) for 4-6 person in a car. Fuel, parking, driver’s food and driver’s accommodation all in. He is a very good driver and tour guide, you guys may email him at jiang123435@yahoo.com to enquire.
Passed by Xueshan Tunnel (fifth longest road tunnel in the world) during our 8 hours road trip from Taipei to Taitung.
Lunch at some random restaurant by the highway – wild boar skin salad, wild vegetables, grilled wild boar, sakura shrimps.
Hsu Da Ge requested to stopped by Fugang Fish Market – talking about having the freshest sea produce that night!
Checked into Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿. The B&B owner Hwang Da Ge is a very nice guy; he offered to bring us around as checked in as a group of 6.
向阳山民宿
台東縣卑南鄉泰安村59號
Website: http://facingsun.hiweb.tw/
Tel: +886 937 396696 / +886 8 9383626 (only in Mandarin/Hokkien)
We took room 302 located at the third floor. It was a decent room but remember to ask for room 206, which offers the best view and a canopy roof top for stars gazing at night.
Dinner at Facing Sun B&B Taitung 向阳山民宿’s garden. These were all whipped up by Hsu Da Ge within minutes! Hwang Da Ge made us roasted chicken and red bean rice too!
Hwang Da Ge, the owner of Facing Sun B&B invited his friends over and we had a great time making new friends.
East Taiwan is really a paradise, we were having coffee while looking up to the stars-filled sky!
Day 4
Rise and shine! We woke up early every morning as the sun rises around 4-5 o’clock in the morning.
Off to Green Island (Lyudao, 绿岛) the next morning! We were at Fugang Harbour which offers ferry service to Green Island and Orchid Island. During summer months, the ferry departs every hour or so and costs NT450 one way. The best time to visit Green Island is between May – October.
We reached Green Island within one hour! It is a very small island with population of only 3000. There weren’t any traces of foreign tourists but it is a locally popular scuba-diving destination. Hwang Da Ge is our tour guide for the next two days. He made KampungBoy stood at an elevated platform of swordfish fishing boat. Taiwan is soon losing this traditional method of swordfish fishing. They use long spear, as you can see from the picture.
We rented a scooter to tour the island (scooter rental NT300 per day, NT 60 fuel can lasts 2 days). Scooters can be found lining the roads around the harbor on Green Island. Most guesthouses include a scooter rental in their accommodation packages. We visited the Lyudao Light House and even went into the light house as Hwang Da Ge knows the light house manager. So cool!
We took this glass bottomed boat tour (NT 300 per person) not knowing what to expect. It is not the most exciting tour and there isn’t a huge variety of fish – not recommended.
Lunch at 18海簡餐, Lyudao Town. Lyudao Town is just a small stretch of road, so it is pretty easy for one to decide on lunch/dinner.
Most of the scenic spots are linked by the 16.3-kilometer round-the-is-land concrete highway. So after a 3 hours power nap from 12noon to 3pm, we began our island tour. Hwang Da Ge suggested so as 12noon-3pm can get really hot during the summer months, so it is advisable to stay indoor during that time.
We saw a lot of beautiful rocks and oceans – Green Island Park, General Rock, Gateway Rock, Guanyin Cave, Youzi Lake, Pekinese Dog Rocks, Sleeping Beauty Rock, Sail Cape, Black Ghost Cave…
Haicanping is located on the east of Green Island. It is a moon-shaped coral reef gulf formed from volcanic rock. There’s Pekinese Dog Rock and Sleeping Beauty Rock, as we looked from top.
Hwang Da Ge made us climbed down these flight of stairs for almost 30 minutes from the top.
We were greeted by this beautiful scenery as we came down. That’s the Sleeping Beauty Rock on the right. Saw the head, neck and torso?
He then rewarded us with mung bean ice and some buns which he carried on his bag pack. Look at my shitty sweaty face but I felt really special as we were having our tea time picnic at one of the most secluded spot of Green Island. *so touching*
KampungBoy stood under “the neck” of the sleeping beauty rock (refer to picture above).
Niutou Mountain is my favourite spot at Green Island! It is famous for its sunset view of Green Island.
We walked to the peak. It is a big green grass of prairie, which is the best location to watch the sea, the waves and the sunset.
Hsu Da Ge got cozy and almost fell asleep here.
Met and talked to two young girls from Taipei who came here for their summer break. Hwang Da Ge took out pots of hot coffee and paper cups from his “magic backpack” too. Admiring the gorgeous sun set view while having a cup of hot coffee is bliss!
Everyone just sit at the grassland, admiring the orange hue immerse the ocean and rocks. It was an unforgettable sight.
Dinner at 綠漁餐廳，strongly recommended by Hwang Da Ge. The lamb stew, seaweed pancake and 芡粿 (qian kueh, a traditional Green Island snack) were so delicious!
綠漁餐廳
台東縣綠島鄉南寮村漁港路40號
電話：089-672625 089-672469
手機：0921-039322 鄭傳吉
source: guide.taiwan-adventures.com
After dinner, we proceeded to Chaori Hot Spring (NT200 per person), one of only three salt-water hot springs in the world. The temperature here stays between 53 and 90 degrees, changing according to the tides. The hot spring gets pretty crowded at night. It was quite an experience having hot spring under the stars, while taking in the cooling sea breeze.
Day 5
Green Island Day 2: snorkeling at Da Bai Sha 大白沙 (NT400 per person). As you can see, snorkeling in Taiwan is one of the safest activities. We have to wear a full protective suit, with protective shoes and life jacket. A licensed person will be leading us along the snorkeling trail too. It was amazing! We saw alot of stunning coral gardens and too many colourful fishes to mention.
Green Island first served as an isolated spot for political prisoners during the Kuomintang single-party rule (especially during the White Terror). Those red roof top buildings were once the prison site.
We had two hours to kill before our ferry ride back to Fugang Harbour. Hwang Da Ge took us to an isolated cave for picnic (again!)
It was fun as we experienced man’s most natural way of life for a few hours!
I even walked out from the cave to catch us some fishes. The outcome? Failed BIG Time!
Back to Taitung and went to this “water running up” attraction. The water in the 1.8 km irrigation channel from Dulan appears to flow upwards. Beside the channel, a stone tablet inscribed with the word “Miracle” has been erected due to this mysterious phenomenon.
Dinner at 鲨鱼馆 (Shark’s Museum)。The owner of this restaurant is a well respected fisherman in Taitung. He has been keeping and preserving most of the shark bycatch (accidentally caught) along the coastal line. We were so impressed by some of the shark specimens displayed at the restaurant!
Dinner was great, as usual. We had tuna sashimi, grilled mullet roe (few slices costs RM 100+, so rich and creamy!), lobster miso soup, and some fishes.
Day 6
breakfast – wild lobster porridge!
Nanan Waterfall @ Yushan National Park. This 7-story waterfall is really magnificent. The water pressure was so strong that even from a distance, we can feel waves of cool mist. We sat at the bottom of the waterfall to get an “aqua-massage.”
It’s time for a real treat after we got wet at the waterfall! We drove up to Liushidan Mountain 六十石山 to have a picnic (yes, again!). Hwang Da Ge and Hsu Da Ge brought along mini stoves, foldable chairs and a hell loads of food – bakuteh soup noodles (serious!), steamed chicken, pickled vegetables, hot spring egg, chocolate brownies, ice cream, sugar cane, pineapples, mangoes, etc.
Dining with a View!
The Little Swiss of Taiwan!
group photo with the rest of Facing Sun B&B’s guests
Dinner was a simple but tasty fare at Taitung town.
Day 7
Drove another 3 hours to Kaohsiung. Lunch was at this very popular Japanese BBQ restaurant – Tanzuomali 碳佐麻里
A 10 course set costs about NT 1500 per pax. It was very reasonable, given the amount and quality of food given to us. Highly recommended if you are planning to make a visit to Kaohsiung.
碳佐麻里（高美店）
Add: 高雄市鼓山區美術東四路562號, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tel: 886 7 552 6555
Getting Here:
5 minutes walk from Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Tea at friend’s place at Kaohsiung. They bought us some premium mangoes and lychees. *cries*
Kaohsiung Love River. The riverbanks were beautified with greenery works and developed to be park areas, decorated with pillars chained with iron rope. The area becomes a romantic place for lovers to date with each other, therefore, the river was reputed as Love River.
Dragon and Tiger Pavillions at Lotus Lake
Spring and Autmn Pavillion at Lotus Lake
Popo Ice 婆婆冰- famous for it’s mountain tomatoes with special ginger dipping sauce. We bought 10 boxes!
Add: No. 135號, Qīxián 3rd Road, Yancheng District Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 803
Tel: 07-561-6695
Website: www.popoice.com.tw/
Getting Here:
5 minutes walk form YanChengPu 鹽埕埔 station
Dinner at this very unique no name restaurant. The bosses are fish monger, butcher, vegetables seller and property agent by day. It also means that patrons will be having the best cut and the freshets seafood and vegetables here. Sometimes one does get free advises on property purchase too!
And true enough, it was the best meal we had in taiwan!
高雄市楠梓區軍校路923號
Tel: +866 988 129265
Checked into Four Seasons Love Motel. From the drive through check in counter, we drove in, directly into the basement where our room is. The rooms inside Four Seasons Love Motel range from luxury business hotel through to the full blown exotic type with pool and themed decoration. For only RM 300+ (published rack rate RM 700+), we got a 1200 sq ft room equipped with jacuzzi, indoor garden, living hall, 50 inch LCD tv, etc.
四季精品汽車旅館 Four Seasons Love Motel
No. 1789號, Yùchéng Road, Gushan District
Kaohsiung City
Tel: 07-552-3322
Website: www.seasonsgroup.com.tw
There’s eve spa and a mini pool inside our room. No joke!
Day 8
We stopped by Chiayi while driving back to Jiufen. Chiayi is famous for its “fen yuan” (grass jelly ball ice) and turkey rice. It is also a famous stopover for tourists flocking into Alishan.
Our friends took us to their favourite teppanyaki restaurant in Taiwan.
紅花鐵板燒 Hong Hua Teppenyaki
Add: 嘉義市大雅路二段412號
Tel: 05-2784682
For only NT1500 per pax, the food was easily the best Teppanyaki we have ever had! Just thinking about the jumbo size Hokkaido scallops and tiger prawns makes me drool.
It was already 7pm by the time we reached Jiufen. We went up to our friend’s cafe and saw the gorgeous view which brings back a lot of memories. This is our third time at Jiufen and we were so glad that we get to know Hsu Da Ge and Chen Jie who runs Windsor B&B. We became good friends since then, and they have been visiting Malaysia every year!
Windsor B&B, Jiufen
It was our third time staying here and our room – 日光涵馆1. Here’s some pictures of the other rooms which we stayed in year 2009.
Hsu Da Ge took us to Lin’s Music Cafe 林老師鋼琴咖啡屋 @ Jinguashi at night. There’s life performance every Saturday night, do drop by if you happened to be around Jianguashi/Jiufen. It is a great chilling place.
林老師鋼琴咖啡屋
www.facebook.com/Mr.LinCoffee
Tel: +886 2 2496 1799/+886 9800 12660
Good morning Jiufen! View from our room at Windsor B&B!
Breakfast at Windsor B&B’s cafe! Met and talked to three lovely Taiwanese ladies.
Jiufen, our favourite place in Taiwan. Read more about Jiufen here.
Lunch at Windsor B&B’s cafe!
Sun set at Jiufen!
Hsu Da Ge cooking up a farewell feast for us! *sniff*
Where did you stay when you were in Green Island?
we stay at amany resort. its not recommended. there are alot other good b&b in good island
Citygal, how do you normally search for a good hotel from tripadvisor?
Like one of the hotels you stayed in BKK before, how did you find out that was rated the best hotel in tripadvisor?
normally i just google like ‘bangkok hotel tripadvisor’, then u click onto TA website and look at the ranking. #1 means the best and follows.
HOW DID YOU PLAN THIS TRIP?!!! you must have done loads of research!
hey dear, terbalik! this time we leave it all to our taiwanese friends. so happy!stress free holiday
Thank you, citygal. You two really plan your holiday well 🙂
Hi Citygal!
I will be heading to Taipei in Nov and planning to go to Jiufen. Is a night stay at Jiufen enough? Or would u recommend staying there for 2 nights? Thanks!
hi wendy. one night is enough if you are just going jiufen+keelung night market+pingxi, but if u wana visit jinguashi as well, u can allocate 2 nights
Hei…Tx for sharing your experience in 2012. Since u mentioned that Lin Coffee live performance is on every sat. I will make Jiu fen my 1st night stay in order not to miss that. Tx v much.
難忘深度之旅~回味無窮~~台灣期待您們的來臨！
Outstanding write-up with very well-taken photos : )
Lucky you! Having friends there sure make road trips a whole lot more fun and easier. I’m planning to head to Taiwan next week on my own, trying to cover Taipei and down the eastern coast – as much of the east as possible. Am amazed that you did all of the above in just 9 days! Did you use the same driver (Jiang Gong) for the entire trip? And the NT 450-600 per day was for per person?
hi dear, good choice. east taiwan is just awesome! we use jianggong for taipei-taitung, around taitung and kaohsiung-jiufen. sorry its type, its nt4500-6000 per car. can fit 7 ppl
I cannot wait for you upcoming posts!! Thank you so much for all the nice pictures =)
thanks vivian!
Hi Citygal!
I’m thinking of Taipei-Jingtong-Shifen-Jiufen-Keelung night market-Taipei in a full day. Do u think it is feasible? And by any chance do you know what time the shops and museum at Jingtong open?
Thanks in advance! =)
hi dear, yes its feasible. the shops mostly open at 10 am:)
Nice article with a lot of photos…Do you know that direct train from Airport to Taipei started already?
Thanks for the information ken. We knew about it but since there’s free bus ticket, we took the bus ride hehe
Hi , would you mind sharing which brand of camera and lens u are using? You did make great pictures!
hi mook, we r just using an old canon slr body (eos 450d) with tamron lens. i think it is lens that makes a lot of difference 🙂
Which Tamron lens are you using? at which focus length?
its 17-50 🙂
Hi! How’s AMBA hotel? Is it good? How long is the walking distance from the hotel to Ximending shopping area? 🙂
hi CY its awesome! xmd shopping area is just downstairs. just take the lift down
Hi Citygal, does the Taiwan Visitors Association office have travel brochures? Free bus ride? You got that from the Taiwan Visitors Association?
hi winnie, yeah plenty of them. i got the bus voucher from them too 🙂
how come the bus voucher is free?
the tourism office gives out different free gifts at different time. the time we went we got this and mrt card
May i know how much did you spend @ the no name restaurant in Kaoshiong?? need reservation?
Will be going there during year end with 2 other friends.
hi my friend paid for the bill. according to them, its really reasonable. everything is good on the menu!!! good choice to go!!! will try to blog about this place next week, for u
Hai,
I had visited Taiwan last year (join tour) and I realise that Taiwan really is a wonderful places which all the Taiwanease is so friendly. I would like to visit again by next year end (without joining any tour) and I hope you can give me some idea which hotel was nice and reasonable price near Taipei City, Ximending, & Jiufen area.
Thank’s
hi you can refer to our itinerary, we stayed at amba ximending and windsor at jiufen. both are reasonable with good room great services
Four Seasons Love Motel promo slash to rm300+?
that was the last minute rate as we checked in on the day itself.
Hi,
Nice post! Love the hotels that you stayed esp the one at Taitung!
I am planning a trip to Taiwan in December (during X’mas Season) and have some questions.
Regarding the drive from Taipei to Taitung, was it a costal drive along the East Coast? Did you guys stay one night along the way? I read that your hired a driver for the drive from Taipei to Taitung. So will you all stop along the way for photo-taking etc?
Also, do you know if it is possible to visit Green Island during Winter time?
Thanks!
Hi Jun
it was a coastal drive with ncie scenary, we drove non stop for 8 hours. yes, we stopped along the way for lunch and sight seeing. No it is not recommended, green island visit time is from may to october. 🙂
Hi Citygal, do you think staying one night in Jiufen and visit Keelung night market in the night reutrn to rest in Jiufen is feasible and transport wise possible? How fare is the travelling?
Hi Winnie yes you can do that. its about 20 min bus/cab ride to Keelung
for the driver, how does he calculate?
8hrs up is 1 day. then during your stay there (say 2 nights), did you pay him too?
or only the trip up and down? so total TWD9000 (assuming 4.5k per day)
he will look for this own accomodation. sometimes he also drive more than 8 hours but he just charge on per day basis.
Hi, we’re a Malaysian couple who just moved to HK. I stumbled on your blog- really love it. It’s fabulous! Great pics and super organised.
We’re planning to go to Taiwan on 29June-7July (8D). It’s our first trip to Taiwan, do you have any recommendations on where we could cover besides Taipei? We’re more into culture, history and scenery. Also, do you know if beginning of July’s a bad time (hot and typhoons..??)
Hi Kampung Boy City Gal~ I love your blog & your sharing. May I know which month you when for this Taiwan trip? I saw your photos can see the weather was so nice! I want to plan a Taiwan trip to go with my family but not sure which month is suitable to travel in Taiwan. Please advise. Thank you so much! 🙂
Hi kirstie , we went during summer, great if ur going to taitung and islands. oct or march is also good time to go, pleasant weather
Thank you for great information. I am planning to go Kenting coming March 🙂 hope it wont rain during the trip *finger crossed*
HI, I love you blog! May I know where you stayed at Green Island and do you recommend? If not, any alternatives you will recommend?
Hello your blog was really helpful! Thanks a lot for sharing. My trip to Taiwan specifically 9Fen is this Oct. Can I know that the best n cheapest room with sea view Windows is it NTD3200 weekdays now?
九份溫莎堡/涵館/香草庭院景觀民宿 – http://windsor.idv.tw/WindsorE.asp
Hi! Thank you for your detailed blog posts on your taiwan trip! I’m planning on a trip to taiwan this Nov and planning to contact jiang gong for chartered service. May I know if I should email him in eng or chinese?
Hi Mei Ting, chinese is better 🙂
Hello 🙂
Want to ask, do you know normally bnb in Taiwan and Taichung how much per night is considered as cheap rate?
Thank you 🙂
200+ is considered cheap, most of the nicer one is 300+ and above
Hi Kampungboycitygal,
I am planning a 5 days 4 nights trip to Taipei from 13 to 17 May 2014. But is May considered hot with frequent afternoon downpours? Appreciate your comment. Thanks.
Hi,
May i know how much you have been used for this trip.
I’m planning to have a budget trip there with family.
hi, is july good time to follow your itinerary?
is july good time to follow your itinerary>?