So I have been getting a lot of requests to post my detailed DIY Taiwan itinerary ever since I posted it on DIY so i thought i'd blog about it.
To be honest,I never had TAIWAN listed on my bucket list but the fact that it's no longer VISA FREE for Filipinos starting July 2019 got me frantically searching for cheap flights! I remember booking this flight 25th of September with zero knowledge about this country.Let me just tell you though..This is one of the BEST spontaneous things I have ever done in my life!
December 15
📍Taoyuan Airport
📍Zhong Zheng district
📍Shillin Night Market
📍Ning Xia Night Market
So I got to book this trip with 2 of my work friends,Ysa and Memshie Cy which was super exciting because it's Memshie Cy's first out of the country EVER!It was a milestone for Ysa as well because this is her first out of country that isn't a family trip!
Since it's already the last month of the year,ubos na leaves namen so kahit na our flight is scheduled to leave at 7:25 am,we still went to work the night before 😭.Nakakatawa the plot twist ma share ko lang,I was on my way to work when I received a tweet from MCA Universal that I won Alesso VIP passes for me and 4 of my friends na may meet and greet pa!So before i went to work,Nag XYLO muna kame.Only stayed for a short time because I still have to go to work.Hay.Such a tita na :P
Anyway, We left Alabang around 4 in the morning and it took us 20 minutes via Skyway to get to Terminal 3.Sobrang haba ng pila papasok pa lang so make sure u allot extra time going to the airport kasi we saw a number of people who had to rebook cos they failed to make it on time :(Actually muntik na rin kame di umabot kasi ang daming pila from checking in to immigration.They were calling the last few passengers na when we got inside the plane pero Thank u talaga kay Papa Jesus kasi umabot kame!
We arrived at Taoyuan airport around 10 in the morning and if i remember it right,temp is at 14
° so it was kinda cold in Taipei.First thing we did after getting our passports stamped was to look for the place to claim our pocket wifi from,which we bought via Klook for only 85 pesos/day!Super convenient & reliable kasi kahit na sa countryside na kame,super fast pa rin yung connection.Mabilis nga lang sya ma-lowbatt (I'd say mga 4-5 hours lang pag fully charged) so make sure that you have a power bank if you'll be out the whole day.The booth is located near the right exit (Unite Traveller counter 3)
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| Super cool structure of Taoyuan Airport |
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Taoyuan Airport
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We opted to take the bus cos there is no assurance that we'd be able to get seats if we were to take the MTR which was actually a good decish kasi the escalator leading to the bus station is just right in front of the wifi place.We decided to stop by 7 11 which was located right by the end of the escalator and we pretty much grabbed a handful of chips and sandwiches because we are super hungry!The chips were to die for.Actually sa sobrang sarap,yun na rin yung pinasalubong ko for my family :)
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| Pretty Ysa at 7 11 |
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Get this guys! Sobrang sarap :)
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We took bus number 1819 bound to Taipei Main Station since that's where our hotel is located. Took us about almost an hour getting to Main Station then from there tumawid lang kame and naglakad about 5 minutes to get to our place.Memshie Cy's hotel is about 4 buildings across the street so every morning,we would meet up at Family Mart right in front of our hotel which is Morwing Fairytale to have breakfast.Memshy Cy is not staying with us kasi she decided to go to Taiwan with us 3 weeks after we already booked our flights and accommodations kaya by that time,sold out na yung Morwing but thankfully we found a place super close from us.
By the way, I super recommend that you booked Morwing Hotel because of three things:First, they have a Fairytale theme on each floor and each room! Super cute like for instance, our room is located on the 5th floor and the theme is Alice in Wonderland! Pero pag pasok mo, it's Tangled so being that I am such a frustrated Disney princess, Natuwa ako ng malala!
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We got Alice!!!
Look at our floor's wall :)
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Second reason why I highly recommend staying at Morwing is because it's budget friendly!We only paid PHP8692.35 for a total of 3 nights and 4 days na sya tapos since there's two of us parang tig PHP1448.73 lang kame per day.Kumpleto yung toiletries,okay yung aircon,super linis as in kahit di ka mag request to have your room made up,they would change the towel, replenish the toiletries and clean the room everyday!
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| Tangled! |
And Third,It's walking distance from Taipei Main Station so it's super easy to get to places like on our second day,We went toTaichung and in 5 minutes nasa HSR na kame.When we booked the Yehliu,Shifen and Jiufen day tour, the KKday bus pick up/drop off point is right outside Taipei Main Station lang din kaya di kame nagmamadali masyado.It's super convenient!Andun na rin yung mga bus stations/MTR going to airport so it made our lives extra easy!
I will also blog about our Taichung and Yehliu trip so stay tuned! For now I'll share some photos from our Day 1 trip.
After dropping off our bags and freshening up, We started our day 1 walking around Zhong Zheng district (the area where our place is located) to try to blend in with the locals.There's a stall that sells pepper cakes/pepper buns so we got to try that for 50NTD ,right next to it is a strip of milk tea shops for just 50NTD lang din kaya super enjoy kame! For dinner, we went to 2 night markets, One at Shillin and one at Ning Xia and we got to try their famous and super yummy sausages,Beef cubes,stinky tofu,strawberry shake and Japanese cake.Enjoy!
P.S Feel free to leave comments should you have any questions :)
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| Pepper Buns right across our street! |
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Emoterang Froglet at Zhong Zheng
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| Super fave! |
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| You'll find tons of toy grabber claw machine arcade everywhere! |
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My friends tried Stinky Tofu! I couldnt take the smell
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