My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Visited Taiwan (Taichung & Taipei) for 6 days 5 nights trip on May 2011. My flight (CI 754) was from Singapore to Taoyuan, Taipei. And this was my first experience with China Airlines, anyway...not much different from others Airlines.

Checked in at Changi International Airport - Terminal 1, Singapore.

On China Airline CI 754

Everyone is provide with a LCD monitor, I watched 2 movies on the flight...

The flight took 4 hours and 20 minutes from Singapore. Once we reached Taoyuan International Airport at Taipei, and after the custom clearance...it was already dark...(sunset at Taipei 1835hrs)

Our transport brought us directly to Taichung after the Airport. Below was the Taiwan itinerary...

Day 1
*  Check in to Evergreen Laurel Hotel - Taichung
*  Dinner and hang out at Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市).

Day 2
*  Check out Evergreen Laurel Hotel after breakfast
*  Heading to Xinshe Castle (新社古堡) for photography session.
*  Lunch at Master of Mushroom Restaurant (菇神), XieZhong St - Taichung
*  Zhong Tai Temple (中台禪寺), Puli Township (埔里鎮)
*  Che Cheng Train Station (車埕火車站)
*  Heading to Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
*  Check in to Miracolo Hotel (米洛克飯店), Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
*  Dinner at Ah Weng Restaurant, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).

Day 3
*  After breakfast at Hotel, proceed to Shuishe Jetty (日月潭水社碼頭).
*  Syuan Kuang Temple (日月潭-玄光寺).
*  Ita Thao (伊達邵) Village.
*  Little Millet (小米酒) Museum.
*  Wenwu Temple (文武廟), Nantou County.
*  Lunch at Xin Tian Yuan Restaurant (新田园).
*  Puli Brewery (埔里酒廠) then heading to Taipei
*  Check in to Grand Victoria Hotel (維多麗亞酒店), Taipei.
*  Shilin Night Market (士林夜市)

Day 4
*  Gugong National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院)
*  The Martyr's Shrine (忠烈祠)
*  Lunch at Yehliu (野柳)
*  Yehliu Geopark (野柳地質公園)
*  Jiufen (九份) Village
*  Dinner at Taipei

Day 5
*  Guang Hua Digital Plaza (光華商場), free and easy
*  Xi Men Ding (西門町) free and easy

Day 6
*  Back to Singapore.

Actually it seems like a photography trip to us...and we were satisfied and enjoyed this trip to Taiwan very much! Especially with a group of friends who were in same Hobby. I will blog about all the places I visited in the following blog post...

The LCD screen display Live from the plane's front camera.