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Taipei Day 1

It's my birthday today & Im on my way to Taipei!! Reach Changi Airport at ard 11am & cleared immigration by noon.. Our flight, EVA Air BR 226 took off at 130pm - a slight delay which means we would reach taipei at ard 6pm. The flight was smooth & we were like excited kids on excursion, waiting eagerly to reach our destination.

We finally reached Taipei CKS Airport at ard 6pm. Clearing immigration was a breeze but we realized it was almost dark & weather was windy & cold. We bought our bus tickets at e airbus service counter & was informed that our bus would not be going to our hotel!! Wad e heck man! Well.. tats something unexpected but not really a prob as we could still dropped by near e hotel & take a cab. Waiting 4 e bus took another 20 mins due to traffic jams & we were left waiting at e bus stop, smelling fumes fr e other buses..Haha.

We boarded e bus at ard 645pm & were soon on a long journey fr CKS Airport at Taoyuan County to Taipei City. Traffic was really busy & e bus almost came to a crawl in certain parts of e expressway. We finally reach taipei city at ard 8pm. Alighted fr e bus & soon hailed a cab to United Hotel. Coudnt believe cabs were everywhere in sight & it was very easy to get 1. We reached our hotel, checked in, unpacked & were all ready to GO!! Really hungry & we made our way to e Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (SYS) mrt station which was juz a 5 mins walk fr our hotel. We bought our single trip train tickets & arrived at Taipei City Hall Station. It was really chilly & hazy in e streets & I actually feel a bit disappointed tat e city looked dull & smoky, wif lots of cars, scooters & fumes. We ask ard & made our move towards Taipei 101. On e way, we saw a nice shoppin ctr named New York New York wif a minature Statue of Liberty in front. We took some fotos & had our dinner at e food court. We also saw e Taipei 101 building & we coudnt believe tat e top of e building was shrouded by clouds!! Really amazing. However, e building was not well lit & we coudnt get a gd pic of it. We also visited e Warner Bro's cinema & passed by a beautiful street wif blue-lit trees. A foto moment not to be missed & our cameras started clicking away.

Time really flies & most shops were closing. We took a slow walk back to e mrt station reluctantly. When we emerged fr SYS stat, we realized tat we had forgotten how to get back to e hotel!! Our hotel was not veri tall & prominent & we had some difficulties in finding it. Well, not big prob again & we managed to find e place after some 'trial & error'. We were really tired fr all e travelling & walking but glad tat we would have 3 days ahead of us to explore Taipei.

posted by Dezer @ 10:12 PM