As we prepared to leave Danshui the immediate plan was
to soak ourselves silly in one of the hotsprings in Beitou hotels
boarded the MRT to Beitou and made a transit to the Xin Beitou line
and caught a cab to the nearest hotspring hub
i was sweating profusely all the way there
we walked and walked and finally came to a natural hotspring
and i was really sweating buckets by then
due to the heat from the hotspring
*not for public use!!!
note: temperature 100 Celcius
jump in, you die!!
hotspring hotels are widely available in Xin Beitou
you don’t have to stay over to enjoy a soak
the cab driver left us at the foot of the hill where there were
hotsprings all over with prices ranging from NTD200-NTD400 per person
i was so freaking tired i decided to patronize the nearest one
thank god the bf said he wanted to have a look at the private room
it was a small room with a bathtub with a hot and cold water tab and worst of all
the place looked really rundown and dirty
actually i was expecting to go for the luxurious hotsprings as seen on TV
the locals told us that we had to walk uphill for more options
i was flabbergasted but i had no choice so i continued walking
and finally settled on Spring City Resort or something
it looked pretty decent on the outside
walked in, paid NTD1,600 for an hour of this hotspring experience
and i enjoyed every minute of it
it was pretty zen inside, obviously influenced by Japanese architecture
an hour flew by quickly and we had to leave the hotel
lucky for us, they provide shuttle service to the Beitou MRT station
boarded the train and made a transit at Taipei Main Station for Ximending (blue line)
took us about 15-20 minutes altogether
the plan was to stay a night at Ximending
we thought we’d be able to find a room so we didn’t make any reservations
the first hotel we went to, Rainbow Hotel was fully booked for the night
the receptionist told us to try our luck at other nearby hotels
we combed the entire area and still couldn’t find a room
because it was a Saturday night
having already walked the entire Ximending area
we opted not to stay for the night
we quickly diverted and caught a cab
and told the driver to find a reasonably-priced hotel nearest to Taipei 101
and the hunt began…… and finally found one
and i was elated as i was totally knackered from the day
after we freshened up we prepped ourselves for Shilin night market
i’ve heard so much about this place
and i was excited to go there because i didn’t get a chance
the last trip there
From our hotel we told the cab driver to bring us to the MRT station
From the Guting (green line) station we took the MRT to Taipei Main Station
and changed platform to the Danshui line and
boarded off at Jiantan
the night market was just opposite the station
the closer i was the more excited i became i dunno why
and when once i arrived
it was street food galore and more shopping
the bf immediately led me to the foody goody area
and ordered a variety of food he couldn’t finish
i settled for plain noodles
cause i couldn’t think right at that point – too tired
although there were plenty to see
surprisingly i couldn’t find any clothes i liked
i think cause i was too too tired.. (repeated 100x at least, lol)
so i bought some gifts from here
toiletry pouches, little print bags and other stuff liddat
to be honest we must have taken literally hundreds of pictures today
but lao niang lazy to upload now
Shihlin really lives up to its reputation, size and variety
but like i’ve said in the previous post
if you’ve been to one night market, you’ve been to all
and that is what it is for me
we covered the whole night market god knows where i got that energy from
and by the time we were back at the hotel it was already close to 2 a.m
crazy anot?
youtellme
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