Friday 27 January 2012

Travel Taiwan ~ Taipei City

Taiwan is known as the city of butterflies and orchids. It has more than 300 species of butterflies and about 30 different types of fruits. You do know that Taiwan is an island.. don’t you?? The island supposedly looks like a sweet potato!! But in that little island, its got main land, mountains, lakes and some stunning beaches… Saying that, today, we tour Taipei City… 




The second day in Taiwan, we ventured off to the ‘Museum of Contemporary Art’, which was walking distance from out hotel. popularly known as MOCA, the museum was showcasing some fashion related art… which really is not my expertise… 




On our way, we stumbled upon the ‘Taipei Metro Mall’… and were simply speechless.. 

It’s a city underground… there is a Metro Mall connected to another Metro Mall to another Metro mall… and it simply goes on!! More than half the city is underground… the metros and stations run above the ground and underneath… are these breathtaking shops… *sigh*





I couldn’t believe myself… I nearly walked half the city… or more… from one mall to the other, from a shopping mall to a book mall.. You surely need more than a day to check the shops and buy some souvenirs… The shopping is incredibly cheap and they are still willing to bargain more….. Yes!! Indeed… I got a lot of junk.. *smiles*. The metro malls are open all day and close by 10pm.





From here, we ventured into the night market, that opens at 7pm and closes at 2am… There are a few night markets in Taipei. We visited the Shilin Night Market at Jaintain Station. If you’ve been to a night market in Bangkok, its quite the same.. I wasn’t super impressed..



Oh.. another thing to be careful of… is that not many people speak English, hence its always worthwhile to carry a map or the address of your hotel in Mandarin. *smiles*… No! No!! I didn’t get lost.. I’m very good with roads and am always willing to head to the unknown.. *smiles*


10 comments:

  1. Read this write up through and through....lovely!orchids and butterflies!making me visualise a place full of these.....the bright colours of the cluster of chillies is so eye-catching!

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  2. Ohhhh.. :) i'm loving ur travel series .. Post some pics of the butterfly if you have them :) City sounds lovely and the underground malls is a super idea.. I wouldn't have come back up at all.. Love the pics patricia :) keep them coming

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  3. I love the pic with the chillies. Nice...

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  4. Your post is very informative... had no clue something like metro malls existed but then I haven't traveled a lot!

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  5. one of my veyr senior colleagues lived for may years in taiwan..and he simply loves it...considering the fact that he has travelled all the world over..and is from london!!!

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  6. Wowww the red and yellow glass peper pic is very pretty and MOCA art pic is also beautiful Where r u the butterfly pics waiting for that :)

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  7. nice one

    Aarthi
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  8. WOW! Lovely place!

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  10. I never knew Taiwan is famous for orchids and butterflies! Great details in the post! Loved that chillie's picture (the one in the end of the post)!

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