Today we travelled up north Taiwan. We’ve heard that there
are a few places worth visiting in north Taiwan and so, we ventured up to
Jiufen- a hill town famous for delicious food, similar to our local Cameron
Highlands and Jinguashi – an old gold mining town and hiking trails up to Mount
Keelung to view east coast.
Look at the crowd and plenty of food stalls!~
With our pre- planned itinerary, we know how to get there
but don't know which place is worth a visit and which place to visit first. In
the end, we asked the Tourist centre in Taipei Railway station for the nice
place to visit. They are very helpful and told us that we couldn't possibly
visit all the places in a day (kiasu us #^.^#) They suggested we visit Yeliou,
Jiufen & Jinguashi… Also recommended the bus to take us there and where
to wait for the bus…
Try our tastebud on a slice of the 85C Bakery Café cake
*yummy*
They are famous for their Sea Salt Coffee but we didn’t manage to try as we were too busy
catching up with our delayed bus~
Japanese colonial houses.
We were listening attentively to the speech by the tour
guide who brought us to tour around the Japanese-style homes…
The old village, rich in traditional decorative old
teahouses... The result is a small culture park that reflects almost completely
the old ...
Looking at the condition of their old colonial homes, I
feel blissful that we are living in a much better state...
Some of the paintings and artwork
we saw in the museum ^^
Had a bowl of ‘taufufa’ before
heading our way to Jinguashi mining town~
Gold mining museum park entrance.
We were required to pay 100NT
entry fees and wear a safety helmet before letting us into the Museum of Gold
(featuring the world's largest gold nugget).
We were also given the opportunity
to explore a former mine, which is similar to wax museum where they featured
models of miners hard at work or eating lunch, complete with hilarious voice
tracks.
We also saw haunting photos of Japanese mine inspections during the occupation *spookyyyy*
After the historical visit, we walked to nearby Japanese Shinto Shrine
*holy look*
On our way up to the temple~
Finally, reach the peak after
almost half an hour climb *sweats*
Of course the best part was lunch
time!! Jiufen old street~
There is a lot of snacking,
looking, shopping, and exploring to be done here. The old street is fairly long
and narrow, with unique shops and art to be seen everywhere. A casual stroll
along the street~
Jiufen springy glass noodle
& dough balls（*^＠^*）
My favourite vanilla ice- cream
doriyaki *yummmy*
The spectacular Jiufen hillside atmosphere O.o
As usual, some cam whore poses up
on the hillside~
After strolling along the street,
we were led to an open- air coffee shop on a hill, with a ramshackle wooden
kitchen. The place seems to be the most popular in town due to its location.
Camwhore again (❁´◡`❁)*✲ﾟ*
View at the top, overlooking Mount Keelung.
There are also plenty of cafes
strategically positioned to take advantage of the stunning scenery.
Some retro-Chinese style cafés, tea houses, restaurants etc.
Anyway, Taiwan is absolutely
beautiful with picturesque scenery and Taiwanese are generally very friendly
people. If the next time I ever go back to Taiwan, I’m definitely going to the
outskirts!!
XOXO
sassycat