I booked my trip intending to backpack around Taiwan with no plans ahead of me. Just a destination to conquer and a strike off my life goals. Then... on a supper nights out with my friends, we all discovered that we are heading to Taiwan around the same period of time?! I decided to join Jiahao and his friend, Eric on their trip abandoning half my plan (of having no plans). But despite having no real plan,I still had to reschedule a couple of my stays with some of my host and rejecting a couple of them. And in exchange of a planned trip throughout the stay. Pros and cons I guess. But it's definitely more fun to be travelling with friends right?
I decided to join them on a trip around the entire Taiwan only on 1 April.
So let's start off with the day I left Singapore! It was 27 March 2016 and Justus sent me to the airport, I couldn't bare to leave him and neither could he. It had been a torturous 18 days without him although I did have my fun in Taiwan. Thank god for Skype!
(Here's J carrying my backpack, refusing to let me carry because its heavy. keke.)
Did I mention he made me a jar of notes for me to read. 18 in total, 1 for each day. And i'll open it every night before I sleep.
(Since the bottle is too bulky for my backpack, I brought the 18 notes to Taiwan in a ziploc bag.)
My flight was scheduled to depart at 3:55pm but there was a flight delay and it only flew off at 5:10pm! Guys, that is what you get for opting budget airline. I was flying on tigerairways because I don't really see a point on the extra cost of a better quality airline. You see, it's only a 4.5 hours flight, i'm the kind who can sleep wherever so I pretty much would sleep the whole flight. If you're talking about comfort, I would say that i'm quite petite so I don't need much room for my legs, it's definitely comfortable enough for me to travel alone.
(Cup noodles always taste a little tastier on planes.)
Touched down Taoyuan International Airport at 9:40pm. Did I mention I was couchsurfing? I swear it's a whole new experience for me and really opened my tiny little life. My first host was Oliver, he was so super nice to meet me at the arrival hall. The first thing I did was of cos, get myself a data plan! My trip was 18 days but it's either I get a 15 days 4G data plan or a 30 days 3G data plan. Obviously I would rather 4G, it's faster isn't it? Although locals say there is not much of a difference, but since there is a difference in SG, i'll go the SG way.
Oli cabs everywhere. He claims that comparing the price of cabbing in Taiwan to Singapore, it is way cheaper and more convenient. Before my arrival, he told me he will be making crepes. I was so excited because I loooooove crepes. How else would my abandoned instagram account be renamed pinkcrepes as well as my steam IGN? So I watched him made and tried to make one my own. The batter was enough for 8 pieces. It's actually really filling! I had only 3 pieces with nutella spread. He was showing me the various TV applications he had on his smart TV and we ended up watching survivor and amazing race through the night.
The weather was pretty darn cold. I had to keep my parka that Justus bought for me on the entire day even when I slept because that was just how cold it is! I love how thin my parka was and it still manage to keep me warm. Fell asleep at 3 and had to wake up around 9 am!
(Toilet selfie with my Parka!)
There isn't much content on the places I went as it's basically me arriving in Taiwan. From next post on, i'll be sharing on the places I went!
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