Tao Yuan, Longshan Temple, Ximending

Second day (Wednesday, May, 12, 2010)

Tao Yuan, Longshan Temple, Ximending

Wake up early in the morning to catch bus to LCCT, after take instant noodle for breakfast (and wash dishes of course, one of Riyani Apt’s rules) we take cab at 06.00 (still dark at KL) to Puduraya bus station. From KL Plaza, fare RM 10 (there’s a lot taxi there) time +/- 10 minutes to get there.
Then take Aerobus to LCCT fare RM 8.

The bus arrive at LCCT about 07.20 more (board 06.30 am). Then we self check in and drop baggage, it’s only take short hour. Even the airport was crowded, but immigration not queue.
At 09.35 get in the plane. We going to fly for 4 and half hour, so we had to order meal inside the plane.
I suggest to order meal by online, just in case. I can’t order meal since there no meal available, only noodle and sandwich for meal, other’s already sold out.

Fare for rice RM 12, noodle RM 6, and mineral water RM 2, other drink, milo, juice, soft drink RM 5. They only accept MYR, and NT for payment. But if you pay in NT they will return the change in MYR.

15.30 arrive at Tao Yuan (International Airport at Taiwan), after immigration process we took Evergreen bus to reach Taipei (here bus from Taoyuan airport to Taipei), fare NT 140. We get off at Zhong Xiao Xin Sheng MRT Station take MRT to Housanpi.

The MRT was at the end of the road, near traffic light (walk about 3 minutes with luggage from bus stop). Don’t forget to buy easy card, there’s discount 20% for MRT and bus at Taipei, and it will efficient time.

 Easy card fare NT 500, NT 100 for deposit, and it refundable. Here site of Taipei MRT . We take exit 2, and call Ms Lee (Owner TTH) to pick us up, if you don’t had Taiwan number you can made phone call from MRT station (near elevator go up) there’s public phone.

What a miracle, the maid who pick us up was Indonesian person, who work with Ms Lee, she been 1,5 year there.

At TTH – Taiwan Taipei Homestay we stay at 4th floor, and had to carry our luggage by our self to get up stair. The room was nice, clean, and comfortable.

Then we ask her is there any vegetarian resto near there, what a bless it’s only need 4 minutes to get there by walk. The food was good, you can choose the food, and had to balance. Food was pay from the weight, and rice was NT 5, soup was free, water free also. Here the food I eat that time. Actually there’s a lot vegetarian restaurant at Taipei, but since we didn’t know the direction, so we decide to eat near TTH.

Here site about vegetarian food at Taipei, other vegetarian food site After had dinner, we take MRT to Longshan Temple ), it take 19 minutes by MRT (blue line) to get there. It’s already 18.45 when we arrived, it’s will be nice if we can arrive about 17.30, the temple will be nice in that time.

This temple more then 200 years old and many people pray there. There were fountain in front of the Temple. There were night market near, but we not visit it. I bought delicious snack in front of the gate, cost NT 50 each.

After pray, we take MRT to Ximending. It's pedestrian walk and sold alot stuff there, Many local people there, you can buy electronic stuff here, It's also fashionable place. We buy umbrella here, cost NT 190, we bargain buy 2 for NT 350.

At 22.20 we back to TTH, before it we go to 7 eleven near TTH buy bread and water for breakfast.