Day 6 In Taiwan

Our holiday is almost coming to an end and this would be the first time I am so looking forward to going home. I do had fun in Taiwan but I realized it wasn’t as fun as I saw those travel channels where they introduced Taiwan as SO FUN!

Today, we visited the Yehliu Geopark, a home to a number of unique geological formations including the iconic "Queen's Head" (女王頭), and is located along a cape stretching out from the town of Wanli.

Part of the Daliao Miaocene Formation, the cape stretches around 1,700 meters, formed as thousands of years of geological movement forced the Datun Mountains to change their shape, jutting out into the ocean.

Besides the Queen's Head, other remarkable formations include Sea Candles (燭台石), Fairy Shoe (仙女鞋), Ginger Rocks, Elephant Rock, Ice Cream Rock, Kissing Rock, and Princess' Head. However, it was almost impossible for us to tour the whole place under the scorching hot sun and the elderly were so tired and the area leading to those formations were not too elderly friendly. 

The weather was so hot that even the kids were tired out and we decided to leave the premises and had our refreshing drinks under the cool tree. The place was interesting but it will be good to walk around under a cooler weather.

We left for Jiu Fen Jiufen, another popular tourist destination for Taipeites eager to relive scenes from the past. It has provided the setting for several period movies. For example, Hou Hsiao-hsien's film A City of Sadness (which won the Golden Lion award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival) and Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away.

Unfortunately, it started to rain and it was pretty difficult to walk around with the crowd taking shelter. We decided to stop over at one of the shops for lunch and found out that they were serving Yong Tau Foo but Taiwanese style. It was quite similar to the ones we had back home and the taste was not too bad though I very much preferred the version in Singapore.

There wasn’t much to walk around when it was pouring outside and the path was uneven and slippery which made it more difficult for the elderly to walk. We stopped over at the coffee shop and let the elderly and kids to have their coffee and desserts there while hubby and I explored the area.

Basically, the shops sell almost the same things along the path but I managed to purchase some ginger tea from a shop and some souvenirs. I believed if it’s not raining, it would quite a nice place to explore and some tea at some of the tea house.

As it was a heavy downpour, the elderly requested to return to the hotel instead and after settling down at their room, hubby and I went to Ximending once again for our own shopping. We managed to get some of our stuff and bought back some food for the elderly & kids as dinner.

For us, since it was the last night in Taiwan, we found a Japanese restaurant located just behind our hotel and we were happy to have our dinner there. Finally, I enjoyed my dinner for the first time in Taiwan and it was Japanese! Sighz… that sounded really sad isn’t it.