Taiwan Day 1 (Part 1)

Just came back from Taiwan and I'm missing the place already!!! The cheap food, night market, and cooling
weather.
So anyway, it was my first time in Taiwan and I did a lot of research about the places to go to. It was a super last min trip that we've booked like a week ago. We paid about 1.5k for fight plus hotel.

Decided to pen down our trip since I've the mood to do so...
Here's us (:


We took the midnight flight and the shops were already closed ):


It was my first time taking a budget airline and it was quite an experience. Don't know why the aircon has weird air coming out.


A very expensive water. It's SGD 6 I think.


Only 2 rows and super cramped. But we were really lucky that to and fro we had 3 seats all to ourselves.


We arrived 15 mins earlier. 5.45AM, HELLO TAIWAN ♥♥♥


The tired us ): Watched Jay Chous's movie 不能說的秘密 in order to prepare myself for lunch later! Heehee. I was doing my research about Taiwan eg good food/weird restaurants around and I came across his restaurant Mr.J 義法廚房II. It's a rather cool restaurant with the theme from the movie. Heard that Jay Chou open this Mr.J 義法廚房II 'cos he did not know what to do with the props after the movie hence the uniforms are worn by the staff and piano in the middle of the restaurant. The piano is open to public to play.


Our first meal of the day at the airport. I'm quite surprised that day don't have much stuff at the airport. There's only 2 stalls selling food, Burger King and this.


We waited for the Tourist Service Center to open at 7AM to get the Youth Priviledge Travel Card. Do get them immediately after you exit. Just present your passport at the counter and you can easily get it  after filling up a form.
Second plan was to get a prepaid sim card that have a 60 min value overseas call and 5 days of unlimited data in Taiwan but the counter only opens at 8am and we had to catch the 7.35AM bus.



From Tao Yuan Airport to Taipei Main Station - CitiAir Bus (大有巴士)

We decided to take the CitiAir Bus (大有巴士) to our hotel. Only NT90 ( SGD 3.91)
For those who are curious, we stayed at HAN SHE HOTEL 函舍商务旅店 which is just 5 mins away from Ximen station. The link I've provided has mixed review but nevertheless we were really satisfied with the stay.


We had to transfer to another bus which will take us to Ximen station where by it will be a 5 mins walk to our hotel. Bus ride from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei Main Station (need to change bus from there) is around 1 and a half hour.


From Taipei Main Station to Ximen Station - Bus 262

We were quite lost at first but the people there were really friendly and they give proper direction. Took bus 262 and alighted at Ximen bus stop, which is 2 stops away.


From Ximen Station to Han She Hotel - WALK!

Outside Ximen station. If you are taking the MRT ( 台北捷運), go to Exit 1 and you will see there's a shop called  "NET".


Cross the road straight ahead, yup just continue walking straight till you passed by a cafe called "TMK" on your left. Turn left into the alley and you will see Han She Hotel.
Before you turn left, there's a shop in front called "Olympia" selling YUMMYYY chicken drumlet, okay it's a bakery but seriously they sell lots of random stuff there. Will blog about the shop soon!
If I remembered correctly, you have to pass by 2 streets and a small counter selling yummy papaya milk shake


The reception is aat the 4th floor, take the lift up and you will see the lobby.
We arrived the hotel way too early before the check-in time, so we left our luggage with them and off we go.



Han She Hotel occupied a whole building on its own but they don't have a main entrance -___-


'Cos I'm fickle minded ): the only photo of our room. It was really clean and cosy, its a hotel that made you feel at home and not worry about anything. You know some hotels will just give you some weird creeps.
Oh a plus point to it is that it has a huge tv!! All Taiwan channels included, awesome much!!!

Han She Business Hotel  Address:
4F, No.68 Cheng Tu Road, Wanhuan District, Taipei, Taiwan
Hotel Tel.：+886-2 -2371-8812

Alright, I shall stop here and continue next time for my days in Taiwan Part 2 whereby we visited Mr.J 義法廚房II.