7D Tour to Taiwan - Dec 2009

My mom and I went for X'mas holiday trip to Taiwan from 19 ~ 26 December 2009. It's a 7 days all rounded Taiwan tour organized by Chan Brothers.

The journey (by coach) started from Taipei > to Yilan > to Hualien > to Taitung > to Kenting & Kaoshiung > to Tainan > then back to Taipei. Along the way, we may also took bullet train from Kaoshiung to Tainan. We have visited many scenic attractions like:-

• Sun Moon Lake / Wenwu Temple / Mt. Maolin Trail
• Sisters Pond / Eluanbi Lighthouse / Maobitou
• Taroko Gorge / Swallow Caves / Nine Turn Grotto
• Hsueshan Tunnel / Yilan / Taitung
• Chuifen 九份 / Shihlin Night Market
• Taipei 101 Tower / Taipei 101 Shopping Mall / Ximenting / Wulai Waterfalls / Dou Fu Street

The taiwanese tour guide shared with us that there are 3 major and 3 minor funny remarks about Taiwan and it's cultural:-

• 三大 (3 big) - 山多(many mountains)，便利店多(many convenient stores) 和(and) 嚤哆车多 (many motorbikes).
• 三小 (3 small) - 拉扱少(less rubbish), 警察少(less policemen) 和(and) 肥妹少(most ladies are thin and slim).

We had 1 malaysian and 1 taiwanese tour guide with us throughout the trip. 小宇 is from Taiwan. He is a very entertaining person and most of us liked him :D