Taiwan Travel - Hualien – – Ilan– Chuifen to Taipei Part 4

We went down from the rocky mountain which had very steep slope and the way down the mountain from Taroko Gorge was a "vomitting " experience as some of my tour group members actually throwed up as the steep winding road was making all of us unwell. It was nauseous experience for all of us

At IIan, we went to Ilan National Centre for Traditional Arts. This folk arts park is a multi-functional park that helps promote traditional folk craftsmanship, arts, music, drama, and dance and is also a multi-functional, resting place for cultural and educational purposes.

This is like the recorder I used to play in school except this is Porcelain. This is for my girl

This is bought for my son and it comes with a score and teaches us how to play music

We continue our journey by crossing through Hsueshan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Taiwan to Chiufen, a prosperous village with many teahouses and shops selling famous local dishes, snacks and crafts. The tour guide asked us to look for the place where the film Bei Qing Chen shi was filmed. But there were so much things to eat and try out that after 2 hours when we were back to the bus, no one actually went to take a look at the filmed site.

After a long drive, we arrived at Taipei where we visited the National Palace Museum.

Next, we proceeded to Martyrs Shrine to observe the changing of guards’ procession ceremony. The whole ceremony took about half an hour.

                 

                                              

   

After which ,we went for dinner at Five Cent Driftwood Restaurant. The food was good and the restaurant looks like a rock castle and the interior walls, furniture and stairs are made from unfinished driftwood, rocks and seashells.

We also went to Taipei 101 shopping mall , Shihlin Night Market and Ximenting. There was a lot of local snacks and we tried the local omelette, coffin bread and deep fried chicken  chop as big as a man's face.

Ximenting

The famous shop in Ximenting and a must try

That was the end of my 8 day trip and I hope that I may visit Taiwan especially Taipei in the near future. I will definitely opt for Free & easy the next time round as there are still many things which I have yet to see and I hope I may be able to explore Taipei more in depth