Back From Tainan Trip

Taipei --- Sunny

Just got back from a 2 days, 1 night trip to Tainan (台南) with Sarah, Haley, Jack, Sean and Devin - hoping to skip the rainy and cold weather in Taipei~
The first day was still quite chilly, to our surprise, but the second day was nice and sunny~ =)
Taiwan has such crazy weather~
Felt so good to have a mattress to sleep on for a night~
And the people there are even more nice and 親切 than the people in Taipei~

March 14
Took a 4.5 hour bus ride @ 8am out to Tainan~
We asked around for directions and tourist attractions at the main train station there and then settled in our hotel before heading out~
Ate some Tainan delicacy food - 擔仔麵 - and then went to the Confucius temple~
On the way back to our hotel, we came across a tea shop and they invited us to mash some tea leaves in the traditional way since we were tourists~
Then the tea 師父 invited us in and personally made us some tea while a girl explained tea traditions to us~
They gave us some bread and guava to go with the tea too - so nice!
Most of us bought some tea as souvenirs for family and they gave us free tea cans and almond snacks to go with what we bought~
Then we went to the biggest night market in Taiwan in Tainan (or so I've heard)~
It's different from the night markets in Taipei because the ones in Taipei are actual streets whereas this was just one HUGE piece of land with all the stands crowded in together.
LOVED the food. =)
I think I gained so much weight just eating that night... =T hahaha~ *sigh...

March 15
Headed out at 8:30am to 安平古堡 area to look at the Old Fort and eat around the streets there~
Two of the guys left for home first and the rest of us went to visit the 安平 Treehouse - which was really cool~
Visited an old street and ate some more Taiwanese snacks before heading out to the harbour area~
Sarah and Haley bought a kite and we spent some time there just chilling since we were all so tired~
Ate another delicacy for dinner, 棺材板 (Coffin Bread), had dessert and then took our 5 hour bus ride back to Taipei~
By the time we got back home, it was around 1:30am~
Tiredddd...

But I had lots of fun and ate lots of good food~ =)

Pics on Facebook! (you don't need an account to view them)
Tainan (台南) 1
Tainan (台南) 2
Tainan (台南) 3

To Come....
March 19 - 23 -> Sam and Danny arriving - 4.5 day tour around Taipei led by ME... hehe*
March 25 - 30 -> HK trip - visiting my beloved SChan and Angel! =) (and doing some admin things for my HKID card application process)