Tamsui Longshan Temple æ·¡æ°´é¾å±±å¯ºè‡ºåŒ—縣淡水鎮ä¸å±±è·¯95å·22號886 (02) 26214866 ——————–Located in the middle of the numerous stalls of a jampacked market is Tamsui Longshan Temple. This is the smaller version of the 2 Longshan Temples located at Taipei, Taiwan. As I said, it’s pretty small but still a place where people go to. Tamsui Longshan Temple was built in…
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Tamsui Morning Market
Tamsui Morning MarketZhongzheng Road, Taipei, Taiwanopen sunrise to noontime ——————–Last September 19, we decided to go around Tamsui. It had sooooooo many tourist spots in the area that it took us the whole day just to visit most of it. So we started the day by going to the well known Tamsui Morning Market. They…
Taipei Story House
Taipei Story House181-1, ZhongShan N. Road, Section 3, Taipei 10461, Taiwan886 (02) 2587-5565admission: 50NT ——————–Taipei Story House was built in 2003 by a tea trader as a museum dedicated to Taiwan life culture. The building was said to be inspired by a building a tea trader saw during his visit on the 1900 Paris Expo….
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei Fine Arts Museum181, Section 3, ZhongShan N. Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan886 (02) 2595-7656admission: 200NT ——————–You know what I find sad? That there was a place that I visited in Taipei that I could only appreciate because I saw it for myself but am unable to share it with you. See, we were not allowed…
Confucius Temple
Confucius Temple275 Dalong Street, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.886 (02) 25923934admission: free ——————–This is a very famous temple in Taiwan that replaced the original 1879 temple that was damaged during the Japanese occupation. Confucius is known to be China’s greatest educator & you could see all his teachings at this temple. Reconstruction started in 1925…
ä¿å®‰å®® Pao-an Temple
ä¿å®‰å®® Pao-an Templeå°åŒ—市大åŒå€å“ˆå¯†è¡—61號886 (02) 2595-1676admission: free ——————–ä¿å®‰å®® Pao-an Temple is by far the best temple I have visited in Taipei. It had such beautiful design, painting & carvings in the building. People do go there for a certain purpose & is one of the leading religious places. Upon entering, you will be able to see…
公館 Gongguan
公館 Gongguan is a popular shopping district in Taipei. 公館 Gongguan caters mostly to students as this place also houses the 國立臺ç£å¤§å¸ National Taiwan University. When we visited, I think about 80% of the people walking & shopping around it were students. I kinda liked the place! Sadly, I was in a hurry as I…
寶è—å·– Treasure Hill
寶è—å·– Treasure HillLane 230, Sec. 3, Dingzhou Rd., Taipei886 (02) 2364-8105 ——————–Beside Taipei Water Park is the 寶è—å·– Treasure Hill. I really wished we entered because I missed a whole lot! Apparently, Treasure Hill was once a village full of unauthorized houses. It then formally became a village featuring buildings as if it was in…
Taipei Water Park
è‡ªä¾†æ°´åœ’å€ Taipei Water ParkNo. 1, Siyuan Street, Taipei Taiwan886 (02) 8369-5104 ——————–After lunch, we were walking around the area when we noticed the “Taipei Water Park”. However, when we entered, it seemed like it was abandoned or closed. The pool had no water. There were no attendants by the ticket booth. There were no…
ä¸å’Œå¸‚興å—觀光夜市 Zhong He Night Market
After dinner, my mom and I went ahead and walked around the ä¸å’Œå¸‚興å—觀光夜市 (Zhong He night market). The luggage that I brought with me to Taipei at the time wasn’t big enough to put the PS3 that I brought. So I was set to buy an additional luggage for the machine. As what other night…
