Bellion Travels: 3 Days in Taipei, Taiwan

Tim and I have noticed that Taipei has an art district with lots of galleries and museums to visit but since our trip was short and we didn’t have enough time, we just walked around the district but couldn’t make a quick stop but here is what we’ve done in 3 Days.

Day 1:

We bought our transport ticket at the airport to be able to use the metro and the bus, it is very easy to navigate around the city, and you will not find any difficulty.

Our first stop was the National Palace Museum located in the Shilin District. The Museum has a collection of almost 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks.

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Afterwards, we decided to visit temples so we managed to see the Longshan Temple, which was built in 1738, and we saw the Confucius Temple.

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We had a lot of time to kill before the Night Market so we took the train and visited Taipei 101 and went on the 88th and 89th floor. Unfortunately, we could not visit the 101th floor because we had to book in advance. As it got late, we went back to the Shilin District and explored the Night Market.

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Day 2:

Tim booked a tour online to explore another part of Taiwan and we really enjoyed the tour.

The tour included Yehliu Geo Park, Jiufen Old Town, AMei Tea House, Pingxi Lantern and the Grand Hotel Taipei.

Yehliu Geo Park: North of Taiwan. Formations include the famous Queen’s Head. We did a quick stop at the famous Golden waterfall.

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Jiufen Old Tower and AMei Tea House: It’s located on the seaside mountain area in New Taipei City. The place is filled with really old markets from the 14th Century and we visited the famous Amei Tea House for tea and cakes which was also shown in the famous Japanese cartoon called Spirited Away.

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Pingxi: A very old town known for Lanterns. We bought a Lantern and wrote our wishes and we let it go up in the air. I ticked that off my bucket list so it was an experience 🙂

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The Grand Hotel Taipei: Before dropping us to Ningxia, we did quick stop at the Grand Hotel to take pictures.

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Ningxia Night Market was our last stop and the place known for the famous Taiwanese traditional street food.

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Day 3:

We decided to dedicate our last day to shopping and massages. Therefore, we visited Shi-men Ting and the Underground Mall at the Taipei Main Metro Station. Afterwards, we walked around the area of the National Museum and went for a massage.

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Favourite Road Trip Songs

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Tim and I love ROAD TRIPS and the best part of going on a road trip are the songs. I take music very seriously and created two folders. One is called ‘Drive’ and the other one is called ‘Chilled’.

Drive means a mix of Rock, Pop, Disco and R’n B which is played at the beginning of the Road Trip. Chilled is more like slow songs or chilled out, relax and zen kind of music sometimes I play love songs, sometimes breakup songs as long as the songs are slow.

I’m still new at Spotify but you can check out my playlist. I still have a lot to update and I would like to create my own mix album. Currently, I’m following albums recommended by Spotify.

Here are a few examples I like to play when we are on a Road Trip. Hope you will enjoy 🙂

DRIVE

  1. AC DC – Highway to Hell
  2. ABBA – Voulez Vous
  3. Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know
  4. J-LO feat Pitbull – On The Floor
  5. Bruno Mars feat Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
  6. Queen – I want to break free
  7. Gun’s n’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
  8. Will Smith – Wild Wild West
  9. Backstreet Boys – Everybody
  10. Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca

CHILLED

 

  1. Lionel Richie – EASY
  2. Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
  3. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
  4. John Mayer – Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
  5. Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
  6. Marc Antony – You Sang To Me
  7. Bob Marley – Baby I Love Your Way
  8. Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens – Wild World
  9. Soha – Mil Pasos
  10. Abu ft. Yusra – 3 Daqat