Taiwan - Day 2

The 2nd day. It was just roaming around. But we discovered quite a bit of things.
We went to the SOGO department store, but the things are so expensive that we got bored and walked on the streets.
We bought an International Calling Card (ICC) to call back to Singapore. But we were so confused with the instructions in Chinese that we had to walk for more than an hour to search for the Customer Service Centre (CSC) for the Telecom.


While searching for the CSC, we found the Bear House and Cafe with loads of bears of various sizes. And we weren't even in the least shameless to just get into the shop to take lots of photos.

we walked and walked...

and finally reached the CSC. It's so amazing that we could even make our way there by walking in a place alien to us!

(Samuel thinks he's thin) we called back to talk to our parents. Expectedly, I was on the phone for the longest. hahaha




After the painful search, we looked at the map and headed towards the Taichung Park (cos we saw that there are boats in the river and it looks appealing to us).On our way, we passed by the Smelly Tofu stall by the roadside and we couldn't resist it. It tasted greeeeeeeeeeat! 40 years of Smelly Tofu ehhh. Don't siao siao.



And so we headed towards the park by feet. The weather was so unexpectedly hot, unlike the weather forecast which says 16 - 20 degree celsius X(

The first time I saw an empty swimming pool in my life.




And we finally made our way to the park with the help of the map I brought and Kenneth's map reading skills. HAHAHA. The ah peks in Taiwan really play chess in the park one lei. Just like those I saw on tv. It's like a chess party!




YES! The boats! we get to row the boats! muahahaha


As the saying goes 船到桥头自然直 "chuan dao qiao tou zi ran zhi". We were testing if the saying is right.



Only until after rowing the boat then we know that Kenneth has a fear of water. HAHA!
The gym in Taichung. No aircon!! Open air! LOL

Went for steamboat dinner.

Then shopped at another night market called 一中一街 "Yi Zhong Yi Jie". All the night markets are similar, like bugis street but a lot bigger, opened till 1am. They have food stalls and shops. As we spent too much on the first day, we came up with a "fund" whereby all of us will put in the same amount for the travelling and food expenses. Hence we do not have to worry about who to pay for the cab fare and food and who owes who money. How clever of us!




2nd day!