Hwei family visit to Taipei - Christmas Season 2010

YangMing Mountain - A live volcano behind.

At Chieu's home in Taipei City

Palsar Makan

A great occassion to celebrate together for christmas

Christmas dinner

<< Hwei and Gee Min family trip to Taipei Year 2010 Updated on Dec 3, 2010 >>

Date/Day ,  Proposed Activities , Transportation , Remarks
Dec 11, SAT Tour landed in Taiwan
First location is Keelung. CAR Meet them at Hotel, EVA hotel@Keelung
Dec 18, SAT Last day of the guided tour
Chieu will pick you from Taipei 5 star hotel. CAR @ Taipei Hotel
Afternoon: Weekend Flower Market Bus
Flower Market only available during weekend, starts early and ends at 6pm. Hundred stores selling thousand of flower and plants. You can buy back to Singapore, if you want. At the end of the Flower Market, there is a JADE market too. Dick might like to get one for his Mother.
http://www.fafa.org.tw/
After Dinner : ShiLin Night Market Bus Dinner – ShiLin Night market
Back to the old Singapore, lots of local Taiwanese dishes and street hawker, crowded into the night. Just the crowd of people will make the atmosphere interesting.
NightTime - Tour Briefing and Quiz game Brain Fun, Prizes for winner who manage to get the answer to the quiz.
Lunch – ShengKeng Area Dinner -絲瓜小籠包館
Dec 19, SUN Yang Ming National park Hiking Trip MRT/Bus Leave b/f 7am
Unique National Park within a half hour ride from Taipei City, its our backyard during weekend. The mountains are high and continuous, imagine lying on a green pasture after a short hiking trip and having our breakfast. Remember that last trip, the whole family hike up there, I think all has enjoy the trip very much. Suitable for all ages. Healthy living lifestyle.
At a height of 200 to 1120meters above sea level, in the middle of the Tatun Mountain range, covering 11,456hectares, is the volcanic rock formation which is Yangmingshan National park. Each spring cheery, azalea, and camellia bushes blossom and bud. In the summer, butterflies and birds unlikely to be seen elsewhere can be seen here. In the autumn the white pampas grass covers the slopes, and in winter their color is the red of maple trees. Yangmingshan National park charms in any season.
http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENG/INDEX.ASP
Local Yang Ming Mountain Lunch, CAR, Temperature very Cozy.
The chicken meat is great here and many special dishes. We can visit the Flower Garden just next door after the meal
Breakfast – Picnic@YangMing Lunch – 陽明山的冠晟 Dinner – 粽子(中興百貨)@Taipei
Dec 20, MON Taipei Int’l Flora Expo Bus 11
Full day at the expo, best if we can queue for the special entrance ticket @ 7.30am
Breakfast : western style (麵包+牛奶), Lunch – Inside Expo, Dinner – Inside Expo
Dec 21, TUE Morning: Visit to ShengKeng Old street CAR
TaoFu food and traditional gift, old street.
Afternoon : National Palace Museum Bus
The Palace Museum definitely contains the finest of CHINA history, only the best artifacts is displayed in Taiwan. The museum has been renovated completed in Year 2006. One can spend a full day there if you like Chinese History. You then know what’s Emperor toy in the olden days, JADE toys! Entrance Fee @ S$8 per adult. Follow the guided tour and you will know the greatness of CHINESE culture.
Covering an area of 19.4hectares and built in Chinese vernacular, this building house treasures from Chinese history, including ceramics, bronzeware, oracle bones, porcelain, enamelware, jade, Ching dynasty costumes, carving and caginets. http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm
Breakfast – 永和豆漿, Lunch –丸林滷肉飯, Dinner – Palace Museum restaurant
Dec 22, WED Morning : Taipei Zoo + Cable car + Tea House MRT See brochure
The Zoo is comparable to Singapore Zoo, although not as beautifully landscape. The Cable car station is within Zoo and it cost very little for a Ride S$3.
Afternoon - 板橋林家花園
National Heritage, the classic Chinese-style building one owned by a very rich businessman was donated to the state and open for tourist. English tour guide start at 2pm
Breakfast –豆漿早餐@ShanTao MRT Stn, Lunch – 大腸麵線+香腸 , Dinner –頂泰豐(忠孝東路booking needed)
Dec 23, THU
TamShui Night Market and Fisherman Port MRT Reach by 4pm to see Sunset. At the northern Tip of Taipei County, very popular Night Market near the SEA/River outlet. The night scene is much better than going during the daytime.
Breakfast : western style (麵包+牛奶)
Dec 24, FRI

Breakfast –, Lunch –, Dinner – At home

Dec 25,SAT Time to depart from Taipei to Airport XXX hrs

Departure from Taipei

Most likely will order a Airport Taxi. SIA

TPE -SIN, SQ XXX

XXX hrs – XXX hrs

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