Taipei MRT

If you were in Taipei, you do not need to worry about the transportation! Why I say like that? It is because Taipei has a good transportation system which is Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT).

For me, MRT is very crucial especially as international students who do not have private transportation here. Taipei MRT is divided into 8 lines. You can reach all places in Taiwan with this transportation. (See Picture below)

The most importation station is Taipei Main Station (TMS). Besides there are a train station, bus station, high speed rail station; it is also the station that connect almost all lines. In other words, you need to go to TMS first to change train. Not only that, in TMS there also a lot of department store and shopping area. The famous electronic centre, NOVA, is also there. I can say that TMS is the most crowded and attractive station.

There are some points that I want to emphasize about the advantages of Taipei MRT :

1. It has 8 lines and cover all important places, such as hospital, department store or shopping area, university and school, and other tourist spots.

2. It saves your time. Taipei MRT always on time. Besides, you do not to wait too long to get the train. From my one-year experience here, I had only waited for 5 minutes for my longest waiting time!! The high speed of the train also saves your time in travelling.

3. It is so convenient. All stations are clean and completed with AC, toilet, LCD TV for waiting line, a lot of direction board, ticket machine, etc. Some stations also provide ATM and convenient store

4. It is safe. There are a lot of camera different angle of the station. So, you do not need to worry if you so late already.

5. The price fair is considered to be cheap. Although it is a little bit higher than bus, but it is more convenient, safety, and fast. There is also discount 50% for bus fare if you take a bus within one hour after you take MRT ( Note : with easy card only)

Liu He Night Market

Liu He Night market is the biggest night market located in Kao Shiung. The Night Market is not far away if you walk from Kaohsiung Railway Station along the Zhongshan Road straightforward, which takes only ten minutes more, and then turn right to Liuhe Road.

The special thing of this night market is that there are so many seafood seller here. First is fried squid. Like you see in the picture, they sell only the tentacle. However, it is so BIG!!!

Second is roasted shrimp. Beside the size is big, they roast the shrimp alive…..

The other things that catch my eyes is the egg. I do not know what the name is. However, it is so big and inside there is some vegetable, egg, and some other ingredients. The taste is good. You need to try this one ~~^O^~~

Not only food, there are also fashion and accessories shop.

It was Saturday when I came there. So, definitely it is so crowded. There are also some tourists from Japan and they are interesting in buying some candies

Ye Liu Geological Park

In my first semester NTUST international Student association held an activity to visit Ye Liu Geological Park. It is located in the north of Taiwan, not too far from Taipei (about 1 hour I think).

This place is made by nature. What I mean to say is all the rock there is naturally made because of the friction between the rock and the sea. The air there is humid, hot, salty, and sticky. It is similar when you go to the beach. However, the view is really great. So beautiful! Not only the sea but you can also see the mountain there.

The special thing that attracts tourists to come is the rocks’ shape. There is a rock that looks like a monkey, a bird head, Taiwan Island, and the most famous one: Queen’s head. Many people come just because of the queen head. Even you have to queue to take a picture with that special rock. Since we came there on weekend, we have to queue for a long time if we want to take picture with that rock. However, we decide not to queue. I feel a little bit regret actually. T_T

The size of the park is very big. It takes more than 2 hours to treasure it all. Outside the park there is a seafood market. Most of them sell dried fish or squid and the price is very cheap compare with Taipei. There are also many fresh seafood sellers, such as roast squid seller. I think it is very famous there because so many people sell roast squid. The squid size is also very big. You must try it if you go there ^o^V