A Peek into our Taipei Trip in June

A Peek into our Taipei Trip in June

yes, the trip is only gonna happen for us in June this year but im just that eager to share about the awesome deals that i got for our 民宿 and cabby so that you can also make use of the info if you are planning a trip to taipei anytime soon oh....

Flight:

we will be flying by tigerair....let's hope it wun be grounded during that period of time.... due to the long hours of flight (4 hours 45 minutes), we decided to pay $25 extra for each person each way so that we get to sit at row 12 which is where the emergency exit is.... the seats here have bigger leg room.... on top of that we paid $17 to check in one luggage ( i hope it's enough for both of us) of up to 20 kg for both way.... and with the convenience fee (http://www.tigerairways.com/hk/en/conv-fees.php) and taxes, it cost us $430.60 each to fly to and from taipei...

Accommodation:

we will be staying 2 nights at 市下巷 (http://www.travel-jiufen.com/en/en_room.htm), a 民宿 in 九份 (jiufen).... one night in their mediterranean room and one night in the japanese zen room.... (provided PIL is willing to change room with me after one night).... oopx....the rooms are so so so pretty....likey much much....and they are only gonna charge me NT$2000 (S$87.30) per room per night... they gave me a discount of NT$500 (S$21.80) for the mediterranean room .... =).... we have to pay S$100 deposit into a DBS saving plus account (yes, they have a singapore account) and the remaining in taiwan dollar upon arrival....

and they managed to help me find transport from taipei airport to jiufen for NT$2000 (S$87.30) when other cab drivers quoted me NT$2200 and NT$2500.... and why would catty me be willing to spend on cab leh???? cos, the alternative to taking a cab would require 3 change of bus and train.....

we have to

1) take bus from taipei airport to taipei city - NT$140 (1 hour)

2) take train from taipei city to keelung - NT$66 (45 minutes)

3) take bus from keelung to jiufen - NT$42 (40 minutes)

and since we are going in group of 4 this round (2 x Mr Ang + 2 x Mrs Ang) , each of us only has to pay an extra of NT$250 (S$11) to make our trip from taipei to jiufen so much easier..... we really dun wanna lug a luggage up and down the bus and the train, spend time searching for the train platform and bus stops and having to have exact change for the buses....

anyway, after finding out my arrival time and the places that i would like to visit in their area, they even send me their proposed itinery with added activities which are popular among tourists...... so nice of them lo....really good service wor.....

after jiufen, we will be staying 4 nights in Taipeiyork  (http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/taipeiyork/archive?l=f&id=10), a service apartment in taipei 西門町.... booked room 3 and 9 .....they are charging us an average of NT$1530 (S$66.80) per room per night.... why average leh??? cos they charge different prices for weekdays (sun - thurs) and weekends (fri - sat) .....

initially i wanted to change room within the same service apartment after 2 nights de....wanted to stay in their room 1 and 2 (mediterranean themed) too but they say we can only change room if we stay 10 nights and above..... so irritating lo..... so i thought that if i use my name to book for the first two nights, then get mr ang to book for the next 2 nights can liao... =P....they replied saying that booking for 2 nights stay will only be made available in may....they are only accepting 4 days and above booking now...... also dun know if they are lying lo....but i m also scare no more rooms by may.....=(

their rooms are really nice and within the price range that we are willing to pay so no choice lo...they win....we book two rooms..... internal swop with PIL after 2 days then..... then why room 3 and 9 and not 1 and 2 leh???? cos we will get to stay in the mediterranean themed room in jiufen liao mah....=)

 
Transport:
we needed another cab transport to bring us and our luggage from jiufen to taipei and along the way stop us at yehliu geopark for 2 hours of sightseeing and hotspring at herb garden (recommendation from jiufen minsu) for 3 hours .....asked for quotation from a few cabbies that i gotten from the tripadvisor forum and the cheapest one we gotten is at NT$3300 (S$144.10) for 12 hours of service by Meeky Yang (contact number: 886~921~915~586, email: meeky589@yahoo.com.tw) ....other cabbies quoted us NT$4000 and NT$5000.... by the way, taiwan cabby always doubles as tourguide too de oh...




will share the awesome places that we will be visiting in our next post.... =D