Fortunately for me that this round trip was planned by hubby due to my mandarin limitations in reading and writing. But this does not stop me from writing out my experience throughout the whole trip. Here is a brief itinerary planned out for the trip of 11D10N. Main focus is sightseeing and food. We booked a driver for the first 7days trip and the rest was in Taipei which was a self walk method.

For the pre trip guide, check out this link.

Day 1: Taichung (台中)
– Flight from KLIA – Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
– Driver pickup from airport
– Breakfast
– He Xing Railway Station (合興車站)
– Lavender Cottage Farm (薰衣草森林)
– Neiwan Old street (内灣老街)
– Nanliao Fishing Port (南寮漁港)
– Feng Jia Night Market (逢甲夜市)
– Stays in Eiffel Tower Hostel aka Ai Fei Er (逢甲艾菲爾)

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The most basic thing that you need before preparing for a trip, of course you must do some research. Unless you follow tour then its a different story. You would need to decide what kind of trip you wants to go for. For example; shopping, sightseeing, food eating, etc.

For this trip of mine the focus would be the culture, some local stuff, food, sightseeing, etc. Of course a little shopping is a must. Since this is a winter season, it is critical that you take care of your body. Although Taiwan does not snow, but it often rains and have heavy winds. Uses lotion, lip balm, moisturizers, apply some mask, wearing the appropriate outfit to cover every part of your body from head to toe to make sure that you are warm. You might want to bring umbrella or raincoat. But no worries you can get it anywhere there conveniently.

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