Taiwan

    
This 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year I am spending the time with Royceton for 3 weeks while staying at my friend's place right at Taipei station, plus spending lovely time at 宜兰,罗东,九份,十分,乌来. What a lovely memory.

At Shifen, we sent a message to guardian above for LOVE and happiness for our future journey.


This Wulai is a simple village and we enjoyed the simplier and purer way of life.


Taipei 101 and the adjasent rural village.


We went up and down the stair and alleyway in exploration of the Jiufeng area.


Eventually we had our count down at 中山纪念馆 where we had spectacular view of the firework.


Wulai was the first time ever for me to dipping the hot spring water coming out right at the river bed.


XiMenDing, the area of street shopping and celebration of diversity.


Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall


It is how we celebrate the arrival of 2026. Watching the firework at Taipei 101 at the SunYatSin Memorial Hall. We got in the park at 10pm.


Free shuttle buses were arranged to bring us to further away metro station. We managed to get back to Taipei Station home before 1am.


We were at 89th floor of Taipei 101.


Royceton celebrated with his new Teddiursa from Taipei 101.


The view of SunYatSen Memorial Hall and Taipei Dome


This is the park area of the SunYatSen Memorial Hall, where we stood for the countdown.


Ximending Pedestrian Area: Harajuku of Taipei.  trendy district filled with shops, cafes, street art, and


the historic Ximen Red House


A picture of ROYCETON in the pokemon center (taipei)


Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall


Royceton struggling to hold all the stuff he got from the pokemon center...

I ride the bike my dad rented and while i was riding my bike, my dad was sneakily playing pokemon go ...


Raohe Street Night Market:


Dihua Street: The oldest street in Taipei,


This is a taiwanese kind of castle.


National Palace Museum holds a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of artifacts and artworks. Primarily comprising items relocated from the Beijing Palace Museum and other institutions in the mainland China during the Republic of China's retreat to Taiwan.

National Taiwan Museum

AKA dino museum


One of the most popular pieces is the Jadeite Cabbage. Yet the signature one was on tour during the time we visited.


Zhu Xi (1130–1200), the renowned Southern Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher. This exhibit shows his rare large-character calligraphy,
Anthology of Works, which features excerpts from The Book of Changes.
 


Ivory ball of concentric layers decorated with openwork figures

The Grand Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang asked the Emperor Kangxi, her grandson, to commission the transcription of Kangxi Kangyur in gold ink, which comprises 108 cases of manuscripts and took eight years to complete. It was believed the transcript extended the prosperity of Kangxi era.

The golden bowl of Qianlong Emperor

This is the reastraunt i ate in every morning(food is below)

YuanShan Garden

we ate meat grill skew


I had xiaolongbao every morning at this reastraunt (picture is above)


We ate sashimi 上引水产


Shilin Night Market:

Meeting Malcolm

i played a baloon shooting game with malcolm (my P6 friend at school.

Thank Hao Laoshi for offering his Taipei station home for us to stay. <3


THis is the bed we spent for 10 days. Also where Royceton slept through the 7.7 earthquake.

   
JiuFeng  

A bustling, narrow alley packed with street food vendors, souvenir shops, and restaurants.


Famous for inspiring the atmosphere of Spirited Away


A-Mei Tea House:

   
ShiFen  

sky lantern

my side of the sky lantern


The sky lantern flying up into the marvellous and beautiful blue sky............................



active railway tracks
   
   

me and my dad riding an electrical bike alongside the magnificent shore of 梅花湖 lake.

 

me in a private onsen


Yilan playshop

me catching fish (i caught 78 to be exact)

Me driving the electric bike as we whizzed past everyone else.................
 

me feeding a capybara.

Me feeding the hungry deer.

 


the Ravenous animals

Me grazing with a kangoroo

my dad grazing with a capybara
   
 

 

 

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