Taiwan: Day 2 - 21st March 2011

It's day 2. Weather is wonderful. Not too hot, not too cold. Just nice. Woke up quite early to catch up with our appointment at 7am. Managed to take out the camera and start shooting some views. Bought some sandwich and drinks at 7-11 for breakfast.

Flowers while on the way from the hostel to Jiantan MRT Station Exit 2.

From Jiantan MRT Station.

Minqian East Road intersection with Zhongshan Road.

We went to Tatung University for a visit. Look at their surroundings. Nice and pleasant place to study. CCTV also everywhere, even fixed on trees.

This is the main building at the entrance.

If you went up the stairs(see previous pics) on the right hand side, this is what you'll see below.

Then we went to Shilin Official Residence which is just few minutes away(walking) from Shilin MRT Station. Just as we went past the entrance, you can see beds of flowers out there and loads of blissful couples are getting their wedding photoshoot done.

I try not to take photos of other people, just want to take the pictures of flowers only. Hehe.

A Rose.

Lavender

Various flowers that I don't know the names but beautiful.

Close up shot.

Believe it or not, these are what cherry blossoms looked like before they blossom.

This dog actually follows us around in Shilin Official Residence. He's not exactly friendly, just quietly following us around, and relax while we stopped and took pictures.

Bed of flowers.

Next stop we went to Yangmingshan. The Floriculture Experiment Centre. More flower pictures taken here.

Cherry Blossom!!

Cherry Blossom close up shot!

Looks like orchid but don't think so since the overall plant doesn't look like orchid.

More flowers.

Another unidentified beautiful flowers.

Found another nice Cherry Blossom tree.

Maple Tree/Leaves!

Coniferous Plant (As written at the signboard)

Our next stop is at Beitou. There's a lake here, surrounded by sulphur and thermal gasses. It smells here, not that bad, still acceptable.

Here's the lake and the side of it. Notice the steam? Next photo is a zoomed view.

The yellowish part at the side (not that visible) are sulphurs.

There's a waterfall nearby the lake, just about 10 minutes drive up the hill and you'll see this waterfall.

Another waterfall shot.

After whole day travelling, we decided to go back to Shilin Night Market and grab some snacks for dinner as we didn't really finish exploring this night market the night before.

Not bad. You can find a lot of sausage food in Taiwan, everywhere.

Noticed Ah Chong Mien Sien Shop in Shilin Night Market, so bought a small portion of which cost NT45. Personally, not that nice. Had one Mien Sien that taste nicer at Taichung. But forget to take pics, and I don't know how to go since it's the van driver who brought us there.

So, there goes day 2. Tiring but fun. More exiting visiting coming soon in day 3. Watch out :)

Signing out.

Ciao.