Let it go! Let it go! My first adventure in my Taiwan Day 200 series was a visit to the Fantasy Ice World in Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei. Ice sculptures from the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China were brought to Taipei for a special exhibit. The last day of the ice exhibit will be on April 25, 2014 so if you are planning to go Taipei come and visit this place.
It was six o’clock on Sunday evening when I went to the Nangang Exhibition Center. The place was a few bus stops from Academia Sinica and it took me less than 15 minutes to arrived at the place. The ice sculptures were housed in a large ‘refrigerator’ that looks like a warehouse. Since it was nighttime, I wore five layers of clothing including my thick jacket. Going there in the morning with a full winter attire would be crazy because the temperatures in Taiwan have already risen during daytime to above 20 degrees Celsius.
The cost of the ticket was NTD 380 but I have a Groupon ticket which my Taiwanese PhD classmate bought for me at a price of NTD 300. I just presented the printed Groupon ticket to the counter and it was replaced with a real ticket which I gave to the lady at the main entrance. I saw two Taiwanese women who were not wearing any winter attire and they gave two stubs to a lady and then the lady gave them each a winter coat. I don’t know if they paid extra but wearing a coat was a must inside the Fantasy Ice World.
A metal sliding door was at the entrance of the ‘refrigerator’. When the two Taiwanese ladies went inside I heard shrieks and the staff laughed at the funny incident. The temperature inside was -18 degrees Celsius and before I went inside I was thinking to rent gloves because I was afraid that the blood inside my hands would turn into ice upon entering. I just went inside without any gloves and I felt the -18 degrees temperature. Brrrrr!
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Angkor Wat |
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| Great Pyramid |
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| Great Wall of China |
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| The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid |
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| holding the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
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| inside the Taj Mahal |
I took a lot of pictures and I was amazed with the ice sculptures. It was my first time to saw those kinds of things. The most interesting part inside was the famous landmarks in the world. I saw the Taj Mahal, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Angkor Wat, Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall of China. All made in ice!
I didn't have a tripod but the flat surfaces of the ice sculptures made it possible for me to take photos of myself. I just placed my camera above the blocks of ice and set the 10-second timer. It was really fun giving yourself 10 seconds to pose before the camera flashes its light. I have a lot of pictures of myself in this Taiwan Day 204 and that was record-breaking. It was my first time to smile in a lot of photos and it was a memorable experience.
I spent almost two hours inside roaming around and taking pictures. "The cold never bothered me anyway". When I exited that warehouse I started to feel the chill in my fingers. I was already frozen!
THINGS TO DO IN TAIPEI
Sakura Series - Taiwan
2024 Forecast
Taipei 101 first flowers
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Taipei Flower Test Center
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Broadwood Park
Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura
Wuling Farm (武陵農場)
SYS kawazu sakura
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
CKS Memorial Hall
Shibafen Yoshino Sakura
Hope River
Dongfang Temple
Tianyuan Palace
Neicou Stream Trail
Orange Garden Cafe
Yangming Park Visitor Information Center
Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop
Huashan Road
Qianshan Park
Zhongshan Hall Entrance
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura
Neihu Creek Trail
Shulin Land Office
Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest
Lung Yen Sakura Forest
Yangming Park cherry stream
Yangming Park fountain
CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura
Wugu District Tianyi Road
CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura
Loving Farm
Yong Long Farm
Zhongbaling Sakura Road
Sun Link Sea
Tai'an Police Station
Cherry Hill Slope
Hsinchu Park
Taipei 101
Kāng Gào Kēng Creek
New Garden City
Broadwood Park
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Alishan Ranger Station
Alishan House
Alishan Police Station
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan Station
Alishan Entrance
Alishan Gou Hotel
Alishan Magnolia Garden
Wulai tour
Wun Chang Elementary School
Bishanyan
Sanzhi Sansei Trail
Sakura Series - Taiwan
Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansei Trail
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Yangming Park Cherry Stream
Yangming Park Fountain
Flower Test Center
Broadwood Park
New Garden City
Yinghua Park
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Yangmingshan Visitor Center
Taipei 101
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Sakura Series - Japan
Kamonyama Park
Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
Shinko Park
Minato-mirai 21 area
Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus
Onda River
Tenryuji
Byodoin
Kiyomizudera
Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple
Hōryū-ji Temple
Nara Park attractions
Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus
Sumida River
Tsuruma Park
Gion
Maple Series
Taipei Aowanda
Shimen Dam
Alishan
Aowanda
Shanlinxi
Taoyuan Valley Garden
Fushoushan Farm
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| Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis |
The "Taipei kong mahal" (My beloved Taipei)
Always in my heart
MRT birdman
Valentine's Day
Tulips Festival
2018 Taipei Lantern Festival
City of Azaleas
Linji Huguo Temple
Nanjichang Night Market
Gudetama Chef restaurant
Dalongdong Bao'an Temple
Shilin hollyhocks
Ningxia Night Market
Ximending graffiti
Discovery Center of Taipei
Chunghwa Postal Museum
Double-Decker Bus
Shilin Cold Balls
Jingimoo
GomanMango
mud volcanic ice
Fire and Ice Dumpling
Opium Fen-Yuan
Ichiran Ramen
Liu Shandong Beef Noodles
hydrangea flowers
National Palace Museum
Other attractions in Taipei
Taipei on a budget
Japanese buildings
Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles
Presidential Office Building
Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain
CKS and SYS Hall
City tour
Beitou ramen
MRT Monopoly Game
Winter city tour
Zhicheng Park
Shilin Plum Blossom
Art museums
Shopping in Taipei
Summer desserts
Qingtiangang
Qixingshan hiking
2015 Calla lily
2016 Calla lily
Beitou tour
Beitou-Zhuzihu tour
NTU
Confucius Temple
2015 Dadaocheng Festival
Puppet Museum
Fantasy Ice World
2016 Bread Show
Strawberry picking
2015 Rose Garden
Modern Toilet
Shilin Night Market
NASA Exhibit
Raohe Night Market
Longshan Temple
2013 Taipei Zoo
Maokong Gondola
Lupin flowers
Taipei 101 day visit
Taipei 101 night visit
Tiger Mountain
Din Tai Fung
Taipei Story House
2014 Flower Show
Chrysanthemum Show
Miramar Ferris wheel
Miniatures Museum
Archery
1600 Pandas
Wulaoguo hot pot
Upside Down House
2016 101 Fireworks
New Taipei
Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel
Shifen Waterfall
2017 Sand Sculpture
Dragon Caves
New Taipei tour
2016 Kite Festival
Pingxi Crags
Bitou Cape
2016 Sand Sculpture
2015 Christmasland
Juming - Jinshan
Houtong - Pingxi
Sandiaoling Waterfall
Jiufen foodtrip
Guanyinshan hike
Yehliu Ocean World
2014 Kite Festival
Pingxi Rail tour
Jinguashi tour
Vigor Kobo Pineapple
British Consulate
Yehliu Geopark
2014 Sand Sculpture
Paragliding
2014 Christmasland
2014 Pingxi Lantern
firefly watching
Yingge Ceramics Street
Jiufen tour
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