A Bannan MRT station is located in Banqiao District so it was easy for me to reached this place and to go back home. Aside from the MRT Station, there is also a High Speed Rail Station (bullet train) in Banqiao and also a nearby Bus Station. This makes this Banqiao area equivalent to Taipei Main Station that serves as a major multi-modal transport hub. I went out via Exit 2 of the Banqiao Station and I was a greeted by the large crowd of people walking in the streets as I get out of the subway escalators. It was a bit hard to take photos but I just did what I need to do. I don’t mind if I don’t know the people whom the pictures I am taking with. I just want to get pictures of the Christmas decorations in the plaza. There is a carousel and a classic rotating teacup ride. I want to try them like a child but the queue was very long so I just content myself of looking and taking photos of these rides. There were a lot of families with very young children that were here aside from couples who are their having dates.
I feel envy to the Taiwanese around me because up to know I still don’t have a thick jacket to keep me warm during this winter season. It is not that I don’t have money. Today I just received my stipend but I would use that to pay the money that I borrowed from fellow Filipinos during my first week here of my stay in Taiwan. The temperature on the plaza was 17 degrees so to keep myself warm and comfortable during my sightseeing I put on three layers of thick shirt plus my maroon and white UP Jacket before I left the dorm. I can monitor the temperature here in Taipei by just looking at my iPod Touch. As of this writing, the temperature in Taipei City is 15 degrees. The lowest temperature that I have experienced in Metro Manila in my whole life was 17 degrees and it was a rare event. You can just imagine how cold the weather here in Taiwan but I am trying to adapt and this is part of my acclimatization.
It took me some time to find the location of the Christmas maze but I was able to find it because I have printed a map from the New Taipei City website. The map shows a cartoon representation of the ‘Christmas City’. One thing that I have observed here is that there was no nativity scene in any of the decorations. It was Santa Claus that was celebrated here. Anyway, their Christmas celebration was for commercial purposes and not for religious ones so I understand. Filipinos have a different way of celebrating Christmas and considered as the longest one.
It was only here in Banqiao that I learned that Christmas is somewhat celebrated in Taiwan. I called my parents before I went to Banqiao. I just want to know if they are ok in Montalban, Rizal. My mother asked me if I will go back to the Philippines for a vacation. I answered her that I will not go back for a vacation. I told her that thinking of going back for a vacation would just make me lonely and thinking of not going back makes me happy. This just proves that having fun is the best way to fight loneliness.
December 9 will be a very special day as this day will mark my 100th day in Taiwan. I will visit the most recommended spot in Taiwan according to a travel website. I am hopeful that it will be a sunny day so my plans would become a reality. I will celebrate that day with a bang. BOOM!
Sakura Series - Taiwan
2025 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 Sansheng Trail
Sakura Series - Taiwan
Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansheng 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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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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