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Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (台北南港展覽館) - Fantasy Ice World 台北冰雪世界 - Harbin ice sculptures in Taipei [Taiwan Day 204: Frozen - March 23, 2014]

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }A:link { } 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...

Taiwan Day 190: W for Wulai - March 9, 2014

I went to Wulai on a rainy Sunday. Wulai is a district in New Taipei City and can be reached using the MRT. It was my first time to ride the Taipei Metro until the MRT Xindian Station which is the last station of the Tamsui Line on the south of Taipei. I was with a Filipino friend on this trip. He bought a new Pentax camera worth around NTD 10,000 and he wants to test his new...

New Taipei City Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (新北市平溪天燈節) [Taiwan Day 167: Pingxi Is In The Air - Feb. 14, 2014]

February 14 was the day I was waiting for. Not because it was Valentine's Day but for the 2014 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival. Pingxi is a district in a New Taipei City and sky lanterns are the main tourist attraction in this place. Divya I went there together with my...

Taiwan Day 161: When Lanterns Shine Bright - Feb. 8, 2014

With temperatures going down to 14 °C and with a cold drizzle the 2014 Taipei Lantern Festival never fails to amaze everyone. The lanterns were installed in Taipei Expo Park and it was my second time here. My first time here was in Taiwan Day 127 when I saw the blossoming flowers of the 2014 Taipei Flower Expo. I did not expect that there would be too many people in this Lante...

Taiwan Day 155: Year of the Horse - Feb. 2, 2014

My Chinese New Year celebration was not yet over! Since today was still a holiday most of the tourist destinations, restaurants and malls were still closed but a few were open to offer people some place to relax. Taipei Zoo was one of them. It was only closed in Chinese New Year's Eve but for the rest of the days it was open. It was my second time here in Taipei Zoo and the f...

Taiwan Day 152: Retro Taipei - Jan. 30, 2014

It's Chinese New Year's Eve and I went to Dihua Street to buy some 'Chinese' candies to celebrate the Year of the Horse. From Taipei Main Station, I transferred to the Tamsui Line and alighted at Zhongshan Station. I passed by the Zhongshan Metromall and all of the stores were closed. I already expected this since Lunar New Year is a holiday in Taiwan. I got lost finding Dihu...

Taiwan Day 134: Ice Age - Jan. 12, 2014

Yuka -> a baby mammoth that was trapped in ice 39,000 years ago was here in Taipei for a special exhibit in Chiang-Kai Shek (CKS) Memorial Hall. I went to CKS Memorial using MRT by transferring from the Bannan Line to the Tamsui Line in Taipei Main Station. It was just very easy to find this place as after I go out of Exit 5 I was already there. But I have to walk for maybe 5...

Taiwan Day 127: As the New Year Blossoms - Jan. 5, 2014

My opening salvo for my weekend travel adventure this new year -> Welcome to the 2014 Taipei Flower Show at the Taipei Expo Park! I went there amidst my review for my Final Exams. I religiously tour around Taipei every weekend as my mantra of refreshing my neurons. Yesterday I bought a Sony Cyber-shot camera in Carrefour for only NTD 2980. When the cashier opened the box t...

Taiwan Day 122 & 123: HAPPY NEW YEAR! -Dec. 31,2013 & Jan. 1,2014

Dec. 31, 2013 - I woke up at 9:20 am only realizing that I have a Biology 1 (B1) Class at 9:00 am. I was already late but I didn't forced myself to enter the class. It was the first time that I was absent in B1 but my stipend won't be affected since my sole absence from this class haven't reached 1/3 of 14 which was the total number of classes. I just used the time in cleaning ...