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TAIPAYE: A Trip to Taipei, Taiwan
Our trip to Taipei, Taiwan was scheduled on a rainy season. And unfortunately, we weren’t able to visit most of the tourist spots here. But despite the prevailing circumstances, our 4-day trip was filled with fun. After all, it was my first time to travel. It was tiring tho since we had to do a lot of walking so a few tips if you are planning to visit this place soon:
- Plan ahead. List down the tourist spots you want to visit. There will be private cars you can avail to take you to these tourist spots or you can ride public transportation.
- Wear comfortable clothes. There will be a lot of walking when going places. Might as well wear something comfy and if you have a thing for fashion, plan your OOTDs ahead too. Taipei fashion is greatly influenced by Western culture so why not step it up a little bit!
- Night Markets. Save up for your shopping spree and food trips. Night markets are everywhere.
- Have fun!
And here are the highlights of my trip! Enjoy!
Taipei Zoo Station
Zhinan Temple Station
One of the best things in Taiwan. Definitely a must-try!
Maokong
Food market
Cutie character shaped egg cakes
Maokong Gondola
Maokong Gondola has four stations: Taipei Zoo Station, Taipei Zoo South Station, Zhinan Temple Station and Maokong Station. It extends over 4 kilometers and it takes at least half an hour to reach the top.
Ticket
Feels like a 10 AM lrt ride in the Manila
To Taipei Zoo Station
Train stations here are not that different from the Philippines because of the volume of people taking public transportation, except some are air-conditioned, they have wifi available and are more high tech. Single ride tickets look like casino tokens. How cool is that?!
Street foods are literally everywhere! FEAST!
Instagram worthy stuffs. Keep an eye on them.
And night markets are up until midnight. WIFI is definitely available. But there are only some places where the connection is good. Btw, this particular place is Ximenting.
You can find the MODERN TOILET here!
And CASTELLA CAKE. So fluffy. Melts in your mouth.
Take advantage of FREE TASTES. They are insanely delicious. And pricey!
MILK TEA: LEGIT AF.
Lungshan Temple of Manka. This is a must visit temple in Taiwan because it is one of largest and oldest temples here and the most well known too.
View from the entrance
Library
Pigeons everywhere. Watch out!
View from the inside
Guard change
Waiting for the spectacular guard change
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. Just enjoy watching the guard change. If you plan to take a video of the whole ceremony, it will last for more than 15 minutes. I can’t hold my phone up for that long.
Because DOGS.
1 LITER YAKULT. Yes, 1 is enough here.
Streets of Taipei. I am so amazed by how clean the streets are. And smoke-free too. Taipei is a very busy place. Motorcycles are everywhere.
And bicycles too.
Baopiliao Historical Block. You don’t want to miss a photo op because BRICKWALL will always be a thing.
You’re welcome!
NOODLES. Buy 2 for a discounted price!
Humans of Taipei. Fashionable. Talented. Fly!
COSPLAY LANE! You’ll find every character on this street. Find it!
STREET ART. Sadly I wasn’t able to make sticker designs. I was in the midst of creative block. But they are perfect for your selfie background.
And finally, OOTDs. #relationshipgoals. Group selfie. Shoe selfie. And all the silly poses of your gang!
There are a lot more to see! Travel while you can!
OC Problems? Send HELP!
Taipei 101 floral wall
Rattan: Made in the Philippines
Threads
Street art
Rainbow Fabrics
Truck Park Marikina, Ph floral wall
Lego on the floor SM North, Quezon City, Ph
Stickers Ximending, Taiwan
Animalistic Fabric
My obsession with patterns started when I first traveled out of the country. Phone photography was more challenging than I expected compared to using a DSLR camera. I always thought that a phone camera is too basic because of its auto settings and features. But its basic feature is what makes it more complicated. Maybe because I was used to changing the aperture, ISO, shutter speed, and so on (though you can also use a manual setting on a phone camera) in a DSLR camera for different situations or settings or maybe because I haven’t done photography for quite sometime now. But nonetheless, I still enjoy taking shots of anything. What’s good about phone camera is that it’s very convenient to use. It’s a point-and-shoot camera so you just have to look for your subject and click! And for editing the shots, there are really good apps that you can download such as VSCO and Snapseed. I have tried using both but for a more professional editing app, I would recommend Snapseed since it’s kinda like Adobe Photoshop. But the thing is you shouldn’t do much editing. You just enhance.
So going back to my obsession with patterns, I am an OC person. OC stands for Obsessive-Compulsive which relates to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity and inhibition (source: dictionary.com). So having said that, I am attracted to things that look neat or organized or anything that looks balanced and/or repetitive. Anything that meets my standard of OC-ness. These patterns satisfy my OC problems and because of this, I enjoy going out now. I feel the need to explore and travel. Unlike before, I just want to stay inside caving and do artsy stuffs and browse and browse and browse. But now I think there is more out there. It’s good sometimes if you’re being observant and sometimes give a little bit of your shit to anything. You might find somethings that are worth sharing and just STOP taking selfies and put them up on your social media accounts every fucking day. I mean, just give it a break. People need some inspiration in life. Give them something other than your thick brows and Kylie Jenner lips. And also stop spreading fake news and negativity just because the world is kinda shitty right now including your political views and the like. Hey nobody wants to hear you are Anti-Trump or Anti-Duterte. Give those people a chance to do their thing. Let’s not get involved and just be informed. Besides, we can do better. Let us all be a better citizen you know and just spread ART. Let’s inspire each other.
But really, what I wanted to say is please do enjoy my photos and spread ART. Because ART IS LOVE.
For everyone’s information I am using Samsung Note 5 for my shots.
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