Tainan - an unexpected Trip 19-22 Sep 15

Having blogged about my Kending & Kaoshiung trip, i thought it's fair that I blog about my Tainan trip. Been a while since i last travelled with this friend of mine, and so we decided to do a short get-away. Just a short trip to Bangkok. But shortly after booking the air tickets, there was the bombing incident, and to play it safe, we decided to change our destination, and So, it's off to KaoShiung!

Since it's meant to be a get-away, a relax trip, we decided to keep it easy, and do a simple trip to Tainan, Fairyland lake(farm) and Fo Guan Shan @ Kaoshiung! Tainan was amazing, with it's culture. Visited Anping old street,the fort, the Treehouse (my favorite place there) and had quite a bit of snacks there. THe whole afternoon was spent exploring the old streets, not forgetting the majestic Mazu temple! We got a bit lost especially with the bus options that eventually, we decided to take a taxi back to town! But managed to visit the very big Flower Night market before going back to our little minsu.

Next morning, we visited Chikan Tower. Had the fortune to meet a retired teacher who served as a guide for us. Very informative tour, learning about the history of Tainan!Were too early and missed the chance to try the famous Noodles. well next time perhaps!

Next stop was to Fairyland lake. We thought it was near Tainan town but how wrong we were! Tainan is actually very big!!! managed to get a cab driver who drove us there (2 hours!!) and enroute, we detoured and vistied Cigu salt mountain and had the best seafood lunch there!! Super yummy!



Yummy seafood near Cigu Salt mountain

View from the Fairyland Lake

The farm was quite and peaceful and we really had the chance to sit and relax, playing with the little puppies (even for me!) and enjoy the sunset as well as the starry night! had a little tour in the morning before moving on to our last stop.

Our room at Fairyland Lake

Fo Guan Shan in Kaoshiung has always been a must "wish" for me. SO decided to go for it this round! tried but failed to get accomodation at the temple (due to our very limited mandarin and well time) we decided to stay at e-da (the nearest hotel to FGS). E-da is mostly a theme park and as a shopping mall, well it's kinda of boring for us.. But our visit to FGS was amazing! we spent more than half a day at the memorial hall itself with all the exhibits etc. loved the vibes there. Can simply stay and relax the whole day there!

but time is running against us, and it's time to go home. Shopped a bit at Zuoying before moving off to the airport and bid good bye to our little trip! loved taiwan!! every where is a different experience! and everywhere is full of fond memories!