Monday, October 27, 2014

10 Days Trip across half of Taiwan

This is already the third night of my 10 day trip in Taiwan. We touched down in Taoyuan International Airport 30 minutes late due to a delay in KLIA but Mars from Chailease Auto was patiently waiting at the airport. I'm happy with the car and service provided by Mars. 

After checking the car, we officially started the trip around Taiwan by driving south to our first destination, the Fengchia night market. I used to think that the street food in Malaysia and Thailand are unrivalled but the amount of stalls, varieties of food and sea of visitors here are no less happening compared to the 2 countries aforementioned. 

We left our hostel early to head to one of the oldest city in Taiwan, Lukang. Our main destination is the Tian Hou temple. Popular along the Taiwanese, the crowd already starting to build at 10am. 

Again, the were plenty of food stalls along the popular tourist streets. The buildings, temples and settlements are more or less similar to the old cities Malacca in Malaysia and Hoi An in Vietnam. All the 3 cities were once flourishing harbours a few centuries ago.

I managed to grab some local duck dish at Old Chef's Duck Thick Soup. 
Old Chef's Thick Duck Soup
Simple and simply delicious. I would recommend this for some quality local delights. 



We would have spent more time in Lukang but the next destination to Alishan is quite a long drive. Stay tuned for my next sharings.

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