7D Taiwan trip December 2012 : Kaohsiung + Taipei
Continue from Taiwan Day 4 (Part 1) : Yehliu Geopark + Nanya RockFormation + Yin Yang Sea + Golden Waterfall ...
Itinerary: Yehliu Geopark 野柳 -> Keelung night market 基隆廟口夜市 -> Nanya rock formation 南雅奇岩 -> Ying Yang sea 阴阳海 -> Golden waterfall -> Jiufen -> Shifen
Next stop - Jiufen 九份
When we were in the cab heading to Jiufen, the cab driver told us a little background for Jiufen. It was initially nine families staying in this relatively isolated village on the mountain. Whenever these village people went to the town for grocery shopping or anything, they would always buy in portion for nine families. Slowly, this has earned the name for this village until today.
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| Narrow Jiufen Street |
Our cab driver recommended two must-try-foods in Jiufen that we must not missed.
1) 賴阿婆芋圓 + 草仔粿 (Lai ah po taroballs + taro glutinous ricecake)
2) 九份張記傳統魚丸 (fishballs)
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Authetic Lai Ah Po taro balls |
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| Local snack |
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| Traditional Teahouses along Shuqi Street (豎崎路) - towards the end of Jiufen and is perpendicular to Jiufen |
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| Roads up to Jiufen |
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| Breathtaking scenary from Jiufen Several movies chose to shoot here and the movies won international acknowledgement. A film "A City of Sadness" has won first prize in Venice Film Festival and awakened people's memory of Jiufen. Jiufen 九份 Address: Ruijin Hwy, Ruifang District, New Taipei City |
Last stop - Shifen 十分 (Sky lantern)
Took the rail train from Houtong station to Shifen train station. Around 20 minutes ride for NT$15.
The main tourist attraction here is to put sky lantern 放天灯 ! Both stretch of shop houses mainly sell sky lanterns with railway in the middle where train will be passing by anytime.
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| Train railway in the middle |
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| Whole street of sky lanterns |
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| Up up in the sky |
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mini light lantern souvenir to bring back homeland  My cab driver bought fire crackers and put for us to see. Never knew they can have fireworks whenever they want. Too bad, we were busy admiring the fireworks till we forgot to take any pictures. Till next time... Shifen 十分 Address: Ping River (Pingsi) Township, New Taipei City |
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