Taiwan Trip

I’m Ashley Hor Soek Ting. You can call me Soek Ting or ST – the short form of my name which named by my friends. I am not a new baby in the blogging market. I started at Form 2 but then due to some reasons, I stopped blogging when I was in Form 5. However today, the issue that caused I stopped blogging is finally settled down. So, yes here I am! Frankly speaking, I am not a fashionista. I do not know make-up. I am not good in dressing up either. But I just want to share my stories to those who listen and care. 

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Taiwan

Date: 26^th of March 2013 to 3^rd of April 2013

Fee: RM3000 (included flight tickets, hotels, transport, food, entrance tickets)

Time take to fly between Malaysia and Taipei: 4-5 hours

Taiwan Visa: Malaysians can stay up to 30 days without VISA

After having the bad local tour experiences to China and Hong Kong, My sister, Kei and I decided to travel to Taiwan on our own. MEANS NO TOUR! We booked the flight tickets pretty early. About 1 year ago. This was my first time travelling to Taiwan. And I took a month in searching the information of hotels, interesting places, and transportation through the travel books and websites. Teehee! The schedule of our journey! ;DDDDD

The following websites are very useful.

http://www.backpackers.com.tw/forum/

 http://www.tripadvisor.com/

The plane landed at 3pm at Taoyuan Airport. We were struck in the immigration for 1.5 hours. We bought the cellphone SIM card once we got out from the departure. There are few choices like Zhonghua Telecom 中华电信 (Zhonghua dianxin) and Taiwan Mobile 台湾大哥大 (Taiwan da ge da). We picked Zhonghua Telecom 中华电信 because it provides stronger network. As the vacation is about 9 days, I chose the package H. The price is reasonable with the unlimited data service. A good deal right? 

This is a very important note you have to remember. One passport can only purchase one SIM card and the passport holder must be aged > 20 year old (To be consider 20 years old, you must pass your birthday) If you are younger than 20, you can ask for help from your travel agent or van driver. But due to the strict law in Taiwan, they can purchase only one SIM card for you. It’s fine if you want to save money by buying SIM card without data. Most of the hotels and cafes in Taiwan provide wifi and you can easily connect to it unlike in hong kong.

For one thing I have to mention is - the advantage of going vacation with family members. When we are with the family members, the schedule is always inflexible. We have freedom on choosing places and spend more time on shopping. HAHAHA!