Taiwan Day 4 - Part 1

Our accommodation for Day 3.... SheepHouse B & B....as usual...we were pleasantly surprise at the accommodation....there's always abit of apprehension when booking accommodation over the internet...but the place was so cosy and pretty....

"Bedroom upstairs"

"Bedroom downstairs"

Mum and son making ourselves right at home

Waiting for brekkie to be served at the main lodge

BREKKIE!!!...YUMMY!

View of the exterior of B & B

Our next destination...

Papaya milk from across the lake

"SLURP"

Pretty flowers everywhere!!

Wish I could remember where this is...i think it's some old stuff leftover after the japanese invasion...but i could be wrong since i was left behind in the taxi with a sleeping Jayden....

Ice-cream we were recommended to have...

Egg Yolk inside...

Hualien's famous pork trotters...secretly...i think
MIL's recipe yummier...

Bamboo shoots with pig stomach

Intestines

Trotters...

Totally bill...not even 50 bucks...

This is where we end our journey to Hualien...really pretty..prob my fav in Taiwan so far...scenic...air is fresh...Our last and final stop in Hualien is actually the famous Hualien mocha store that is right next to the train station....made fresh and usually has a shelf life of only a day....no pics..since we were in a hurry....

Jayden and Daddy

The boys spent the day out in the beautiful spring weather...

Taiwan Day 3

On the third day, we left Taipei for Hualien. Boarded the train from Taipei Main Station. Brekkie is from the 7-11 at the train station..just some sushi and tian bu la...

Brekkie is from the 7-11 at the train station..
just some sushi and tian bu la...

8:20 train to Hualien!!

Hee..."bento" box sold on the train...it's nothing fantastic though

We had hired a taxi for a day to bring us around Hualien. We got picked up at Hualien's train station when we arrived. It costs us around 3000NT. Well worth the price since you really need some sort of transportation to get around there....

On our way to get our lunch for a little picnic, we had to stop by to have some roasted sweet potatoes..YUMMY...roasted sweet potatoes in the middles if winter...JJIANG!

Our lunch...

What's special about are the containers.
They are made from bamboo and supposedly absorbs the steam so that
the rice remains 'Q'.

 After getting our lunch...we start on our official tour of Hualien....and Toroko Gorge....Even to a non scenery loving person like me, I really enjoyed the place...really really pretty and the air is just fresh fresh fresh....I have posted a series of pictures below....enjoy....

Dad and Thomas at a lookout point

Along the bridge where we stopped the car,
is a series of marble lion statues...the unique thing is
all the lions have different expressions

This is Jayden at the ..erm..i think is temple...after we got there

Where the homemade taiwan sausages are made..

Me and Jayden sharing a taiwan sausage...

Our last stop before heading back to town...

okay...see this...it's the MOST divine spring onion pancake ever...it has to be pre-ordered...it's like deep fried...with an egg inside..and the egg is like runny..so when u bite into it...the yolk flows out...best ever...

Next stop...dinner!! At Hualien's Zhiqiang night market...not the biggest..not the best...but they do have some pretty famous stuff like the coffin bread..guan cai bing....

Choose whatever you want, and they will cook it for you

That's clotted pig's blood...

Hualien's famous guan cai bing

or deep fried toast with filling

Xiao Xiao Bing was there to shoot some show

Rou wan...nothing like Jiufen though

Potsticker

Mum got really excited when she saw popiah..heee

Must have shen jian bao...yummmmm

Didnt take pics for the last place we went...but it's a MUST to go..it's Hualien's gong zheng bao...or xiao long bao...they make them and steam them on the spot...and the store basically opens for 24 hours....

After all that yummy food...it's time to check into our B&B...next post to follow....

Hualien's Transport
呂 來 福 (Taxi driver) - [3000NT a day], [0928-569081]

Our Tomica

Finally, all 3 parts are put together...how cool is that...ohhhhh..can't wait to keep adding to the 'tomica' collection...

It's a Boy!!

~Baby Number 2~