Travel Entrée: Day 6 Backpack Taipei, Taiwan Trip (台湾台北行）

Hey yo! continue with Day 6 & 7 of our journey.Do check my Day 5 post for more details of our 13 stations journey. We woke up early and continue our journey to Beitou (北投), DanShui station (淡水站) and Shilin Night market (士林夜市).

We dawn upon the small stall near our Minsu to have some Xiao Long Bao (小笼包)& Noodles.

We then took the MRT from ZhongShan station (中山站) to Xinbeitou station (新北投站), it is the last station of the red line. You can just ask your way around if you dont know the way to the stations from your Minsu.

Once you've arrived the station, there is a few tourist attraction for you to visit. I guess there is more to the list, you have any you can share with me too :) I only got to visit #1,2,3, the library was closed for renovation that day.

1. Beitou Museum （北投温泉博物馆）
Opening Hours: 10am to 5pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Tel: 02 - 2893-9981
Admission: Free Entrance

2. Ketagalan Cultural Centre （凯达格兰文化馆）
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Tel: 02 - 2898-6500
Admission: Free Entrance

The Cultural centre is FOC, you can take alook if there is more time.

3. Public Beitou Hot Spring （北投温泉）
Opening Hours: There are 6 timings for entrance, pls refer to the link above,
5.30 am to 10pm
Tel: 02 - 2897-2260
Admission: NTD 40 per person
We had a great experience here, we were not allowed to capture any pictures. There is bath area provided(without heater). No towel or soap is provided. Do remember to read the rules to bath in the hot spring before entering the hot spring. Because the locals there are very particular with the rules, such as hair need to be tied before entering the pool, and compulsory to wear swimwear,wash legs before entering the pool and etc.

4. Beitou Library （北投图书馆）
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Tel: 02 - 2898-6500
Admission: Free Entrance

Image source from google.

The library was closed for renovation.

5. Beitou Park (北投公园）
Opening Hours: -
Admission: Free Entrance

6. Geothermal Valley (地熱谷)
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Admission: Free Entrance

7. Plum Garden（梅庭）
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Tel: 02-2897-2647
Admission: Free Entrance

8. Marshal Zen Garden
Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm
Tel: 02-2897-5700

We got to wear the same cap and shirt that day, so we took a chance to keep this as memory.

It was drizzling, we thank God that we had a great hot spring experience without rain. We felt fresh after the hot spring bath. We took the MRT to DanShui station (淡水站).

Once we arrived we just tuck in, so the picture was not pretty too. This was Bian Dang (便当） which is only NTD 50, so cheap!

So we decided to walk on foot to the DanShuiOld street (淡水老街）for shopping and more eating. But it was raining heavily, but we had fun with our raincoats.

You can opt to take bus to the fisherman wharf instead of going there by the boat. To walk from the MRT station to the harbour takes 20 minutes. But there are variety of food and shops along the way if you get to walk.

The weather was not good, so we didn't go as per our schedule to the Fisherman Wharf.

If you ask me what is delicious/ must eat food in Dan Shui, here is my list.

1. Iron Eggs (铁蛋）

2. Ice creams (天霸王霸淇淋)

3. Niu Zha Tang (牛轧糖) - A type of candy made from cow's milk.

4. Ah Gei/ Arcade (阿给）- The red food in the picture below. It is like Yong Tau fu that contains glass noodles inside.

5. Fishball soup 魚丸湯

6. Fried/BBQ squid.cuttle (炸花枝/烤花枝）

7. Peppery biscuit - contains pork marinated with pepper（胡椒饼) . I personally prefer the biscuits in Raohe night market, which will be in my Day 7 post.

Since it was raining, we got back to our minsu earlier and headed to Shilin Night Market. We left Danshui around 5pm, and we need to get down from Taipei main station. By the time the train is reaching Taipei station. The train is super pack with people! If possible, try to avoid off office hours.

Many people said that the night market is too commercialize and the food is rather expensive. But for me, it is a great night market to check it out, it is the biggest night market with alot of street food and shopping paradise.Let the pictures show you, I didnt get to capture all the food I've eaten, but as far I can remember, the list of unique and delicious food to me is here.

1. BBQ Quail Eggs
2. Fried milk
3. Papaya Milk Shake
4. Mi Sua
5. Fried chicken chop
6. BBQ beef cubes