Taiwan Holiday, Day 1 at Taichung

This is the second time for HolidayBoyboy to visit Taiwan. The first was when he was serving the Singapore Army 10 years ago. He had 2 days of rest and relax to visit Kaohsiung. He enjoyed the stay and vow to go back to Taiwan someday in future!

HolidayGirlGirl never been to Taiwan and she is looking forward to it! She heard of the nice food at the night market plus shopping! She been saving for many months so she can shop till she drop in Taiwan.

Taiwan Go Go Go! We will be there for 11days and here we are sharing our itinerary for your next trip to Taiwan. :)

Flight from Singapore to Taiwan: 1.50pm to 6.30pm
Singapore to Taiwan 4.5 hours flight.  We took Budget airlines, Jet Star. Ohoh, 4 hours with no Krisworld to watch movies or any entertainment on the flight! Of course we can’t bored ourselves. So we brought a laptop to watch movies!

First look of Taoyuan Airport!

First look at Taoyuan Airport, arrive at 6.29pm!

Bus to Taoyuan High Speed Railway: 6.30 to 7.30pm
When you are out of the departure hall, just turn to your left and walk straight ahead. You can choose to buy a ticket from any of the shop there.

The sign to the express bus in Taoyuan airport, Taipei

The sign to the express bus in Taoyuan airport, Taipei

Bus ticket Counters

Bus ticket Counters

Do not forget to apply for the Youth Travel card (青年旅遊卡) for free if you are within age 18-30. It gives some privileges for tourist holding this youth card for instance NT50 discount for Taipei 101 ticket!! Just fill in a form by presenting your passport to the Information counter on your right hand side at the main lobby.

Youth Travel Card

Youth Travel Card

High Speed Railway from Taoyuan station to Taichung (NT540): 8.10pm to 8.40
Fast, nice and clean high speed rail! Smooth ride all the way to Taichung

HSR Taoyuan station

HSR Taoyuan station

Inside HSR Taoyuan station

Inside HSR Taoyuan station

Purchase ticket from Machine

Purchase ticket from Machine

Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR)

Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR)

Inside High Speed Rail

Inside High Speed Rail

Taichung station to The Galerie Hotel (NT200, 20 mins): 8.50 to 9.10pm
The taxi stand is located at B1 of Taichung station

Eat and shop at Fengjia Night Market: 9.35 to 11.30pm
From our hotel, it takes only 5 minutes walk! The front office staff and they will direct you the shortcut to walk!

Related posts:

  1. Eating and shopping at Feng Jia Night Market in Taichung, Taiwan 吃喝玩樂在逢甲
  2. Taiwan holiday, Day 2 to Kaohsiung
  3. Taiwan holiday, Day 4 – Places to go in Kenting, Taiwan
  4. Taiwan holiday, Day 3 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan
  5. Taiwan holiday, Day 5 depart from Kenting to Taipei

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2 Responses to “Taiwan Holiday, Day 1 at Taichung”

  1. Andrew
    30. Oct, 2009 at 3:44 pm #

    Hi Sir,
    Was lookig through the pixs you posted on your recent Taiwan Trip. I believe that you must had enjoy yourself in Taiwan.

    I am actually at the midst of preparing my itinerary. Planning to go early next Jan. Do you have any for reference =)

    Cheers,
    Andrew

  2. holidayboyboy
    31. Oct, 2009 at 12:24 pm #

    Hi Andrew,

    We had a nice holiday in Taiwan!
    Currently, we are posting our itinerary and hotel information on our blog. HolidayGirlGirl researched thousands of websites for these information. You will find them very useful.

    Stay tune!

    HolidayBoyBoy

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