DAY 1 - 22/06 SINGAPORE TO KAOSHIUNG

DAY 1 - 22/06 SINGAPORE TO KAOSHIUNG CI668
Holiday mood sets in slowly but surely on 22/06 as we took off from Singapore Changi International Airport, arriving in Kaoshiung about 4 hours later, at 6.40pm (no time difference between S'pore and Taiwan).

Kaoshiung International Airport Immigration/Custom is hassle free, queue free, crowd free, but most importantly, taxi abundance.

Together with our backpacks and luggages, the 6 of us jammed into 2 taxis and were zipped through the rather orderly evening traffic.

Along the way, we saw alot of warehouses and factories (many of which already abandoned). Our cab driver told us Kaoshiung was a bustling industrial city many years back.However,many have moved their production plants to China and thus causing the employment and economy rate to drop tremendously in Kaoshiung.

Our destination was Evergreen Green Hotel松柏大饭店, a rather decent hotel where we will stay for 2 nights, before adjourning to our next city : HUALIEN

After checking into our rooms, and freshening up ourselves, we set off by foot to the Liuhe Night Market 六合夜市in search mainly of food.

This night market is considered medium scale(by my standard), comprises of mainly mobile style food stalls, souvenir stalls, fashion wear & ware stalls, pet shops and many more that i cant list them one by one...

All in all, was eye opening to one who has heard so much but never experience 夜市. Local food and desserts are fantastic, especially their oyster omelette (though i still preferred our own S'pore's version of the 'o luar').

Silly me and Lydia, we went to order double egg omelette, thinking its more eggs ith oysters kind of 'o luar'. When the dish was served, we picked through the egg omelette, but no oyster lei??!! Then we realised : 双蛋煎 means just double egg with the starchy stuff, NO OYSTER! Alamak, so malu.....

**At this point, i need to remind all who have plans to travel to Taiwan to PLEASE bring your own plastic bags (as in like those NTUC plastic bags). Becos in Taiwan, you need to pay about Sin$0.20 for a plastic bag when you do your shopping at convenience stores, or even WATSON'S...so be sure to bring some with you at all times..

We didnt do much on our first night in Kaoshiung, pretty much 'shack' from the heat and the long walk....Weather's hot and stuffy at the night market, so drinking loads of water is a MUST!

We didnt do much on our first night in Kaoshiung, pretty much 'shack' from the heat and the long walk....

We all turned in rather early tonight, well not really....by the time i finished watching my 超级星光大道 (杨忠伟 & 林宥嘉 are about the only 2 who can sing really well) repeat on TV, it was almost 1 am.....

Well, it's about time to LIGHTS OUT, sleep tight, and get ready to gear up all the energy I have for another hot & sweaty day ahead tomorrow...and not forgetting, plenty of walking too....

SWEET DREAMS.....good night Kaoshiung