Taiwan Itinerary At a Glance: Day 6

Heading back north on day 6 and first up was the fruit farm at Miaoli (苗栗).

Some of the plants that were grown here.

And the persimmons that we plucked ourselves (not for free though... :P)

After this, we made our back to Taipei, to CKS Memorial Hall.

Then XH brought us to the Grand Hotel (园山大饭店), built by Soong May-ling (宋美龄). It was just a stop-over for photo taking.

Next stop was Martyr Shrine.

There was a change parade on the hour.

And a fancy arms drill as well.

Had lunch after this. Then we were brought to Mao's House to look at some honey and royal jelly. I did not buy anything here though.

Taipei National Palace Museum (国立故宫博物院) was next on the agenda. A pity we were not allowed to take any photos indoor.

Then made another stop-over at the 辟邪展示馆 for some more sales pitch. Two more stops to go on a fully-packed day. And we went to Miramar Shopping Mall for a Ferris Wheel Ride (which takes 17 minutes).

The view on top of the Ferris.

And the final stop of our package, Shih Lin Night Market (士林夜市). We had our dinner here but was only given a little time to explore.

After this, we checked in to our hotel. Then still managed to find time to go Wufenpu (五分埔), a wholesale center for garments. Here we saw not only shoppers like us, but also people carrying trolleys to buy the stuff in bulk for re-sale. We had also wanted to go to a nearby night market (饶河夜市) but there weren't enough time, in fact, the shops here in Wufenpu were closing as well. Thus we took a cab back to our hotel, but not before stopping for supper at a soybean milk stall.