Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Taiwan Itinerary At a Glance: Day 9

A lazy day today as we only got up at around 11+ and skipped breakfast. As usual, took a 15-minutes walk from our hotel to the nearest MRT station. Decided to go down to Ximending (西门町). We went to the Cashbox Partyworld KTV (钱柜) there to book a room for the next day. The KTV outlet occupies almost the whole building.

Cashbox Partyworld

Coincidentally, there was an event going on at the lobby of the building, an autography session by newcomer Evan Yo (蔡旻佑)

Evan Yo

This time, we did not hesitate to take a photo of the event.

At Evan Yo Autography Session

Went for lunch at Ximending KFC, the restaurant overlooks the street. Noticed that there is someone being engaged to hold up an advertisement board at the cross junction.

View From Ximending KFC

Walked around the area one more time before taking the MRT to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (中山纪念堂).

Zhongshan Park Entrance

There was a Buddhist Lecture going on and there were a lot of people who came from the different counties in Taiwan.

At SYS Memorial Hall

There is a huge statue of Sun Yat Sen at the center hall.

SYS Statue

And some interesting pictures on the wall.

Wall Pics @ SYS

We also went into the museum.

Museum @ SYS Memorial Hall

After that we walk to the Chinese Television System (中华电视公司), the TV station that produces Super Sunday, which was nearby. We saw the building from afar went we came out of the SYS Memorial Hall MRT Station.

CTS Building

We were not allowed to go inside, so we took a picture from outside.

Outside CTS

And here is the CTS main entrance

Outside CTS 2

Then we proceed to walk along Zhongxiao East Road (忠孝东路).

Zhongxiao East Road Sign

I think we walked around 2 MRT stations distance (until Zhongxiao Fuxing Station). Along the way we bought some muah ji. Then we took the MRT once more to go to Linjiang and Tong Hua Night Market (临江/通化街夜市).

Linjiang Night Market

The street was rather cramped.

Linjiang Night Market Street

We met Xiao He for dinner. He brought us to a Cantonese restaurant and once again this was his treat.

Cantonese Restaurant @ Tonghua

After dinner, Xiao He and SG went drinking while S and I went back to the night market to explore further. During this time, we got ourself some soft toys through those catcher machine. And this was our tally for the whole trip... :P

Soft Toys Caught

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