Travel: Taiwan - Taipei

[mowmow]

thumbelina:

Planning to visit Taipei in Dec and go Leo Foo Village and Windows on China. Just wondering if it's ok to buy the High Speed Rail Ticket on the day itself as the weather can be unpredictable in Dec.

Also, planning to stay at Flying Cow. Anyone can advise how to go about booking 2 nights stay at Flying Cow.
Thanks in advanced.

Rooms in Flying cow can be booked over the Internet.

[babyJC]

mowmow:

thumbelina:

Planning to visit Taipei in Dec and go Leo Foo Village and Windows on China. Just wondering if it's ok to buy the High Speed Rail Ticket on the day itself as the weather can be unpredictable in Dec.

Also, planning to stay at Flying Cow. Anyone can advise how to go about booking 2 nights stay at Flying Cow.
Thanks in advanced.

Better to buy in advanced HSR tickets though it's usually not fully sold. If not wrong, u can rearrange to change to another day & time for purchased tickets. The last time I did was changed the timing as I arrived at the HSR station very much earlier than the purchased ticket time. The counter staff jus changed for me without extra costs. To play safe,you may like to check with the counter staff before your purchase.

[Dinah]

Hi all,


I just returned from Qingjing/Taipei on past weekend and would like to share my experience.

Qingjing, Nantou - Stayed in 4-bedder at Ming1 Qin2 Minsu. It is a very nice, pretty, clean and establised minsu with great view of the "cloud sea" and ai4 qing2 hua1. Buffey breakfast included, taste good to me. Average per night is around NT$5,200. A 2-nights stay at Qingjing is enough. Must go to He2 Huan1 Shan1.

Taipei - Stayed in 4-bedder at Just Sleep, Ximending. Convenient and safe area with 7-Eleven downstairs and 5 mins walk to Ximending MRT. Ximending shopping area is just opposite. Room is very clean and modern. Hotel is very new too. Buffet breakfast included, taste good to me too. Average around NT$200-210 per night.

[Jennifer]

Dinah:

Hi all,


I just returned from Qingjing/Taipei on past weekend and would like to share my experience.

Qingjing, Nantou - Stayed in 4-bedder at Ming1 Qin2 Minsu. It is a very nice, pretty, clean and establised minsu with great view of the \"cloud sea\" and ai4 qing2 hua1. Buffey breakfast included, taste good to me. Average per night is around NT$5,200. A 2-nights stay at Qingjing is enough. Must go to He2 Huan1 Shan1.

Taipei - Stayed in 4-bedder at Just Sleep, Ximending. Convenient and safe area with 7-Eleven downstairs and 5 mins walk to Ximending MRT. Ximending shopping area is just opposite. Room is very clean and modern. Hotel is very new too. Buffet breakfast included, taste good to me too. Average around NT$200-210 per night.

Thank you for sharing.

How do you make the journey to CingJing? And then from CingJing to Taipei?

Would u b able to share some photos at Cingjing and the activities done there?

Many thanks in advance.

[Dinah]

Hi Jennifer,


Tried to upload pic but file is too big.

We hired cabbies who took care of our transport from Taipei to Qingjing then back to Taipei (6D) (2 Toyota Wish cuz we had 7A2C). Final day 7, we travelled ourselves as kids were at Baby Boss for 3/4 day while we shopped. Cabbies sent us to airport on departure day.

Even when you are in Taipei, it is much more convenient (time and effort) to travel in cab cuz moving from Taipei city to Yang Ming Shan / Jiu Fen / Shi Fen etc is not easily commutable by public transport.

[Jennifer]

Dinah:

Hi Jennifer,


Tried to upload pic but file is too big.

We hired cabbies who took care of our transport from Taipei to Qingjing then back to Taipei (6D) (2 Toyota Wish cuz we had 7A2C). Final day 7, we travelled ourselves as kids were at Baby Boss for 3/4 day while we shopped. Cabbies sent us to airport on departure day.

Even when you are in Taipei, it is much more convenient (time and effort) to travel in cab cuz moving from Taipei city to Yang Ming Shan / Jiu Fen / Shi Fen etc is not easily commutable by public transport.

Hi, Dinah.

Many thanks for the info.

[2am]

Hi all,


I would like to seek some advice on travelling to Taiwan.
This is will be our first family trip out and on a tight budget.
We would like to bring our son to Leofoo Resort and Qingjing Farm after reading up on the very valuable post by parents here.

Can somebody advise me how to go from Taiwan airport to Leofoo Resort direct and then from Leofoo Resort to Qingjing Farm? I don't need to stay in Taipei as we are on a tight budget. Just these 2 places for our son to enjoy.
Thank you for contributions.

[Dinah]

Hi 2am,


If you saw the news yesterday, there was heavy rain resulting in flood and mud slide in Nantou and Taipei seems to be affected as well. Think North of Taiwan is affected by earthquake 2 days ago but may not be a serious one.

Bot sure if you want to re-consider your travel plans as Qing Jing is in Nantou County and it is in the mountainous area. You wouldn’t want to risk experiencing mudslide and visibility problems while travelling up the mountains.

Think Leofoo is in Hsinchu County and Qing Jing is in Nantou County (nearer to Taichung). Not sure if it is on the way to travel from Taipei-Hsinchu-Qing Jing…you need to check with those who travelled this route before. I did Taipei-Qing Jing (3N)-Taipei (4N), which includes the various towns as we drove along and around Taipei suburbs.

Qing Jing is around 3-4 hrs drive from Taipei. Some kids may not be able to take it. My kids have no issues as they are very exposed to this kind of driving trips.

My gals absolutely enjoyed Baby Boss (Taipei), Sky Lantern-ing in Shi Fen (Taipei suburb), Qing Jing Mountains. Not forgetting the fire work experience we all had at Kee Lung.

[happyfamilycml]

Hi all, I have just returned from Taiwan, managed to follow the itinerary as planned despite the showers and rain. Briefly, I was there for 8 days and visited Fengjia Night Market, Nantou Cing Jing, Miaoli Flying Cow Ranch, Hsin Chu Leofoo Village and Taipei. My entourage included 4 adults and 3 kids (3,7,8).


Just like to share with you a driver contact. His name is 林大哥.
HP is +886 938770880. We are very happy with his service :rahrah: because he is sincere, humble, earnest, flexible and gives good recommendation whenever we required it. His english is not good, so best to call him directly to discuss. Or you could email at [email protected]. I use http://translate.google.com/ to write email in Chinese. He drives a Toyota Wish.

[Oink]

Hi,


Just got back from Taipei.

Sun (10/6)
- around 5am felt some movement (slight earthquake). Then saw the news Yilan had 6++ earthquake.
- Visited XinBeitou, soak feet in the open river (fun and its free!)

Mon
- sunny day : Visited National Palace Museum (they have another Jewllery exhibit going on, showing empress Cixi and other noble jewels. (eye-opening)

Tue - whole day rain (zoo n maokong closed)[later saw e news a few plcs around e area got landslide]
- shopped whole day in the underground mall at main train station.(huge plc, they hv both old n new malls - clothes starts from NT100 n shoes NT200)(cheap n comfy)

Wed - sunny day, at nite felt slight tremble again (earthquake in Xinzhu)
- engaged Meeky Yang as our tour guide (good recommendation from other forumers) to Shifen, JiuFen, JinGuaShi, etc. Visit Jiufen in the evening, nice nite views and lightings along the stretch of stairs.

Thur - raining again
- return to Singapore

The weather now in Taipei is not longer preditable. One day can be raining the whole day but the next day can be Clear sky. Staying in Taipei is still ok, but heard that other plcs had flood and landslides.