{"id":6913,"date":"2014-11-17T23:49:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2014\/11\/17\/taiwan-2014-day-1-ii-jinguashi-%e9%87%91%e7%93%9c%e7%9f%b3-jiufen-%e4%b9%9d%e4%bb%bd\/"},"modified":"2014-11-17T23:49:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:49:57","slug":"taiwan-2014-day-1-ii-jinguashi-%e9%87%91%e7%93%9c%e7%9f%b3-jiufen-%e4%b9%9d%e4%bb%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2014\/11\/17\/taiwan-2014-day-1-ii-jinguashi-%e9%87%91%e7%93%9c%e7%9f%b3-jiufen-%e4%b9%9d%e4%bb%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan 2014 Day 1 (II) – Jinguashi \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u201c\u0153\u00e7\u0178\u00b3 & Jiufen \u00e4\u00b9\u009d\u00e4\u00bb\u00bd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:<\/strong> 15 January 2014 Wednesday<\/p>\n

MIL, JZ and his girlfriend JX were already waiting for us at the hotel lobby when we arrived. Our Taiwan road trip starts here!<\/p>\n

16:35 PM \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u0178\u00b3\u00e5\u203a\u00ad<\/strong><\/p>\n

The scenery along the way was so beautiful. The thing we love about Free & Easy road trips is that you could stop anytime and anywhere you like. We stopped at a viewing point along a cliff at \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u0178\u00b3\u00e5\u203a\u00ad. It was freezing as the cold winds hit us.<\/p>\n

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16:50 PM\u00c2\u00a0\u00e9\u00bb\u0192\u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u20ac\u2018\u00e5\u00b8\u0192 Golden Waterfall<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A: Cosmos Hotel Taipei
\nB: \u00e9\u00bb\u0192\u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u20ac\u2018\u00e5\u00b8\u0192 Golden Waterfall
\nTotal travelling distance | time = 40.8 km | 42 minutes<\/p>\n

We stopped again on the way to \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u201c\u0153\u00e7\u0178\u00b3 Jinguashi. It was the golden waterfall that is in my Day 2’s itinerary. It was less cold here compared to the earlier viewing point.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Waterfall got its name because of the high iron content.<\/p>\n

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JR was hungry…<\/p>\n

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Cuttlefish<\/p>\n

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As we approached our destination, we had to stop because the road narrowed into a small brick road. We wondered if we could drive in because the brick road doesn’t look like a road for vehicles. JR insisted on driving in and we were lucky that he did it as it is a long long way in. We ended up at Golden 101, the minsu that we would be staying for the night.<\/p>\n

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Parked<\/p>\n

17:20 PM Golden 101<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A: \u00e9\u00bb\u0192\u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e7\u20ac\u2018\u00e5\u00b8\u0192 Golden Waterfall
\nB: Golden 101
\nTotal travelling distance | time = 2.8 km | 8 minutes<\/p>\n

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It was my first time staying at a minsu. It was a lovely house on top of a small hill. There were only 5 guest rooms in the minus and we were given 2 rooms on the 2nd<\/sup> floor.<\/p>\n

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The dinning area on the 1st floor.<\/p>\n

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A cosy living area on the 1st floor.<\/p>\n

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Our room<\/p>\n

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The key<\/p>\n

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The bathroom<\/p>\n

We took a short rest before heading out to \u00e4\u00b9\u009d\u00e4\u00bb\u00bd Jiu Fen.<\/p>\n

18:10 PM \u00e4\u00b9\u009d\u00e4\u00bb\u00bd\u00e8\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Jiufen Old Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A: Golden 101
\nB: \u00e4\u00b9\u009d\u00e4\u00bb\u00bd\u00e8\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Jiufen Old Street
\nTotal travelling distance | time = 4.8 km | 13 minutes<\/p>\n

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The sky was already dark though it was only 6 PM. Most of the stalls were already closed or closing.<\/p>\n

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Handmade peanut goodies<\/p>\n

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We tried the famous \u00e8\u0160\u2039\u00e5\u0153\u2020 yam balls.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful lights<\/p>\n

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Warm Yuzu Tea in a Doramon bottle. It was nice to drink something warm on a cold day.<\/p>\n

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More food…<\/p>\n

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Not nice… Tasted like starch.<\/p>\n

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Balls<\/p>\n

There weren’t a lot of food stalls opened at this time and we only managed to have some small snacks which weren’t enough to satisfy our hungry tummies.<\/p>\n

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Bought a packet of fishball noodles back for supper.<\/p>\n

20:20 PM Golden 101<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back to our room with our supper.<\/p>\n

Our first night in Taiwan was a cold one as there was no radiator in our room. Luckily there was an electric blanket provided and we hid under the blanket the whole night.<\/p>\n

View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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