Taiwan Day 3

The guide picked us up at 9am and brought us to have the traditional bfast of 油条, 豆浆, 小笼包 and stuff. Our hotel comes with bfast but we willingly forgo that for authentic Taiwanese food. Hehe.

The weather forecast said that it was supposed to be a sunny day but when we got out of the hotel, we  realised that it was raining. Our windowless room doesn't tell day from night, sunny from rainy. The weather ended up exceptionally cold and mummy had to suddenly pull more clothes together. We were definitely not prepared for such cold weather. Daddy Lim trusted the weather forecast and was dressed in T-shirt and bermudas. He even rejected the guide's offer to loan him a jacket, thinking that Mr Sun would start working soon and ended up having his butt froze off. Lol. It was that cold.

六福村 is a much bigger park than 小人国. It is definitely newer too. There are a total of 5 sections, including the water theme park. The water park was closed. Anyway, it was way too cold to be anywhere near water. The sky may look blue in the picture below but it was actually drizzling and cold. I think it was less about 16 degrees that day.

The kids had even greater fun at 六福村. There were even more thrilling rides for Lil Shauna. The most exciting one that Lil Shauna took one that swung her 360 degrees. This is her first very ride that goes upside down and she was very brave. Lil Isaac was braver than usual USS visits too. He even asked to go on the roller coaster ride. Daddy Lim and I were hesitant, especially when we have seen how he cried so pitifully when we put him on roller coaster in USS. However, Lil Isaac was insistent and so we went. He didn't cry but didn't seem to enjoy that much as well. Lol.

There was Christmasy mood in the park. They were giving out free Santa hat for adults. Bcos it was so cold, we so willingly don the hats, hoping that it would provide whatever little warmth to our heads.

We also hopped into one of the cafés for hot coffee and cakes. It was heavenly to be in a confined space with heater.

The sales was really friendly and helped us with our first family photo.

Right outside the cafe, the display for Halloween was still intact and Lil Shauna had a great time posing. Lil Isaac wanted no where near those scary stuff. It was actually quite strange to find both Christmas and Halloween display in the park.

One of the parks is the animal safari, that is somewhat like a small scale zoo. The interesting part of it are the train rides that we took to look at the animals, the bus for the ferocious ones and a "bicycle" ride to look at the monkeys. The ride requires the riders to peddle and goes on the track above the monkey closure to look at monkeys. 

We also too the train that brought up close to the animals. But I think the ride wasn't that interesting cos Lil Isaac fell asleep. Lol.

Time passes really quickly and the rides started closing at 4pm. We left the park shortly after 4pm and the guide brought us to ling xia 夜市. Bcos it is winter, the sun sets at 4ish. The sky would be dark at about 5pm. It actually takes some getting used to and also gave us a false sense of time.

At the night market, there were plenty of good food. The guide recommended us this oyster egg that was really delicious, much better than the oily ones that we usually find in Singapore.

More importantly, there were little games for the kids and they get to win prizes after each game. One of the prizes that Lil Isaac won was a sword and he was so happy. This is bcos Popo threw away his old sword at home when he was too naughty once. Look at all those colorful machines. No wonder the kids went crazy.

Then we headed for some late shopping at Taipei main station. The kids bought 2 pair of shoes each and were happy but grew tired and grouchy. Lil Shauna threw a tantrum and got slapped on her hand by Daddy Lim. She cried and we could tell that she was tired too. Lil Isaac took the stroller and we ended up carrying her all the way back to hotel from Taipei main station. Luckily, it was only one stop from our hotel. 

The train was amazingly crowded even when it was already 9ish. A crowded train arrived but we squeezed in regardless. We needed to get back to the hotel ASAP as staying out with grouchy kids is suicidal and we would not wait for the next train. We weren't the only one squeezing anyway. Daddy Lim squeezed in with the stroller and rammed the stroller into the mrt. I pity the people in his way. It was packed like sardine and I constantly felt that I was leaning on somebody's hand but I can't helped it. I was so glad when we finally arrived.

Lil Isaac felt asleep on the train and I was secretly happy. However, when we were walking through 西门订 to the hotel, some vendor was peddling bubbles and was creating big bubbles on the streets to aid her sales. Then suddenly, Lil Isaac woke up!

Back in the hotel, mummy packed while the kids soaked in bath tub. After we settled kids, Daddy Lim went down to shop and got himself a nike jacket, which would probably  cost  about the same as in Singapore. Well, so long he is happy. Lol.

The kids felt asleep very quickly after we put them in bed. The adults were dead tired as well.

Mummy Lim