We had a morning flight to catch at 10.25am. I had decided that we would travel in style to the Haneda airport and booked a private transfer to the airport. The driver took a while to locate us but all good.
Our bags were all very well packed the night before. All our heat tech, winter jackets and gloves were vacuum packed and in the luggage. We still managed with 2. We ran out of the Airbnb in only 1 layer and a light jacket and we survived!
Zaky was in his Air Jordan from top to bottom. This is his favorite outfit currently and supposed to be his "dress nicely" outfit too. Lol.
Not for ourselves; we can't eat much but, enough to share with family and friends.
We needed to buy 土产 but didn't manage to find at the very last minute in Tokyo. So we did out shopping at the airport.
We had enough time (and tummy space) for a snack before we headed to the gate for boarding.
Bye also to the busy and crowded Tokyo.
Hello to airplane food.
The flight to Taiwan was a little bumpy but very manageable with the food, movie and a little nap.
We arrived in Songshan airport in the early afternoon. There is no airport bus from Songshan airport but public bus, which also meant no dedicated luggage space. We opted for the MRT.
Our hotel for the next 3 nights was the Galaxy Mini Inn, which is a stone throw away from the station. Daddy Lim and I are familiar with small, windowless hotel rooms in Taipei, we had to warn the kids to prepare them. The room was ready for checkin. The hotel was tucked in some narrow alley. The staff said that we had to walk to another building for the quad room and led us around the corner.
The room was on the 1st floor and came with a window, which faces the narrow alley. It barely fit the 2 double beds and little space left for the wash/bathroom, walkway and luggages. I didn't quite mind the small space, we survived the small space in the Japan Airbnb too but what really irked me was the mould and dampness of the room. It smelled of stale moisture the moment we entered the room, as if the room has been left vacant for a long time. I thought the aircon would rid the smell but it did not. I cannot complain, bcos I booked the room. Lol. It is OK, we can survive 3 nights. Hoho.
It was eating, eating and eating.
I saw this Rainbow hotel. It is still standing right smack in Ximending. I stayed in this hotel 2x (I think).
We didn't stay very long in Ximending and decided that we would visit Ningxia Night Market, which is near the the ShuangLian station, in attempt to find dinner.
We were a little overwhelmed but adapted quickly. We simply moved with the crowd and whoever saw something that they wanted to eat, we shout out, buy and either walk and eat or duck somewhere to eat. Like this. Don't ask me why the pose. Lol.
There were a lot of eating.
The kids used to love the games at the night market. Now that they are teenagers, we realised how kiddish these game stalls are. Some of these game stalls have improvised and improved too and become more of a gambling concept. The game stalls lost their charm on the kids.
After we could eat no more, we headed back to Ximen. The kids were tired and asked to go back to the hotel room. Daddy Lim and I decided to roam Ximending somemore. Not that I have anything in particular to buy, I only wanted to take in the vibes.
We saw the famous mee suan; we had that many years ago but couldn't eat anymore.
We also found an alley of street food. All that we wanted/ had eaten in Ningxia, we found them in the Ximending food alley. Lol. The food alley was really crowded though. We would be super passed to have to weave the crowd for food.
So happy to be in Taipei.
Mummy Lim
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