We took a bus directly to Houtong from Jiufen. There were staff stationed at the bus stop to help direct the public and tour groups. Huge tour groups were queuing for the public bus that goes to a nearby parking lot, probably for their tour bus. The system was very efficient.
Our bus to Houtong was a mini one, like one of those one would find in Hongkong neighbourhood. The bus ride was about 20 mins and we took a 10 mins walk to the Cat Village.
I had imagined that there would be like so many cats but we probably saw 10 max. Maybe the cats were hiding bcos it was drizzling or they were napping somewhere like cats do. We bought treats from one of the stalls but some of the cats were not food motivated. Or maybe they had been overfed.
They do made me miss the Chis at home but Mochi peed in Nana’s bed. Zzzzzzzzz..
There was probably more to explore in that area but I was tired. My legs were tired and I felt like a nanja turtle carrying my big and heavy backpack. We decided to leave for our hotel.
Our hotel for the night was at Keelung, which is at the North West part of Taiwan. I had thought that it makes sense to stay at Keelung, since we wanted to visit the Yeliu Geopark the next day. To get to Keelung, we have to 1st take the local train for 1 stop to Ruifang, then a bus.
Taking the train was the easy part. We found the bus stop easily outside Ruifeng but realised that the bus wouldn’t come for another 20 mins. Zzzzz.
I was so tired that I suggested that we take a taxi, the only one that we had taken the entire trip. It wasn’t too bad, costing about TWD 375. Definitely worth it for my sanity, back and legs.
Our hotel room was simple but came with a window!
Daddy Lim was checking out the window, which looks out to…. a wall! The other building wall was literally 10cm away from the window. They might as well just put a picture of a window. Lol.
We dropped our bags and went in search of the Miaoku night market, that was like a short walk from our hotel. The night market was super crowded.
It was mainly food and we like food. Many years ago, way before the kids came along, Daddy Lim and I visited Taipei and had this 螃蟹羹 and 油饭 and they were so good. Daddy Lim even talked about franchising it in Singapore, which we obviously didn’t. Anyhow, we got to eat the combi again in the night market. Just like the old times…
We walked and bought and ate from the beginning of the street to the end and back. There were some game stalls but we didn’t try this time; we were very focused on eating.
We left the night market with a full tummy and roamed the area a little for the night views. Daddy Lim was very garung and wanted to walk to the observation tower. I was the weak one that was motivated to go back to the room.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped for desserts. Hohoho.
I hoped we have walked enough during the trip to burn off majority of what we eat ah.
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