LLF 铁人3项台湾之旅 - Day 8
Sunday, 29 August 2010;

Day 8..


金瓜石(Jinguashi - Gold Ecological Park) -> 九份(Jiufen) -> 十分(Shihfen) -> 五分埔(Wufenpu)


The planned route was suppose to head down to 十分(Shinfen) first but due to the next train which will be arriving in 1 hour 30 min plus..we changed our plan and decided to head down to 金瓜石(Jinguashi - Gold Ecological Park) and 九份(Jiufen) ..

How I wish singapore is that big so whenever I dont feel like staying in a city area..I can just took the train down just few station and I will be seeing mountain, river and clear sky..
青山绿水呀。。

How to go:
Board a railway train to 瑞芳(Rueifang Railway Station) -> Transfer to a Keelung bus outside the station
After alighting from the train -> Exit the station and walk to the front of the railway station. The road in front of the station is Mingdeng Rd Sec 3.
If you are going to Jioufen or Jinguashih 金瓜石, you need to cross Mingdeng Rd Sec 3 to the bus stop just outside the shops and café
Take the Keelung bus heading to "Jinguashih" for Jioufen. The bus will terminate at Jinguashih. Bus fare: NT$22 (To Jiufen/Jinguashih same bus fare). The bus journey uphill takes about 20mins (to Jiufen)




I believe during world war, japanese took over the place..cause all the building were soo japan style..

First stop, 四連棟就是"轉角*遇到愛" 秦朗的家。。。
秦朗我来了。。~~~~
当然秦朗不在里面...


They rebuild and restore the original look of the 四連棟.. but the aunty who is explaining all the story to us talk too fast and due to the corridor kind of walk path..she only manage to talk to the first 3 to 4 people..so we just listen look look see see by ourselves..



Only manage to find this photo..=)





Walk up the stairs..and we reached the 金仔店 museum (our so call mama shop but in a more olden days form)..
They even have item which is kept for years...like sour plum kept in a bottle n so..
好有fu啊~~~


Great view..~~I see mountain and sea~~
That was my my blog picture too..=)


We went to the 太子棟 and more museums...



Just realised we didnt go to the gold museums and the golden waterfall...
Seriously, the hot weather is making us lesser energy to walk and climb up the stairs...




Took the same bus down to 九份..Allight when you see a 7-11..The bus were stopped right in front of a game store and a pineapple store..

Again, we randomly pick a store to have our lunch..wow!!
Their 牛肉面(beef noodles) damn nice!!! The meat is soo soft!!

Ever a greater view from jiufen..didnt manage to visit a cafe and sit down to have a rest and view the great scenery.. and we didnt go into the allery..I think I have to re visit here again..hehehe...



We setter down and have ice ice baby again..lol!!
The famous 赖阿婆粉圆冰...quite a number of people were in the shop..
Then this duh! peck go took the photo of the 赖阿婆..then when she was looking through the photo, she find it scary..=_=...



After that, we head down to 十份 to put 孔明燈/天燈(Sky lantern)..


How to go:
From Taipei Main Station -> Tell the ticketing person(Railway) that you are heading to 十份..There were tickets for single trip or the daypass throughout the 平溪线(Ping-xi Line)..we bought the single trip tickets as we only be heading down to 十份(shifen)...
Note that you need to change transfer at 瑞芳(Rueifang Railiway Station) to Ping-xi line in order to reach 十份..


But before you plan to go 十份 do take note of the train timing..
As the frequency of the timing of train is huge...
For those who dont understand, you can always approach the ticketing person and they were advice you where and how to reach 十份 in the fastest way..Etc for us we have to change to other station instead of Rueifang to transfer to 十份..

Found this schedule for 平溪线(Ping-xi Line)..

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE SCHEDULE OF THE TRAIN



We reached!!! We have to wait for the train to left before we can step on the railway track to cross over..hehehe..soo cool!!~~ Everyone of them knows when is the train coming..
So if you are going back do ask the shop owner what time is the next train...






There is a few store selling skylanterns but we randomly choose the very 1st store who approach us..the grandmother carrying her granddaughter..soo we chat with them and play around with the granddaughter..of cos not with the dog but fiona did..


The kind owner (the grandmother's son) help us took damn many photo..=_=..Each side of the lanterns we took a photo of it..lol!!
There is actually a 4 sided lanterns now..cool! I think its for those we wish to have alot of different wishes..Each colour actually have their own meaning and represent different things etc love, friendship, career, family etc..

Price: NT100




We hang around the area..we suppose to walk to the 十份瀑布..
On the way, not a single soul found walking the same direction as us..when we walk till half..
we saw a super long long long long road...=_=...saw some hong kong tourist, peck approach to check how far is the waterfall...
After discussion, we decided to head back due to the timing of the next train plus! the next stop its a shopping spree..soo we dont really want to waste time!
and TIME is the most important point in this whole trip~~~




We bought the train tickets to 松山火车(Songshan Railway Station, as 五分埔 is located over there!!..


How to go:
Option 1 - Took MRT down to 後山埤站(HouShanPi Station) exit from exit 1..
Option 2 - From Taipei Main Station, took Railway to 松山火车(Songshan Railway Station), Just one stop away from taipei main station, Exit from South exit to 五分埔..
There is this locker for us to lock our stuff...Forgot how much is the charges..but its a good idea as peckyee bought alot of stuff so we place our stuff and we go in empty handed..=)
Easier to shop..





A must to eat "鬍鬚张", try their Braised Minced Meat Rice (卤肉饭 - Ru Rou Fan)..
Damn nice la!! Been craving for it...Love it!!!
*yummy..Feel like going there now and eat it! the

Don't think most of them need this map..cause once you reached there..you will just randomly walk n walk n walk n walk...just go round and round..LOL!
But if you need it..do save it..=D




Was quite shocked..as the new Songshan railway station is damn huge!!

See!! this is the one when I went 3 years back....
Heard that they were upgrading their railway station..but the kind of old railway station makes it look unique/special too..


Tml will be the very last day in taiwan..T.T