What we did last summer: Part II

After a good night's sleep, we woke up to this magificient view!

The room had a huge window that looked out to the sea and that view would propel you to get out of bed so that you can receive as much as what the beautiful day has to offer.

The room was clean, spacious and comfortable.

I was pretty impressed with the bathroom. You can see the towels but the rest of the amenities were places on the shelves on the right hand side of the bathroom.

That huge window that looks out to the sea.

 Time to take that long walk out of the commercial street of Jiufen and have breakfast before making our way back to Taipei.

There weren't many places open early in the morning so we went for this shop that served "Jiufen breakfast"

I had an onion pancake with my favourite hot drink, soybean milk.

H went for the egg and bacon sandwich.

Then we took a bus that would take us on a scenic route round the back of Jiufen before getting off at a bus stop and wait for the bus that would take us to Taipei.

The bus stop

On e more look at the view of the sea before getting on the bus.

Hopped off the bus and took a walk along the seaside before heading to take the bus that the hotel owner told us to get on.

 We waited for over an hour but the bus never came.

Fortunately a local came to the bus stop and advised us to take one of the buses to Keelung instead as there are bus terminals there which have direct buses to Taipei. And so we did.

How thoughtful. Just so that we know for sure that we are in Keelung. Hehehe.

And it is time to look for lunch noms. After walking around for a fair bit we decided on having noodles and oyster omelette.

With a happy tummy we then made our way back to Taipei. One of the places we went to that day was the Chiang Kai Shek National Memorial Hall.

As for the evening we decided to visit a night market but there were so many to choose from. After looking at the map, Raohe night market it is.

We had grilled scallops

And assorted deep fried seafood. Delicious!

 The whole trip wouldn't be complete without a foot massage session, according to H, who is a foot massage fanatic. Foot massage prices in here are half of that in Japan so H was on a mission to get his feet massaged everyday.

We came across a stall selling cakes with a local taste add perhaps bought a little too much cake. We were so full that even after going back to the hotel we couldn't have any of it until the next morning.

It was a well paced and enjoyable second day. I fell asleep as soon as I laid my head on the pillow.