Late in the afternoon, did our final shopping at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), we were ready to leave at around 5:00 p.m. Luck was at our side, we bumped into the same taxi driver who drove us to Cingjing (情境) again. He offered to send us to THSR Taichung Station (高鐵台中站) with another guy to share the fare. So we agreed and reached THSR Taichung Station (高鐵台中站) an hour later.
We bought the train ticket at NT$700 per person to Taipei (臺北) and departed at 6:39 p.m. We had our dinner in the train eating 便當 (lunch box) which we conveniently bought from inside the train.
Around 50 minutes later, we finally reached Taipei Railway Station (台北火車站). It is an interchange station that links a few transportation services such as Taipei Metro, Taiwan Railway Administration, Taipei Bus Station, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System, etc. We headed to Taipei Metro or Taipei Main Station to get a train to our hotel or inn to be exact. We took the Blue Line to Longshan Temple Station (龍山寺站) which is 2 stations away.
After we checked in, we walked around the surrounding streets as we were being told that there are a few night markets nearby. We were given a map too by the receptionist. Finally we found something to eat but all other night markets were already closed. So here ended the first night in Taipei (臺北).
The next morning, we woke up early to grab some bites. We went to Mei Er Mei (美而美) which was only a few minutes walk from the place we stayed.
After that we went to Ximending (西門町) doing some shopping at the underground shopping malls as well as hunting for foods. There are a lot of underground stores here and hours of shopping will not be enough for shopping enthusiast.
We didn't spend too much time there as we planned to visit Ximending (西門町) again two days later. So we made our way to Taipei 101 (台北101) after our early light dinner. We reached there quite early about 5:30 p.m. We spent sometime walking around that area while waiting for the blue hour to capture the bluish night view of Taipei 101 (台北101).
Here ends our day 5 in Taiwan. Hope you like the photo of Taipei 101 (台北101) during the blue hour below.
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