26th November 2014, Wednesday
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| Train Tickets to Hualien |
Today, we need to catch the train to
Hua Lien, which was 6 hours ride from Taichung. We had to wake up at around 5.30 am to get ready and made our way down to the train station. Our train was to leave at 7,28 am (which was a faster train, which needs 5 hour plus), so my friend went alone to Mos Burger to buy hot chocolate drinks. We boarded the train when the train came, we had a bit of problem getting our stuffs into our seats (cos we got breads, the goat's milk egg rolls and fruits). When i was taking the hot chocolate out from the paper bag, the drinks had already toppled and the hot chocolate was dripping. My friend's jeans also hot chocolate too, after wiping her jeans, she turned to pass me the hot chocolate again. This time, the cup slipped out from her hand and split some out onto the egg rolls, on the floor and even the side of the wall. Faintz....in the end, we had to wipe the floor and wall. Then after we settled down, i told her not to move anymore....hahaaa....
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| Hualien Food Map |
As it was a long ride, we just slept on the train. Passed by a lot of small towns, even Taipei, when it was about to reach Hua lien, saw the pacific ocean along the way. After i work up, i was just jumping around the seats to take photos of the views. We reached Hua Lien at around 12.33 pm and went to the Visitors Information Centre to check on the directions to the Hotel while my friend cleaned up the plastic bag holding the egg rolls (having hot chocolate). The staff told us it would take about half an hour to walk there and she gave us a food map where their famous food places can be located, so we went back to the station to get a cab. Once we reached the hotel, we checked in and went to check out our room. It was huge (the biggest among all), it was having a single bed and a queen-sized bed. And the toilet was with glass partition, able to see through, curtain to cover too. We rested for a while and then we went out looking for food. In the food map, we saw a pork cutlet bento picture which looked very nice. So we decided to head there to try, but when we reached there, there was nobody eating there and the staff looked grumpy. We ordered 1 bento set to try, it wasn't very nice as it was cold. But there were still people coming by to tabao back the food.
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| 葱油饼, Must Try!!! |
After the meal, we went a cafe next door to relax. There was a 1-for-1 promotion too, so i bought 2 drinks. The cafe had some old antique stuffs too, like an super old TV and sewing machine. There was also a giant teddy bear, sitting on one of the tables too. We just drank our teas slowly and rest rest. My friend told me that it would take half an hour to walk to Qixintan beach, so i thought ok...we still can walk to the beach then. After that, we made our way to the beach, along the way, we detoured to Joe's Sausages, and opposite it, was the famous 炸弹葱油饼. We bought the sausages while gave our orders to the 葱油饼. I had ordered 1 without egg and 1 with egg. I also asked the sausages boss how long does it take to walk to the beach. This time, the uncle told me at least an hour...Then we continued our way to the beach, while eating the 葱油饼, the egg yolk 'exploded' out from my friend's...hehee...almost split out on her clothes.
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| Old Train |
As we kept walking, the sky got dark and it even started to drizzle and it got heavier as we walked further. Then i told my friend let's head back, forget it. So we went back to buy more 葱油饼 as i wanted to eat more (bought another 3 more)...hehehe....There was a young lady, who went back to buy another one as she got the egg yolk split all onto her hands and clothes, she was telling it out but seems like nobody cares....hahaha....After buying, we just went around shopping.
My friend bought a new bag as her old bag was shredding its cloth inside....After that, we made our way back to the hotel to shower and rest....
Hotel Stayed: AnHwa Hotel
Places Visited: Hualien City
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