18th May 2018, Friday
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| Ah Zhu Mee Sua |
Today, we are going quite a few places as recommended by Mr Zhu as we decided to engage his service again. When we met up with Mr Zhu, he told us to go have our breakfast at the famous Ah Zhu Mee Sua shop which is already open for business. So S walked us to the shop and we bought 4 small bowls of it. But i still find the size of small bowl big, it was quite nice to eat and there were pig's intestines inside.
After the wonderful breakfast, Mr Zhu drove us to Yehliu, where the Queen's head resides. He first dropped us at Wanli Distinct where we could see the great sea. We stayed around for 15 mins with toilet break and some photos taking.
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| Sea View |
After that, Mr Zhu drove us to the entrance of Yehliu distrinct before we go to Yehliu GeoPark. Along the way, Mr Zhu kept telling us he will bring us to eat live seafood which will be better than the one we went the previous day. He told us to go take photos on the rocks which were created naturally and the rocks were very smooth and white. One of the rocks at the top was called "Camel's Humps" as it looks like there were two humps similar to a camel's humps.
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| Camel's Humps |
Then Mr Zhu drove us to the entrance of Yehliu GeoPark and we went to buy our tickets. He gave us a short introduction on the naturally created stones and recommended us the must-see rocks in the park too. When we went in the park, there are a lot of people around and it was very sunny too. There were different forms of the stones and rocks to see. However, we kept walking to find the main attraction, which is the Queen's head. There was even a long queue line-up for photo taking, there was even a security guard monitoring and a line was surrounded the rock to prevent the public from touch the rock. It was mentioned that there was a crack line along the Queen's neck and it was rumoured that the head will be dropping soon. That is why a man-made replica on the Queen's head was built as a substitution. We walked around the park to see other rocks such as "The Slipper", "Mushroom Stones" and "Elephants". There were some tourists who just don't know how to behave in the park. They tried to climb up the rocks just to take photos and had to be shouted by the guards to get them down and not spoil the natural rocks.
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| Queen's Head |
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| The Slipper |
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| Elephant |
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| Mushroom Stones |
By the time we finished the park visiting, it was almost lunch time. As promised, Mr Zhu brought us to the live seafood restaurant located opposite the park. It was very crowded when we arrived there, most of the guests were in big groups. So we made our order first and Mr Zhu helped us to get the staffs to find us a table, which took a while before we had our table. Finally, we got our table and i was already hungry. When the first dish (which was live abalone) arrived, we were kind of surprised because the abalone were still alive. I even asked S whether we had to eat the abalone live...hahaha....Luckily we don't need, however, we had to witness the cooking of the abalones over the heated plate. The abalones were even jumping over the heat while cooking. After the abalones were cooked, we tried it...it was yummy with the freshness...(finally found something nice to remember there). But Ss don't dare to try it. We even ordered another plate of it...it was also very cheap as it costs around $3 plus for one piece. The fried fish was not quite nice as the fried skin was quite separated from the meat. But the meal was quite good as compared to the one we had on the previous day.
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| Live Seafood to choose |
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| Wan Li Crabs |
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| Live Abalones |
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| Fried Prawns |
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| Fried Omelette |
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| Fried Fish |
After the nice lunch, we headed out to Ruifang where Mr Zhu wanted to bring us to see Shi Fen Waterfall. When we reached there, we went for a toilet break in a cafe. There, we saw red mangoes inside a box and Mr Zhu was telling us that the mangoes were sweet. Then he just bought two manages and treated us. Ss said she don't want to walk to see the waterfall as she was tired, so she stayed in the cafe and Mr Zhu told the staff to help him look out for Ss while he brought us up to see the waterfall... So we went ahead with the hike, there were many tourists there too and there was a suspension bridge to the waterfall. It took us around 15 mins or so to reach the waterfall and we spent another 15 mins to take photos there.
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| Suspension Bridge |
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| Shi Fen Waterfall |
After that, Mr Zhu brought us to Shi Fen to light sky lanterns. There were a lot of tourists there too and there was a heavy jam towards the entrance to Shi Fen. However, Mr Zhu drove through another shortcut to get into Shi Fen. When we reached, he took us to the very first-started up sky lantern shop where we bought a 4-colours lantern. There were around 9 colours (Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, White, Orange, Green, Magenta and Pink) with different meanings. We were instructed to draw our blessings on every side of the lanterns with the ink brushes provided. When we were drawing, there was train coming and there were shouting from the shops owners to warn the tourists to get off the railway track. After the train passed, everyone was back on the tracks again.
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| Colours to choose for |
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| Sky Lantern Shop |
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| Our drawings |
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| Coming Train |
After we are done with the drawings and writings, the lantern was set to light off. The shop staff just took our lantern and told us to each hold the corners of the lantern. So there was like a standard procedure where the staff told us to do different poses with each side of the lantern. After the photos taking was done, he lighted up the lantern and told us to let go when he finished counting 1,2,3. Our lantern flew up in the sky when we let go though we won't know where it will fly to.
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| Up up and Away!! |
After that, we went walking along the shops and did a little shopping when Mr Zhu told us he going to buy a famous snack near the train station. It was BBQ chicken wing stuffed with rice. He wanted to buy more but we told him to buy just one and we will share it.. In the end, he still bought 2 of it which mi and S ate it. It was quite nice and filling because of the rice inside....Feeling full the whole day...hahaa....Kt was not feeling well so we were deciding whether to go back hotel or continue going to Jiu Fen. Eventually, we decided to proceed on to Jiu Fen, Mr Zhu brought us to go up a world war ruin building. There, Mr Zhu showed us the Gorilla Mountain (which looks like a big sitting gorilla) and the Yin Yang Sea (where there were two colours in the sea).
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| BBQ Chicken Wing Stuffed with Rice |
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| Yin Yang Sea |
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| Golden Waterfall |
When we were done, Mr Zhu brought us to see the Golden Waterfall where we spent some time to take photos. After that, we went to Jiu Fen where Mr Zhu told us to drop him a message when we were done with our shopping. There were many tourists there too and it was very squeezy on the single road (it was the only road in and out). There were shops selling food and souvenirs where i also bought some customised stamps. We just walked along the road without trying any of the food there too as was still feeling full. Also, tried looking for the egg puddings but with no avail. After walking around an hour and it was getting dark, we got Mr Zhu to drive us back to the hotel.
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| Sausages |
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| Narrow Road |
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| BBQ Mushrooms |
When we reached back to the hotel, we took a while to rest before deciding to go to Shilin. We eventually took the train to Shilin market and S brought us to try herbal soups with pork and chicken. The soup was yummy...we finished all of it.....hahahaa....After that, we went walking the market and even went playing with the capsule machines. By then, it was quite late and we went back to the hotel....So tired after a long day....
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| Herbal Soups |
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| Capsule Machines |
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| Ji Dao Gao |
Places Visited:
Wanli Distinct
Yehliu GeoPark
Shi Fen Waterfall
Shi Fen
Gorilla Mountain
Yin Yang Sea
Golden Waterfall
Jiu Fen
Shilin Market
Hotel Stayed:
VIA Hotel
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