Planning for the trip started a while ago. Some of the most suitable places to visit were identified as to the timing of the trip, based on the date of some exhibitions, where we liked to take advantage of the opportunity to visit some exhibitions and then complete the journey as exploratory tourism
The trip began with a visit to Hong Kong as a first stop because there are no direct flights to Taiwan, and there is a transit in Hong Kong, which marks the same period as an exhibition in Hong Kong followed by another in Taipei, Taiwan.
The trip was two nights in Hong Kong and ten nights in Taiwan divided into four nights of Taipei, Taipei, four nights of Taichung Taishung and two nights in Kaichung Kaohsiung, back to Hong Kong transit, and then to Dubai. NG Kong is on Emirates, and we have only booked so far on Emirates to and from Hong Kong and we have not yet reserved them to Taiwan, where we are late in the reservation and we have advised a tourism company employee to book Taiwan flight from Hong Kong and it will be cheaper because it is an internal flight but was wrong and not cheaper
We arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon and moved from the airport by taxi to the hotel and after the Czech work we took a tour of the area around the hotel and on the second day on Monday visit the exhibition and then a tour of Hong Kong and the third day Tuesday the work of chick and move to the airport to travel to Taiwan
Of course, we bought the tickets for Taiwan on our first day in Hong Kong via the hotel.
Also for the record Hong Kong does not need a visa for the GCC citizens but Taiwan needs a visa which is easy and through the travel desks,
Flight date and departure from Hong Kong to Taipei the flight was at 12:15 p.m. and arrival at Taipei at 14:15 This is according to the flight program, but the plane was late for takeoff, but it arrived on time and took the flight for an hour and five minutes, while in the past the flight was taking an hour and five and Eye minute
After arriving in Taipei and completing the airport procedures a car was rented with a driver from the airport to the hotel in the center of Taipei as usual and took the hotel time to move about 40 minutes
We arrived at the hotel where we booked a W Taipei which is part of the series of star Wood International hotels. This hotel is located in the high-end Shinyi District Xinyi District, which is one of the finest and most central areas of Taipei, with a plethora of business complexes, which is a modern and new hotel after the completion of Czech if we took a walk in the area and it was cold up to about 15 degrees with intermittent light rain and mild cold winds
Which I consider to be my first day in Taiwan on my program, which is dedicated to visiting the fair in the morning and in the evening wandering in the region
Planning for the program was to dedicate 4 days to the exhibition and stay 5 nights in Taipei but there was a change to the program
This is the second day we visited some of the malls after the modification of the program, and the goal was to confirm some information about some shopping malls
The Pacific SOGO Department Store, a center on the same stretch of the street opposite our hotel, was visited and I was looking for Small World Disney but I didn't find what I was looking for. The center was a kind of open-ended centre, and it was a good shopping mall, after it got out of another branch of Sojo. Opposite to him which is a branch that I visited on my previous visit and is of the type of shop centers, the first branch is white and it is the best in my opinion to shop but the other one is green and it is a brands store
Then I went to Breeze center to look for Cinderella City, and I also didn't find what I was looking for, and this center is close to previous positions, but I don't see anything special or worth a visit.
Then we finished our Daily Show and we went back to the hotel and to roam the area.
On the third day, we visited the National Palace Museum, which boasts the world's largest collection of Chinese art treasures, and covers nearly 5,000 years of China's history. Museum Most of the organisms were part of the Chinese Empire Group, which began more than 1,000 years ago in the Song Dynasty
This museum is one of the most important museums in Taiwan and is one of the most important sites frequented by tourists, especially Chinese, who find them so much that you cannot roam around the museum.
After that we went to visit another mall near the museum and explore the area around it, the center is Miramar Entertainment Park Ferris Wheel located in Zhongshan District Zhongshan District, the center is generally good and what distinguishes it is a rotating wheel over it but the entertainment place is small
The area where the center is located is good, clean, quiet, close to the metro station, some hotels, Carrefour and Citibank, and I see that they are suitable for habitation and may be cheaper than central Taipei.
I lived in a five-star hotel, new, modern, contemporary, character, style and décor, different from other hotels, even hotel facilities and different rooms.
Located in the center of Taipei in the high-end area
The hotel is located above the Uni-hankyu Department Store's shopping mall.
http://www.uni-hankyu.com.tw
Adjacent to Metro station and buses.
A good restaurant and a good breakfast lineup as well as you can get a meat-free dinner and a pork grease on demand the restaurant staff will help you with that.
Lobby, reception, restaurant, swimming pool on the 10th floor and rooms on top
The center has a place: Hagen AZ, Star Box, Alvin Ships, T.G.I. restaurant, Japanese, Thai and Chinese Restaurant
Also, it's like the rest of the shopping malls, counter-tax free, and they know they have a tax Tax Refund and currency exchange.
Hotel staff I couldn't find the best of them in any hotel I've ever had in the world, from the doorman to the manager, they're all willing to help you with anything you ask.
The lobby and the pool area turn into a bar in the evenings.
The pool is open from the lobby and the restaurant and can be seen in cold times and rain is empty
The room rooms are open on the rooms and cannot be fully covered and have no door locks, except the suites, which may be the opposite.
The bathroom is an electronic toilet with a shattaf, but it's not enough.
To go to the rooms, I have to use two elevators, from the first to the lobby, elevator, and from X up (rooms) to another elevator.
Which is my fourth day in Taiwan, my last day in Taipei, and a deadline for another city, Taicong Taichung.
I'd like to show you some of the things I've faced in the past few days.
First, because of the daily rains in Taipei, which made me hesitate to visit places like parks and mountain parks, I've modified the program.
Following the weather, it was a continuation of the rains on most of Taiwan, especially the north, and the length of time I will spend in Taiwan
Second, he discovered that the Jedi navigation device that I have is not working in Taiwan and was previously working in Hong Kong, and I returned to the website of the Janjaweed to find out that the East Asia program does not include Taiwan, and there are no data I can count on.
I almost canceled my flight because of it, so we could find a garman with a Taiwanese database in a store and buy it, with the help of a hotel employee.
Of course this device has a database on Taiwan and in Chinese this is another problem, but the audio language feature can be changed to English and the writing language for the functions of the machine can also be changed in English, and the rest of the information, functions and map in the Chinese language
Important: Since I have all the data I need from places, names, and coordinates, and to know the details of the map of Taiwan through the Earth, I have overcome this problem, the important thing is that I can put the coordinates and then follow the directions of the device until I get to the destination area.
He also discovered that if you put a phone number anywhere like the hotel, the device will recognize the site and deliver me, and this feature is useful if you do not have the coordinates of your place, but it does not depend on 100%, because the number data may not be in the device or updated soon
After solving the problem on this day, and the weather was awake today, which raised my spirits, we decided to rent a car, work the Czechs, go to the next town, and all that on the same day.
Of course the hotel and its employees have not shortened from the first day and they are aware of my tourism program and they are trying to help me, the important thing is that we have been contacted by a car rental company that we negotiated to rent a car, a year-old car was ordered, we got a new Camry, and they brought it to me at the hotel and finished them at the In the last city I visit it and get it from me after the second hotel because I am leaving from another airport in the Isouth
After we moved in the car, we had some difficulty driving in the city, but after getting out of it, the driving was easy on the highways, and it was similar to the European roads in terms of design and scenery, and we enjoyed driving.
There are also radar on the road, but the Jedi have been warning us before reaching it, which is clear and not hidden, as we have encountered about six fee gates during the flight and at every gate we pay 40 Taiwanese dollars we decided to pass on our way to Taicong on West Lake Resortopia and when we arrived it was time Z IGA is about to be shut down so we decided to come back again
We have completed our way to Taychung and we have arrived at one of the hotels I have previously identified as a hotel although I did not make a reservation and I was surprised that there was no room but they helped me search and book a room in another hotel from among the ones I have already identified, it was a good hug. The first hotel was rather depressing and the other hotel was wider Explain and in a better place and on one of the main roads, before heading to the other hotel they asked us some questions, where did you come from, and why, they are surprised by our visit, but they are happy.
What matters is that we went to the other hotel and we did the Czechs and we left our things in the room and decided to go around the city with a taxi to a nearby street to explore it jingming 1st Street and after getting to the street it wasn't the level I expected, just about two restaurants and some stores.
But during our search of the street we saw a halal Pakistani restaurant and we decided to go back to him for dinner, where we did not have any halal restaurant in Taipei, and I have no title to a halal restaurant in Taicong, so it was important to visit him and his eating experience. What matters is that one Indian restaurant with a Pakistani owner In return for our hotel I mean steps and getting it I mean in Brittany meat and chicken and his salon and hating after, the restaurant is good and clean and has a good owner but the restaurant is a little bit small
The street in which the restaurant is a sub street and has other restaurants and some shops for clothes and shoes and some accessories and can walk and shop in it a little bit
Then we went back to the hotel.
The fifth day in Taiwan
We became on this day and it was cloudy and rainy, which made me wait until the rains stopped, but it didn't stop until the afternoon, so I couldn't visit where I wanted to, so we went to lunch and then walked around the public street opposite the hotel towards the largest commercial centers in East Asia Shin-ko ng Mitsukoshi Department Store which is 14 floors and we found our way in the Kentucky Restaurant and Haagen Dazs and we discovered that there is a new mall named Top City next to the big center and we drive in it which is from 10 floors
The sixth day in Taiwan
And the day was clear so we decided to take advantage of the opportunity and go to another province
Nantou County which is in central Taiwan and the purpose of visiting some places like the village
Ren-ai Township on top of a mountain overlooking a lake and predominantly European in the buildings, there is a church and some hotels, and I think its inhabitants are mostly Christians, and the distance was approximately 90 km, and the road was easy and beautiful at first until we started approaching the mountain, and the meandering seemed to abound as well as a For the tourist buses and start driving becomes slower but not serious
Anyway we got to the first break on the mountain and we stopped there and we did not complete the road for the rest of the village, because our only purpose is to discover the way to reach it, not explore it completely, and it was at the convenience store, overlooking, binoculars, coffee shop and tour desk, the village is generally beautiful, but it may not suit families with children because to the road
I had an idea to keep on my way to one of the peaks to get to the snow, but they told me there was no ice in this period, but only in 12 and 1 months.
And then we went to the lake until we got to the first stand on the lake to take a tour of the lake on the boat, and one of the boat's delegates greeted us and gave us a brochure to publicize the trip, but we only understood the program, duration, and price, and also we didn't understand anything from it, the point is, we paid her 600. Taiwanese dollar for two people and we were surprised that she was waiting for us to follow me and we followed her and we were surprised why you took us away from the boats and rushed us and walked on a walkway adjacent to the lake more than 500 metres until we reached another marina near a lake village and there were some hotels and shops
We got to the first station on the trip and they told us to come down, of course, the length of the first short flight we didn't understand anything from the guide, it's all Chinese, after we came down. Most tourists climb stairs up the mountain. It's like a building upstairs. On a boat trip not a climbing trip
What matters is that we waited for the boat to return and we completed the trip to the second station and didnt come down then just download and download passengers, and then we went back to the first station and went down, and in my opinion, there's nothing worth going down and just touring the lake.
And then we walked a little in the back street of the hotels and then a break in the coffee and enjoy the atmosphere and the view of the lake and then return to the car and return to the hotel because there was not much time left and we did not see the garden that we had decided to visit, and the road to return to the hotel was about 73 km away.
Day 7
Also the day was clear so we decided to go back to the West Lake Resortopia Park, which is flexible on our way from Taipei, but we didn't enter it for lack of time, and the road from the hotel to the park was about 30 km, a garden resembling Europe gardens and similar to the Versailles Palace garden, but I don't think so. But it's okay to visit her, especially the kids, and there are some models, Tom Sawyer's cartoon characters, some dinosaurs, and a theater.
I tried to get to the lake, but brochure Park is not clear enough, and just as the weather was so hot with some moisture, I didn't want to venture into the lake with my desire to ride the boats.
There is a hotel at the entrance to the park and another behind
There's a shop at the entrance to the park that sells some gifts and dried fruits, and we found a gingerbread packed with red, soft, hot and sweet bags at the same time you can eat it all along, don't miss it.
Then we went to the Yamay Resort Park on our way back to Taichung. The distance from the previous garden to this garden was about 13 km, and it also has a hotel with some shops, which are two water parks we didn't enter and a recreation park with theatrical performances. And it's suitable for all family members.
After this park and on our way back to the city, we decided to visit Art Street.
Donghai International Art Street Let's explore it, but it wasn't the level I expected, maybe because I didn't go down there, but just passing through the car, or the timing was not right, and it was about 25 kilometers away.
After that, and because we still have time, I've decided to go back to the mall.
Shin-kongmitsukoshi Department Store to explore it because I haven't been with him yet. He is 14 floors with two floors for a total of 16 floors, as well as the shops and brands system also has an open floor system
After that we went back to the hotel for a little rest, and then we walked to Hagen Az (ice cream + Coffey). Then we go back to the Pakistani restaurant for dinner and then tour the stores that were close to him and bought us some gifts (shoes) and then he left for the hotel to go to tomorrow to move to the third city Kaohsiung
The hotel where you live is 5 stars and is excellent in terms of location it is on one of the main streets and is close to the previously mentioned commercial centers as well as the sogo which I have not visited because its branches are scattered in Taiwan and similar, so it is close to the scientific museum, and from the night market
It is also matched by a shopping area where the Pakistani restaurant, which can go on foot
The hotel offers free drinks in the lobby, free breakfast and free internet after
The hotel is clear and comfortable and the room is spacious and I recommend it
The hotel is 20 years old, but his condition is excellent and clean, like a new.
The hotel staff are excellent and if some are weak in English
What is wrong with the hotel is the noise especially in the early morning where the sounds are heard in the corridors and rooms
Day 8
Today was a deadline for the other city. Kaohsiung and the last and traffic on some of the sites on our way it was good to hug that the weather was cloudy and tilted but without rain, so we can take advantage of this day and shorten the distances
We moved towards the first site we wanted, Xitou Nature Education area, and the road was about 78 km through which we passed through some villages up to the mountain and the scenes were beautiful
This area is a forest of various trees, cold and humid throughout the year, but we have not entered it, and we have confined ourselves to wandering between the nearby shops of the village of Xitou Monster Village or the village of the Beast, which was the main reason for my visit to this place, and the temperature was up to 18 degrees.
Note: After my return and at the time of writing, I found out that the jungle provides electric cars for rent, but I didn't know, apparently I didn't get well for the trip or I would hire one and enter the jungle so I could explore it faster.
Then he moved us to another area close to her. Sun Link Sea Forest Recreation Zone but you need to climb up the mountain and pass through a winding road to reach it and there's fog and clouds affecting the vision and temperature dropping as we went up to 15 degrees and the road distance was about 17 km
When we arrived at the next zoo, there were tickets to the car and we walked into the park and had a hotel, huts for rent, shops, and when we arrived at the last point, we were not allowed to complete the car.
And we had to walk out that we got to the first waterfall
And then we went all the way up to the garden of flowers and plants and we wandered in, but we couldn't finish the other ones because we were tired of walking in addition to the remaining distance to walk back, so we got back to the car to get to the next town.
I saw there were electric cars I didn't ask for, probably for rent, so if it is, you can easily visit the entire area.
Next time I'll have a day for this trip to enjoy it better.
Then we went to the next town and on our way we saw a recreational park is Janfusun Fancy World, but we didn't stop there because I don't have the coordinates ready at this time, and we still have a distance to get to the place.
Completing the journey to Kaicchung
The desired location is a tourist city on the outskirts of the city, which is EDA World and includes a range of facilities: 1 – or to the mall. 2 – 123 Square. 3-The Royal Theater. 4-Exhibition Center. 5-Hotels.
6-the largest rotating wheel in Taiwan. 7-Ice Rink
8. Taiwan's largest closed entertainment city, Greek-style, with major attractions such as ancient Greek temples and the blue and White City of San Torini, which gives you the impression that you are in the Aegean and a Trojan horse with the largest recreational theater
This place is an integrated tourist destination in itself, and it is suitable for an independent destination and is reserved for a few days, especially for families.
Which is the main reason I visited this area.
The road distance was about 200 km from the previous area, most of which were fast and flexible roads on one of the outdoor highways, for energy regeneration (coffee), and then we completed the road until we got to the site.
The residence was at the city's Crowne Plaza Hotel, like a mansion but it was the cheapest hotel we had, but when we didn't find a room for two we took two rooms and it was better because of the modern design of the rooms and the lack of independence of the bathrooms they're all uncovered and without doors, just a curtain.
After a little break, we toured the hotel and around it, including some gift shops, antiques, jewelry and restaurants.
Day 9
We drove into Kawicong city to explore it and we went over the center
Dream Mall was for us normal after the centers we had visited
Then we took a short ride on the river, love, and it was sunny and warm about 30 degrees, and if it was in the evening, it would have been better to walk and sit on the river because of the improved atmosphere as well as the night Lights.
Then we went back to the hotel.
The tenth and last day
The car is delivered to the leasing company's representative in preparation for the trip and who came to the hotel to receive it
Then a quick tour of the recreational city to explore and return to the hotel in order to go to the airport to travel to Hong Kong and then Dubai
Of course, the Entertainment city is located next to the shopping center, and some recreational departments are located in the center and the rest are in the recreational city and they are transported by train from inside the center and vice versa
