TW Day One @ Yilan.

22nd May 2015

So the day that i've waited for finally arrived, and it was my turn to board the plane and fly to TW! 
Managed to visit the sunflower garden that was set up in Changi Airport T3.. and man, it was beautiful! 
I have never seen so many sunflowers in my life before!! 

And after 5 hours, we have finally arrived at our destination!!! 
I was so thrilled, happy and excited to be back in TW after 3 years! 
The last time i came, it was so amazing and fun with the people i love.. This time, I am back at TW with a different group, but, that doesn't mean it would not be fun.. ;p 
Once we exited the airport, our driver came to pick us and started driving us to Yilan, which would take us almost 2-3 hours to reach there.  

But our driver was kind enough to stop us at Shiding Service area for a quick lunch, since we were complaining about how hungry we were. 
Lo and behold, this place does NOT have any fantastic food at all... 
The number of food stalls in there were quite pathetic, but i was glad to see Lotteria around. 
To me, i guessed fast food chains would be more reliable, and true enough, i was right! 
I ordered the shrimps burger, and zomg, it was so yummy!! I was so satisfied. 
And whats more, I FOUND MY YAKULT!!!!!! 
It was such a big bottle and it had aloe vera inside.... say what!!! :D 

And finally, we reached Yilan and checked in to our beautiful minsu - Ming Shui Lu. 
I was awed by the place. 
The air was so clean too... and it was so cooling!!
Loved the whole concept of the minsu, and seriously, I wouldn't mind staying there for a long period!! 
We were surrounded by paddy fields and really green grasses.. as well as mountains (not in pictures). 
The ladyboss and boss were both so nice too! 
I highly recommend this minsu, if you are thinking of going to TW and to the country side!!! 

After we checked in and rested a little while, we went to Luo Dong Night Market to get our dinner. 
Besides, in Yilan, Luo Dong ye shi is the most popular one. 
Since our parents had to settle down at a place to eat proper meal, Bee and I left them on their own and went around to buy our 小吃  since this is the way we should eat when we are at the night markets. :p 

What's TW without bubble tea right? 
So i randomly picked a store and tried their milk tea and it was... interesting.
They poured the milk out of those milk bottles (as seen in pic above) and then mix it with ice and water. 
Didn't really like it as it was a little too diluted.. but oh well. 

Being a typical Singaporean, I just anyhow join a queue whenever I see that there are many locals queuing up. :p 
And since their chinese words are a little too chim for me... I couldn't exactly tell what am i gonna buy, but.. i still tried my best. 
Ended up, i bought taro balls. 
*cries*
Because, I don't even like taro in the first place!!! but it was still okay! 

Bee queued up to close to 30 mins for this! 
I forgot what isit called, but it was yummy. 
It's like onions and vegetables being wrapped by the meat. But it was too chewy.. :p 

And these oysters..... YUMMY. 
it was so fresh and so good!!!!!!! and.... SO CHEAP!!!!

And yess, I bought my second cup of BT in less than an hour as I wasn't satisfied by the first milk tea that i drank :p

While the rest were eating the deserts, I walked off by myself and went to shop on my own :D 

But all the while when I was doing that, in my head i just kept thinking... 

"If Js were to know about this, they confirm scold me."

This was because the last time i was in TW, i walked off by myself as i was too into shopping, that the whole group started searching high and low for me (and at that time, I did not have any phone connections except to use WIFI whenever it's available)... and when they found me, I got a huge scolding by them. ;p

But hey, shopping on your own when you're overseas can be so therapeutic!

and I enjoyed my night at Luodong!
Even though it wasn't like those taipei yeshis, there were still so many nice shops and ofcos, I managed to buy some clothes! :p 

That's all for day one!