7th day Taiwan - Taipei (Wulai, Shida mkt, Xinmending) 8 Mar 2010

We went Wulai around late mornings... the bus trip was rather long and very crowded. Luckily we people offer us their stairways seats... haha taiwanese r very kind ple. Upon we board the bus, we thot that it... we going to stand... but we heard alot of commotion to give up seats for us since we carrying 2 kids... The trip was full of turns so we were lucky to be sitting!

烏來 - scene v nice there... weather abit cold too....

We stop by to eat our lunch before goin to the waterfall. We ate at Taiya Po Po (泰雅婆婆美食店), 14 Wulai Street. Literally "Atayal Grandmother," this restaurant specializes in Aboriginal Dishes such as Wild Mountain Boar (山豬), Bamboo Tube Rice (竹筒飯), Wild Mountain Yams (山藥), and Pickled Pork (damamein; 的麼面). Featured on Travel Channel's "Bizzare Foods: Taiwan" so we tried some of them. I find the yam rolls nice but not the boar... fatty lo...

It was opened by a tribe. and they wear the costumes. In fact they have some head wear for ple to wear and take pic.

heehheee me a tribewoman??

Bamboo rice n the wildboar fried w veg.

This one not too bad.

Gem eating her biscuits la... if only she be so happy eating her main meals... *faint

To the unique push carts-the only ones left in Taiwan, but motorized now-up the hill. To get from the scenic area entrance to the waterfall

You can walk but tiring la... we 2 kids so wun la... hahaha

See the clouds...

The kids saw the kitty rides... n here we are...

Another cable car but to some garden or theme park...??

the waterfall

Hand woven cloth made in traditional aboriginal designs.

Streetside stalls...

After this, we went to Shida mkt... but most of the shops are not open... dun really see the mkt too... prob is just 5 p.m so nothing really open yet...

So we ate some desserts. After desserts we walked around and towards the MRT and head back to Xinmending for shopping

There were alot of shopping at Xinmending and we bought quite a few stuff including some funny products like fake medicated oil or story book (it contains sweets).

We had our dinner here too. All their cafes are really well decorated as compared to our country. They really spent time n effort to decorate.

The food is delicious too...

We saw the MRT Panda...