Glad that the AirAsia flight touched down in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 safely and in time. After clearing the Taiwan immigration and claiming our luggage (took around 30 minutes), we proceeded to purchase Taiwan Prepaid Sim Card at arrival hall. We bought 7 days unlimited data usage with some airtime at NT500 from Chunghwa Telecom 中华电讯.
Our prepaid sim card
After that, we went one level down of the arrival ball to board the bus from airport to Taoyuan High Speed Rail (THSR) Station.
Bought UBus Ticket at NT30 per pax. The ride is around 15-20 minutes depending on traffic.
The driver sits on left-hand side of the bus in Taiwan. Ours in Malaysia is exactly opposite.
While waiting for our high speed rail at Taoyuan to Zuoying (Kaohsiung), we had our lunch at MOS
Burger. MOS Burger can be spotted at most places in Taiwan!
MOS Menu
Sis's MOS Coffee
Sis and I had the 双人分享餐 Double Combo that comes with one Yakiniku Rice Burger 烧肉珍珠堡, one Pizza Hot Dog 义式披萨热狗, 2 pcs of Hoki Fillets, 5 pcs of Chicken Nuggets , 1 Large French Fries, 2 cups of red tea and 1 pinky MOS recycled bag at the price of NT319.
Our Double Combo
Yakiniku Rice Burger 烧肉珍珠堡
Pizza Hot Dog 义式披萨热狗
MOS Self Service Concept
We had some complications in grouping the trash!
Used the MOS Pinky Recycled Bag instantly right after the meal =)
We collected our train ticket at the counter as we had purchased the ticket online. We thought we can depart earlier than our pre-book departure time. We went to the ticketing counter to collect the ticket. We were told to pay the price differences if we wish to board the earlier train. In the end, we decided to stick on with the pre-book departure time.
Ticket with printed departure date, time, reserved seat, train no. and method of payment. We had 20% discount from online booking. I paid NT1160 (NT1455 normal price) for the train fare per pax, We need to provide reservation number and any one passport during collection of the ticket.
Trash Bin & Recycled Bin...this implies Taiwanese are very environmental friendly~
Drinking Fountain at Taoyuan THSR Station
Certificate of analysis (COA) of the drinking water is also shown near the fountain to verify the safety of the drinking water. How thoughtful.
Wandering around to kill some time while waiting for the train departure time
Taoyuan THSR Station
Comfy and spacious seat in the train
You can eat and drink inside the train
Water vending machine in the train. Foods such as Bento are also sold in the train.
The journey from Taoyuan THSR Station to Zuoying THSR Station took around 1 hour 39 minutes. We walked to the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit which was just beside the THSR station to board the Kaohsiung MRT from Zuoying MRT to Sanduo Shopping District MRT to check in our room.
Read more of our Kaohsiung 3 days 2 nights accommodation ( 高雄85大樓--85童年套房花漾年華三人房) here.
After showering and refreshing ourselves, we went to Dream Mall, the largest shopping mall in Taiwan and East Asia. To go to Dream Mall, take MRT and alight at Kaisyuan MRT. We were confused which exit to board the free shuttle bus to Dream Mall. In the end, we used Exit 2 or 3 (couldn't remember which one) and we walked by foot to Dream Mall (around 10-15 minutes).
I saw Dream Mall from far!
Almost reaching~
Dream Mall Ferris Wheel...We took it at NT150 per ride per pax.
Different patterns of the Ferris wheel passengers gondolas
View of Kaohsiung from the Ferris Wheel
My tired look during riding Ferris Wheel
Awesome view of the Ferris Wheel when the light in on~
After the ride, is time to hunt for dinner at the Dream Mall Food Court.
GeorgPeck spotted in Kaohsiung Dream Mall Food Court
Our dinner:
Sort of bento with rice, chicken, vegetables, salads and drink at NT165
I share with sis because both of us are small eaters!
Plastics handglove was given to Sis to ease the eating of the chicken without dirtying your hand~Lovely!
Another set of Bento type with soup
Both set meals were very nice and worth the price! The portion was way too big one me~Luckily we shared among the three of us~Most meals were served with drinks which we did not need to order extra drinks!
After the dinner and some walk in the Dream Mall, is time to go back to rest.
We managed to find the right exit to board the free shuttle bus back to Kaisyuan MRT and back to our room!
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