Our first vacation of the year and we decide on Taipei for a few factors
To our dismay, it's rainy on most days. Luckily both A and Kris had rain coats. It's important to be well equipped for rainy days especially with kids around.Maybe that explains all the luggage that I lug over.
Sakura flowers are also available in Taipei!!! We went to Yangmingshan and the entire place is littered with many different variety of flowers. A nice place to relax and walk around in this weather. The flower season is from 31 Jan till 20 Mar.
Make sure that you are comfortable with your kid eating street food or else stay away from them. We couldn't resist the temptation of walking and eating along the street so do Kris. Sampling of food is fun.
Releasing sky lantern along shifen seem enjoyable and fun for Kris as she took her time doodling on the lantern prior to release them into the sky and awe in wonder as the lantern flew up.
Flying cow ranch @ Miaoli is also a nice place to go especially with young kids. We went at about 1pm and I'm thankful for that else we will have to squeeze and crowd with at least visitors with 10 over schools excursion. Kris took her time to walk around the area, had numerous attempts feeding the baby cows as there wasn't much competition around, the animals feed was generally quite reasonably priced at TWD10 per feed. Kris spent about 30 minutes at the sheep barn asking the sheeps to queue and behave. We spent about 4 hours walking round the ranch.
Hiring a private taxi is costly but it seem a better choice for us as it provide us with the flexibility of time and space that we needed. 6 hours of private taxi hire cost about TWD2,200.
The accommodation, Zhe Juan Meng Tian that we stayed in Miaoli is so cosy and feel so at home that Kris does not want to leave the place. Leaving for home seem so hard as she made friends with the house dogs and cats and had fun in the premise where its filled with slides, swings, little dog figurines.
We spent a relaxing day around Sanyi where we went wood painting. Kris selected her own wood sculpture and we spent the next 2 hours painting the sculpture. The price of the sculpture range from TWD250 till TWD800.
We spent about 2 hours at Beitou Hot Spring Resort which is convenient located within 5 mins walk from Xinbeitou MRT station. We had a private room @ TWD1,950 to ourselves which came equip with 2 separate hot / cold tub, shower cubicle, WC cubicle, a bed and TV. Kris refer this to indoor swimming as the tub was huge enough to fit all 3 of us. We bought some bath toys along to keep Kris occupied. The package came with 2 cups of hot beverage coupled with a small slice of cake. Kris told me the next day and a few days later that she wanted to go indoor swimming again.
It's also important not to packed your day with activities right from the start of the day as it could be pretty stressful for both the kids and the parents. Our activities are loosely packed and we can spend about 30 minutes walking from the hotel to the train station where in fact it only takes 10 minutes as we stopped by watching birds flew by or get distracted with other sights.
The nursery room at Taoyuan airport is WELL EQUIPPED. I'm totally surprised. The room contained warm wet wipes, diapers of various sizes, various pigeon products containing lotions and washes. Kris refused to leave the room as it's so well decorated with a bear theme.
- Cooling weather
- Flight time is below 7 hours
- No time differences between Singapore and Taipei
- Quite safe in general
To our dismay, it's rainy on most days. Luckily both A and Kris had rain coats. It's important to be well equipped for rainy days especially with kids around.Maybe that explains all the luggage that I lug over.
Sakura flowers are also available in Taipei!!! We went to Yangmingshan and the entire place is littered with many different variety of flowers. A nice place to relax and walk around in this weather. The flower season is from 31 Jan till 20 Mar.
Make sure that you are comfortable with your kid eating street food or else stay away from them. We couldn't resist the temptation of walking and eating along the street so do Kris. Sampling of food is fun.
Releasing sky lantern along shifen seem enjoyable and fun for Kris as she took her time doodling on the lantern prior to release them into the sky and awe in wonder as the lantern flew up.
Flying cow ranch @ Miaoli is also a nice place to go especially with young kids. We went at about 1pm and I'm thankful for that else we will have to squeeze and crowd with at least visitors with 10 over schools excursion. Kris took her time to walk around the area, had numerous attempts feeding the baby cows as there wasn't much competition around, the animals feed was generally quite reasonably priced at TWD10 per feed. Kris spent about 30 minutes at the sheep barn asking the sheeps to queue and behave. We spent about 4 hours walking round the ranch.
Hiring a private taxi is costly but it seem a better choice for us as it provide us with the flexibility of time and space that we needed. 6 hours of private taxi hire cost about TWD2,200.
The accommodation, Zhe Juan Meng Tian that we stayed in Miaoli is so cosy and feel so at home that Kris does not want to leave the place. Leaving for home seem so hard as she made friends with the house dogs and cats and had fun in the premise where its filled with slides, swings, little dog figurines.
We spent a relaxing day around Sanyi where we went wood painting. Kris selected her own wood sculpture and we spent the next 2 hours painting the sculpture. The price of the sculpture range from TWD250 till TWD800.
We spent about 2 hours at Beitou Hot Spring Resort which is convenient located within 5 mins walk from Xinbeitou MRT station. We had a private room @ TWD1,950 to ourselves which came equip with 2 separate hot / cold tub, shower cubicle, WC cubicle, a bed and TV. Kris refer this to indoor swimming as the tub was huge enough to fit all 3 of us. We bought some bath toys along to keep Kris occupied. The package came with 2 cups of hot beverage coupled with a small slice of cake. Kris told me the next day and a few days later that she wanted to go indoor swimming again.
It's also important not to packed your day with activities right from the start of the day as it could be pretty stressful for both the kids and the parents. Our activities are loosely packed and we can spend about 30 minutes walking from the hotel to the train station where in fact it only takes 10 minutes as we stopped by watching birds flew by or get distracted with other sights.
The nursery room at Taoyuan airport is WELL EQUIPPED. I'm totally surprised. The room contained warm wet wipes, diapers of various sizes, various pigeon products containing lotions and washes. Kris refused to leave the room as it's so well decorated with a bear theme.
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| Flying cow Ranch |
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| Zhe Juan Meng Tian house dog |
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| Cows enclosure at Flying cow ranch |
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| Welcome the morning with a little swing at Zhe Juan Meng Tian |
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