Taiwan 2010

2 December - 8 December 2010

Family annual trip to Taiwan.

Day 1 - 2 December 2010

Depart from KLIA in a MH flight to CKS Airport, Tao Yuan on 9.20am flight. About 5 hours flight to Taipeh. Upon reaching, travel to Yilan County, a place popular with its hot spring resort. Spend one night in Yilan.

Day 2 - 3 December 2010

Yilan - Jiufen - Keelung. Overnight in Keelung.

Day 3 - 4 December 2010

Keelung - Taipeh. Overnight in Taipeh.

Day 4 - 5 December 2010

Taipeh - Tai shee Garden - Doraemon World - Flying Cow Ranch, Miaoli. Overnight in Flying Cow Ranch.

Day 5 - 6 December 2010

Miaoli - Taipeh. Overnight in Taipeh

Day 6 - 7 December 2010

Taipeh. Overnight in Taipeh

Day 7 - 8 December 2010

Depart from Taipeh back to KL - flight at 7.20am from Taipeh.

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Shanghai, China

My maiden to mainland China - Shanghai - 14 September 2010 to 18 September 2010.

Due to last minute instruction from the Client, I have to make this trip to Shanghai, supposedly for a valve testing, but in-fact the purpose of me making the trip is to source for bus shelter for the Client. Because of the last minute instruction, I was not able to fly with the rest on MAS, and was booked to fly Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong.

The first and last day was basically for traveling and the only time for sight-seeing in the fourth day. We covered 3 spots in one day. Starting the day in City God Temple (城隍庙) area, then lunch. After lunch, Shanghai World Expo and finally the Nanjing Pedestrian Walk to the Bund.





Shanghai World Expo 2010





Our very own Malaysia Pavillion

Indonesia


The Chinese Pavilion, the most popular of the Expo. You need to make a reservation in order to get into the pavilion.






















The futuristic Saudi Pavilion - 4 hours queue to get in













Taiwan - another 4 hours queue to enterf















The Magnificent Lupu Bridge








What to do when you dead tired in the Expo? You can either lie down on one of the many benches, like this below:


or, get one of these stools which are sold outside the Expo:

Ireland Pavillion

Outside the Norway Pavillion

Inside the Norway Pavillion

We only managed to get into 5 pavilions: Malaysia, New Zealand, Mongolia, Nepal and Norway. Queue time for the 5 pavilions: 20 mins, 5 mins, 0 min, 5 mins and 10 mins respectively.

Queue time for some of the more popular ones are: Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan - 4 hours.



Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street- This is Shanghai at night for you (夜上海)

Getting out from the Metro Line 2 at the People's Center Station, will lead you to this famous shopping strip in Shanghai. Walking down to the end of the road will lead you the famous Shanghai Bund. To me, the Bund really lives up to its name. I was completely overwhelmed by the sight and lighting of the Bund. A highlight for Shanghai at night.










One thing impress me a lot. It is cleanliness of the city. This is cleaning up of the street when everyone leaves.