The morning started slooooooow. 7.30 am. It was raining since last night. Though it was still drizzling in the morning, the droplets of 雨粉were light... Kind of refreshing.
We were surrounded by fruit trees! Ok, orange trees were not new to me! Star fruits hanging from the trees were exciting! They grew in clusters! Would be nice if we could pluck a couple of the to taste... I could imagine how crunchy it could be!
The morning breakfast is a typical Taiwanese breakfast I think, porridge with pork floss, peanuts and prickles. There are other dishes like what we had last night, fried cabbage and fried egg.
A visit to the crab museum in the resort was a good eye opener to me. What? Museum about crab? "Like that also can?" that was my first reaction! Interesting, it's a collection of specimens by the owner's son for many years. She's a nice, at least from two aspects - she acknowledged the effort of the experts who contributed to the classification of the collection, and the passion she exhibited as she spoke about these shelled creatures! The museum was not what we normally associate with (as a museum). It's right above a cafe, and wasn't quite had the professional packaging.
Next stop is Jiufen... which was originally a gold mine. It became famous and tourist attraction after the shooting of the movie 悲情城市. Well, the place had not changed since the last time I came (think it was more than 5 years ago). The narrow alley with small shops lined up on both sides. The smell of the 臭豆腐, the shops that sell a variety of fish balls, those seemingly like bobo-chacha yam-sweet potato desserts. Had 干冬粉and assorted fish balls. We also had the big 麻薯as dessert.
My lunch...
The area was especially crowded when all tried to take shelter at the corridors of the shophouses. Both rain and wind had added to the 'excitement' of the wait of the bus...
The rain "followed" us to Yeliu野柳, which the guide jokingly gave it the name雨港because of the rain! Of course, the highlight at Yeliu was the limestone formation, in particular, the famous queen's head. Well, the rain was much more heavier when we arrived.
We checked in the hotel at around 5pm, pretty early... And we set off to the first night market since arrived. 基隆庙口夜市 is a pretty small night market, that made up of 2 streets. Almost all were food stalls. Interestingly, a number of stalls sold seafood, mostly grilled.
This was also the first night that we have access to the wifi :)
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