Escaping the Heat (Part V)

It was time to wake up from the fantasy world i've been living in the past few days. I went to the Taipei Main Station at 6.02am (the first train) and transferred to the Taiwan High Speed Rail to the airport. The Taiwan High Speed Rail train will take me to Taoyuan Station which takes 20 minutes. I will then have to take a bus from Taoyuan Station to the airport. I paid TWD160 (RM17.20) for the Taiwan High Speed Rail ticket and TWD30 (RM3.23) for the bus ride from Taoyuan Station to the airport.

Taiwan High Speed Rail ticket (right) and bus ticket (left) from Taoyuan Station to Taoyuan Airport, Taipei

Inside the Taiwan High Speed Rail train

Taoyuan Airport Terminal 2. Taoyuan Airport was formerly called Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. The name was changed to its current name in 2006 to please Mainland China. Mind you it was merely 7.15am when i took these pictures. Terminal 2 was already jam-packed.

Flight informations display board

Flying Eva Air ... to Kota Kinabalu ... yeah !!!

One of these planes will take me back to Kota Kinabalu

Until the bloody red plane docked at Gate C2 ... and so i woke up from my dream. Eva Air is just the ground handling agent for Air Asia in Taiwan.

Park Taipei Hotel key card

EasyCard. Taipei's version of Touch 'n Go. It is so much better compared to our Touch 'n Go. TWD500 (RM53.75) to buy the card. TWD400 of usable credits and TWD100 of fully refundable deposit upon returning of the card in good condition.

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Escaping the Heat (Part IV)

Taipei 101

Outside of Taipei 101

Inside Taipei 101

Views from 89th Floor. Each adult ticket cost TWD400 (RM43). Too bad the outdoor observation deck was closed that day due to bad weather. Imagine standing outside of the building at 88th Floor. How cool is that ? ;P

My TWD200 (RM21.50) ice-cream. Sold at 89th Floor.

The 660 tonnes suspended tuned mass damper located between 88th - 92nd Floors. It is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors.

My lunch at the Taipei 101 food court. Forgot what it's called already. All for TWD120 (RM12.90) only. Everything tasted nice except the 肉丸, or what the locals call "bak wan".

Shinkong Mitsukoshi (新光三越) Department Store. It is a Taiwanese-Japanese joint-venture department store in Taiwan. There are 4 buildings in this area, all connected by several bridges.

TO BE CONTINUED ...