Known as the Santorini of Taiwan, 九份 (Jiu Fen), is a famous attraction among tourists and even the locals! Regardless weekdays or weekends, 九份老街 (Jiu Fen Old Street) is always bustling with people and activities, it felt like Chinatown during Chinese New Year.

Situated on Mount Yangming (阳明山), Yangmingshan National Park is the only national park in Taipei City and is one of the more popular national park in Taiwan amongst the Taiwanese and tourists. The park also features popular scenic sites such as 擎天冈 (Qing Tian Gang) and the 竹子湖 (Zhu Zi Hu).

Despite being one of the famous tourist spot in Taiwan, this place was a disappointment because the weather was really bad when we got there. With that, it was pretty much a wasted trip. We didn't get the best view of all the scenic spots due to the foggy and wet weather.

Getting There
劍潭 (Jian Tan) Station (Red Line), Exit 1 (Turn left)
Take Bus Red-5 or 260 to 阳明山 (Yangmingshan) stop

Upon arriving at Yangmingshan stop which is also a tourist information centre, there will be a queue area just beside the tourist information centre that's where you can take the shuttle bus to travel around the park.

These are the recommended spots that you should visit:

• 绢丝瀑布 (Juan Si Waterfall)
• 冷水坑 (Leng Shui Keng)
• 擎天冈 (Qing Tian Gang)
• 小油坑 (Xiao You Keng)
• 二子坪 (Er Zi Ping)
• 竹子湖 (Zhu Zi Hu)

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, what's better is that Taiwan's breakfast selection is really awesome! I couldn't stress enough how much I look forward to a hearty and wholesome breakfast every morning in Taiwan. It has got to be my favourite meal of the day.

With that, I concluded that the following are my favourite breakfast joints in Taipei so far.

八方雲集

Headed to 花莲 (Hualien) after spending a day at Taipei.

Getting There
Take a shuttle bus from Taipei to Luodong (area of Yilan)
Take a local train from Luodong to Hualien
The shuttle bus stops at Luodong bus station (30 metres away from the train station)

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Dear 2017,

It's a new year. New mistakes are going to make along with new promises and regrets. All I'm asking is that you'll be better than last year. I'm not praying for a miracle, I just want a better year than the previous.

What is coming is better than what's gone.

Contacted Blogger's community to regain access to my account and it took them 4 months and I was about to launch my new blog. The process is really frustrating.
Nevertheless, I couldn't be more thankful to get back my blog, the content here are the most important to me. Lesson learnt; always archive posts in your computer.