M&M Eastern Adventures

We arrived just after 7pm in Yilan. We wanted everything to be over with as soon as possible, seeing that if we were going to take the car we would have to drive back to Kaohsiung, which is about a 6 hour drive. We met the people, took a look at the car and almost immediately decided to take it. When we started looking for a car we had a specific things we wanted. Cheap but reliable as it would be something we would only use for longer trips or if we wanted to go surfing or cycling on one of the many bike routes around Taiwan. So it had to be big enough so that we could fit absolutely anything, but also something we wouldn't feel guilty about leaving in the sun and rain. We narrowed our options down to either the Toyota Zace of Surf or the Mitsubishi Freeca. The Toyota Surf is the newer model to the Zace and turned out to be a little more than what we wanted to spend. On the other hand the Mitsubishi Freecas we looked at were either in such bad shape we didn't want to even s...

We had a few hours to kill in Taipei before we took our bus to Yilan, where we were going to have a look at the car we were interested in. We met Beth, one of Marilette's friends from back in the day when she was in Taiwan for the first time, for an early lunch. Arriving in Taipei you have to keep your head, as everything from the railway station, high speed rail and bus stations are underground. You'd probably be able to go almost anywhere in the city without going to the surface. With Taipei also known for it's rainy weather, the first thing that comes to mind is, what an awesome city it would be for vampires, lol! We went for lunch at a little place known for it's dumplings in the SOGO department store. Unfortunately I can't remember the name but what a treat. Being as popular as they are we had to wait in line for a little while, but it was definitely worth the wait. After lunch we headed to the Taipei 101. We couldn't have asked for a better day...