We have had to make a change in our plans, a last minute 1. Instead of using the railway, we have decided to hire a cab to transport us. Originally, we were supposed to be going to Yehliu and Shifen, but due to the distance disparity, we had to change Shifen to Jiufen. It cost us 2000 NT for the first 4 hours and 300 NT for subsequent hours.

In a way, this was a better arrangement as it saves time for us. We do not need to worry about the rail train arrival intervals or take a bus to any main station before taking the railway service. The trip by cab to Yehliu took a hefty 1 hour, it got my butt cracking up after sitting in the cab for so long.

Yehliu Geological Park entrance

The rock formations here are absolutely beautiful, there is no words which can describe them, a natural phenomenon. I am absolutely caught up in their beauty.

These rocks are climbing with silverfishes. They won’t or can’t harm you, so there isn’t anything to worry about.

The rock of wonder

Canon like rocks

Mushroom land

An opening in a rock

Group photo

Queen's head

With the famous queen head’s neck becoming thinner and thinner, in time to come, we may not even see the Queen’s Head anymore as its ‘neck’ due to certain natural conditions may break off and that is the end of the Queen’s Head. So I am very glad that I have managed to capture a moment with it in its finest glory.

Can you imagine being so close to the open sea?

A beautiful backdrop

Dinosaur shaped rock

Strong waves

As we were walking in the geological park, we witnessed a tour group getting introduced to Yehliu Geological Park. I was thinking we could have been those there, being rushed around. I am so glad that we went on a free and easy holiday, so instead of being rushed around, we had the opportunity to admire the beauty of the rocks formation at Yehliu.

Headed to Ocean World. What a treat was waiting for us!

A performance show of 1 hr 30 minutes, featuring dolphins, sealions, water dancers and bold divers.
There was 1 really big dolphin, here is how big it is and you will be astonished!

Performing dolphins

The dolphin kissed me

Along with Thim Ler, I managed to capture photos of me with the animals.

Seems like I am hugging the dolphin eh?

These pictures were taken by the help of my comrades, there were 2 other pictures which was professionally taken, I bought them and they are in my sweet possession. The fish smell is surprising, I was expecting to be smelling like stinky fish, but thank god the smell was light.

Have you ever seen dancing in the waters? Well I had the opportunity to really see it. It was really amazing, to be able to synchronize 1’s movements is already very difficult on land, much less in water.

Human ladder in the water

Water dancing rising out of the water

This was the daring dive which one of the divers took, it was tremendously high, and I was gritting my teeth as he plunged into the water from at least 20m. Truly bold act! Credit to him.

Headed to the aquarium where we saw some really rare fishes and also they have a museum whereby they keep specimens of fishes, though dead at least it was a ‘good’ sight to know that there are fishes like that.

Off in another hour of grueling traveling to Jiufen. There is basically nothing to do in Jiufen except shopping for specialities, their fish ball noodles was fabulous. Their fish balls was different, there are different fillings for each ball, be it seafood, sotong or meat. There weren’t any plain fish balls like we have in Singapore.

After walking to the end of row of shops, we came to this absolutely ‘blur’ viewtop.

It was so misty and that was further proof of how high up we were.

Jiufen from up high

Our last destination was Long Shan Night Market. Was hoping to see some snake fighting there, but we had no such luck. Food was pretty limited in variety there, their delicacy seem to be beef noodles and snake soup. So off we embark back to the hotel before heading out again to Xi Men Ding to do some more shopping.

Remember Day 2?
The sweet looking Adidas salesgirl?
She still remembered me, I bought a baby blue Adidas bag and asked her for directions to a nearby leg massage salon. This girl has attached a place in my memory of Xi Men Ding.

After some torturous scouting, we finally managed to find it. This was the first time I ever undergone a leg massage and it really feels ticklish at first. Apparently it is good to feel ticklish, that means you are healthy, if you aren’t, you will be feeling pain instead. A good 45 minutes of being pampered before heading back to the hotel to pack our stuff as we are leaving tomorrow.