Jocelyn and I are traveling to Hualien ourselves. Yay for adventure!
Going detail this down for any lost tourist who may google for directions!---
After doing our research, we decided to get the combo ticket from "kamalan bus" which includes a bus ride from Taipei bus station to luodong railway station, and then railway ride from luodong railway station to Hualien railway station.
So first we had to buy the combo tic which is located at Taipei bus station (one building away from Taipei main station) and they will give you the earliest bus ride to luodong. Costed us 222NT each and the ride took slightly over one hour from 4.47pm to 6pm.
Bus stops at wuijie first but alight at the last stop at luodong. Walk a short distance to luodong railway station (just follow the crowd!) and then buy the earliest railway tic to Hualien. (We had to top up 73 each)
Had 1hr to spare so we decided to buy Maggie mee and chips and yakult! Maggie mee was super shiok in this cold weather. But we had to eat standing up and looking quite pathetic.
But boy, feeling our gullets warm up with hot Maggie soup was so good~~
At last we board the railway, but with Jocelyn and me, there always has to be some sort of thing that goes wrong. We hid in the staircase from the wind and when down when the railway appeared.
When it finally came we just entered any random door and realized that we were in cabin 8 when we were supposed to be at cabin 2. So we sashayed down the shaky railway while curious passengers stared. ._.
Even so, reached safely in one piece! Journey from 7.15pm to 8.15pm. With proper planning we could have skipped the 1 hr transition but nvm!
Our hostel, colorful hostel Taiwan (CHT) is a 10 min walk from Hualien railway station. The host of CHT is super nice! We told her we wanted to go to ziqiang night market and she recommended things to eat there. Also she also gave suggestions on how we can carry out our trip to takoro tmr.
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Night market is 2km away from hostel. Quite a tiring walk. But even though the night market was small, the food really lived up to expectations!
We tried the strawberry-apple fruit juice first! Quite tasty!
Next up, the "coffin bread with curry chicken". Really nice! Curry tastes like sg's.
Then we had "meat on stick"
Erm, this is sotong looking real unappetizing. We can't seem to remember to take the picture when we get the food. OTL
Pork wrapping veggie.
This is called chun juan, which is like popiah!
Next up is chocolate crepe. Nice and warm!
And finally this is where we will be sleeping tonight! CTH looking good. :)))
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