Guess what ... day 4 and we woke up late again. Hahaha. After a quick breakkie at Ikea's cafe (nearby ma), we took the Metro to Wulai. At the station, we shared a cab with two other strangers and headed to the town of Wulai where the aboroginies of Taiwan once resided. After a few enquiries, we took the log train (able to ferry a maximum of 10 passengers) and then walked up a flight of 120 stairs (phew) to reach a resort. Inside the resort we paid 350 Taiwan Dollars (normal price is 500 TWD) for a cultural show. The aboroginies performers are mostly teens in their early twenties at most. A couple of bloopers like some of 'em slipping and falling on stage resulted in SY and I laughing our heads off. After almost an hour, the show ended and we trotted down hill again to Helen's Cafe. Helen's Cafe is a nice li'll place located on high ground serving coffee and waffles. They play English evergreen and oldies too. The cool evening weather, our sweet chilled lattes, the enveloping orange clouds, the postcard serene surrounding, the serenading melodies of yesteryears ... we truly savoured the moment as we watch the people passing by.
On the way down, we saw throngs of people queuing up for wild boar sausages and with the kiasu side of me rearing its tail, I joined in the line and got me a big one. Honestly, it's an acquired taste and I personally prefer the regular oink oink ones.
After that, headed to the restaurant with the most customers and tried out some of their local offerings. On the table were bamboo cooked rice, stir fried chicken, green vegs and melon & pork rib soup. Oh, before that, we had 'muachi' too and as it turned out, SY loved it. After dinner, we went back again to Helen's Cafe for another dose of caffeinated beverage. Their cuppacino is sublime. As we headed back to the taxi stand, SY couldn't resist and had another glutinous slice of 'muachi'. I guess you can't keep this girl away from her 'muachi' huh. :p
Seeing that this was going to be our last night in Taipei, we didn't want to head back to the hotel this early. So what did we do ??? ... MAKANLAH!!! Hahaha. We went back to that 24 hour HK restaurant and had some dim sums and their iced 'yin yong'. Yummylicious. :)
Back at the hotel, with a heavy heart, we packed and got ready to head home early next morning.
By 5am the next day, we checked out and got a Toyota Camry to ferry us to the airport. It rained and it was ok since we aren't going to do anymore holidaying. We had a light breakfast at a chinese restaurant in the airport where SY proclaimed that they served the worst dim sum ever. My noodles tasted real blend too. Soon we boarded our 747 and touched down in KLIA before lunch time. Ooo ... I managed to catch P.S. I Love You (The movie) staring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Lisa Kudrow during the flight home. It's based on the best selling novel by Cecilia Ahern and apparently they ain't screening it in M'sia. Your loss peeps ... try to snag it on DVD if you can. A good watch this one.
P.S. Forgot to mention that on the flight to Taipei, I watched the much raved-about Japanese tear jerker, Sky Of Love. Not bad too. :)
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