Wandering Fel

Taiwan Travel: Pine Garden, Hualien

We have finally arrived! Hello, Pine Garden! (松園別館/ Sōngyuán biéguǎn).

The garden is located way up there. So we needed to hike a bit. Oh my breath..

Took picture of the beautiful flowers while catching my breath.

Finally reached the top. Whew! The house behind serves as a museum/ art gallery with a bit history of this place. And do you see that the house is surrounded by a lot of pines? These pines are old and well taken-care of.

You can see the sea in the horizon which lies at the eastern part of Taiwan island. Pretty scenery! <3

Eastern Sea View from Hualien Pine Garden

Gonna take another shot of the majestic pine trees. ^^

Whenever you are in the vicinity, make sure to visit the house. There are a lot of fun things to do inside (e.g. buying art souvenirs). Curious much? Keep on reading! ^^

Taiwan Travel: Strolling under the rain in Hualien

I don't like it when it's raining especially when I am on a trip. But weather is not totally within our control, and sometimes, we just have to sing under the rain. I'm singiiiinggg in the raiinnnnn~~~

Yep, you guessed it correctly. It was raining heavily in Hualien. U_U.

But there's no way I'm gonna spend the day inside my hotel room. So off we went~~~

Spotted Bad Badzt Maru signage across the street. Wondering what does the stall sell.

We were actually on our way to one of the tourist attraction in Hualien, Pine Garden. It is within walking distance from our hotel but I suppose we should have known when the Taiwanese says it's within walking distance...it may not be that near after all. XD

Continuing on, passing by a temple..

迷路! (Mílù/ lost our way). Since we really need rescue and the mechanic speaks English...unashamedly, we went in and bugged the mechanic who was having his lunch. Sorry!!! >.<!

Nice mechanic helped us to show the right way to Pine Garden. Xie xie!!

Strolling next to somewhat-artistic wall...

And stopped for a while to take picture of the river. I seldom see clean river in Jakarta so this kind of view is precious. Hahaha. =)

Hopefully, we would arrive at our destination soon. LOL.

Hualien Eats: Grilled BBQ Skewers at Zhiqiang Night Market

After eating the coffin bread, we are of course still HUNGRY. Hahaha. So we went to the next stall with the long queue and it's apparently selling grilled food on sticks. Any food.

The stall is called 第一家烤肉串 (Dì yī jiā kǎoròu chuàn).

How to order? Well, basically grab the plastic basket and...yes, I know, I was not kidding when I said the stall sells any food on sticks. Hahaha. A lot of varieties indeed!!! The price tag can be seen on top of the sticks.

Spotted a big squid. Hmm~~~

Big squid at Zhiqiang Night Market Hualien

They have veggies on sticks too. Like pepper and mushroom.

Grilled pepper and mushroom Zhiqiang Night Market Hualien

After you are done picking what you want to have, pass it to the seller and pay the money. He will give you a number to collect the food later on. By later on, I mean more than 1 hour. Oh my gawd.

Queue tag for grilled sticks at Zhiqiang Night Market

For so-so grilled food (which I don't think can get wrong, am I right?), I don't think I am willing to spend that long time to queue the next time I come to Hualien. Lucky we come in 4. If I was alone, I'll die of boredom in waiting for the food. =S