Mummy of 2 Monsters: February 2016

HOLIDAY TRIP - KAOHSIUNG 101215 - 151215

This time round, we decided to go somewhere cooling. And we were damn luckily to book a promo ticket from FLYSCOOT of about SGD250 per pax.

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DAY 1 (10-12-15)
PLACE : National Museum Of Marine Biology & Aquarium
http://www.nmmba.gov.tw/english/index.aspx

Reach Airport 11.05am.

Option 1
Shuttle bus from Kaohsiung International Airport to NMMBA. It needs to book 2 days earlier before your arrival to NMMBA. You can make an reservation by Email : sea4545@kentington.com.tw or fax registration form to 866-8-8825061(The shuttle bus charge NT$400 trip/person.)

Option 2
Take buses (Kenting Express or any other bus) to Kenting, Buses depart every 30 mins and start from 09:00am from Zouying HSR station to Southern Baoli Stop of Checheng Township. It takes 1.5hrs~2 hrs. After you get off the bus, you need to walk back. You will see a bus stop (beside a light tower) at your left side, there is Pingtung Bus Stop to NMMBA. It takes about 3 mins.

Option 3
Book a private driver. We book with Sunny. (+886 905 131 377), you can whats app her and get more details. Total of TWD9,100 with a half day tour at Kending.

We book an overnight tour at National Museum Of Marine Biology & Aquarium. And YES!!! means we will be sleeping with all the Marine Creatures.

Sleepover planning guide

What to wear: casual cloth and a pair of shoes that can walk on reef shore. Don’t forget to take your casual cloth and a pair of shoes that can walk on reef shore like sneakers, and slippers could be changed at night.
Take your shade goods, kettle (bottle), rain gear and an electric torch to walking at night in NMMBA.
What to bring: toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, slippers, jacket, water bottle, sunscreen, personal medicine, health insurance card. We provide shower facilities. (Including shampoo, body wash, hair drier and dewatering machine.)
Arrival time: 4:00 p.m. at information desk, don’t forget to get your name tag.(If you come in early, finish the check in first. Admission fee is included.)
Sleep: We will provide Sleeping mat, pillow and comforter. By the way, we sleep on the floor!!
Lockers and luggage office for our sleepover program guests and the size of the locker is about 60cm*90cm*55cm. If your luggage is bigger than this size, you can put your valuable items in the locker then put your luggage in the luggage office

And the journey of of adventure starts.....

The Entrance

And our guided tour begin with touring the Aquarium and also behind the scene where normal admission ticket holders won't be able to enter.

Our Tour guide explaining how fishes are breed

The 2 monsters enjoying themselves.

The sunset and now its time to explore Night Time Sea Aquarium!

Sunset view

The most exciting part ------ Our Sleeping Area. We chose to sleep at the Underwater Tunnel.

The whole night the 2 monsters were too excited until they cant sleep. Stingray, Eagle Rays are jsut above us swimming here and there.

DAY 2 (11-12-15)
PLACE : National Museum Of Marine Biology & Aquarium

The next day after breakfast - outdoor activities, get to see and touch corals, small living creatures.

Of cos at Sea Aquarium, you wont get to eat Seafood! lol

And we continue to explore the place. The package that we purchased allow us to stay at the Sea Aquarium the next day till it closed for the day.

Sad to say, we gonna leave earlier as we need to go to Kending for our half day tour.

Bye!!

We took back the same private van with Sunny for a half day private tour. And from Sea Aquarium we went to Kending and check in to our hotel.

Accommodation : 墾丁牧場旅棧&二手童話
http://www.kenting-bnb.com/

After check in, we continued with our tour.

1) Pingtung County ─ Eluanbi Lighthouse
Established in 1984, Kenting National Park is Taiwan's first and southernmost national park.

We got a hard time doing this together

And the monsters follow too!

2)Pingtung County ─ Kenting Baisha Bay (White Sand Bay)

As a private scenic spot in Kenting, Baisha is famous but not much tourists know how to get there.

Like of PI

We decided to have a drink by the beach

3)Pingtung County ─ Maobitou
Being one of the must-visit tourist attractions in Kenting area, the scenic area features a giant piece of coral jutting out the sea. The name “Maobitou” which means “cat’s nose and head” in Mandarin comes from its unique appearance like a crouching cat.

The Joker Hubby

4)Pingtung County ─ Fongchueisha (Windblown Sand)
Fongchueisha is formed by the particular weather in Kenting. The sand in summer was washed to the seashore and blown back upon the cliffs in winter. The natural circle creates the spectacular view of sand falls, sand rivers, and sand hills.

5) Pingtung County ─ Henchun Chuhuo (Eternal Flame)

As its meaning in Chinese, Chuhuo is place where natural gas leaks to the surface and ignites.

And on our way through this journey , the tour guide passby a famous "BAO" shop and suggest we grab some. And it simply delicious!!

Cheesy Bacon Bun!!

After the tour we will send back to our hotel. And our day did not end just like that. We went to Kending night market, this was where nightmare started!!! The 2 monsters were too into the games stalls at the street.

Shooting balloons with gun

Trying to throw rings

Basketball

And they managed to won a bear each. Imagine how much we spend there.

And we ended the day with a super sound sleep. :)

DAY 3 (12-12-15)
PLACE : KAOHSIUNG -Jing Yuan Leisure Farm (淨園農場)

We took the same van to Kaohsiung for about 2 hours plus and check in to our Kaohsiung Place for the next few days.

Accommodation : 888客棧

http://www.5658.tw/888/

The location is good, whereby its near Liuhe night market and near the train station. Most importantly, we paid TWD6,000 for a 4 pax room for 3 nights, which is less than SGD100 per night. My sister paid TWD3,800 for a 2 pax room for 3 nights.

Look like my private Condo!

What you see on the website is what you get

The old man relaxing

From the website

After checking in, we are ready to go Jing Yuan Leisure Farm (淨園農場).

How to go:
Take the KMRT to CaoYa Station (草衙站) R4A and take a taxi. It should cost you less than SGD 10 as it takes less than 10 minutes to arrive.
Alternatively, you can take bus 69 from 優質汽車聯盟平行道路 (中安路). It is better to take a taxi down if not you have to walk quite a long distance from the bus stop to Jing Yuan Leisure Farm.

http://www.aircoffee.com.tw/

平日 / 周一至周五 / 票價
幸福票 10:00~18:00
全票：200元 (折抵100元)
半票（身高110cm-140cm)：100元 (折抵50元)

We had an enjoyable day there. Below pictures will tell you more.

Alpaca

The moment they saw carrots, they will rush to you!!

Feeding, Milking. My kids simply love them.

Photobomb

Even get to carry the piglet

And we met the Mother Pig.

Sleepy Tiger

The entrance ticket comes with a TWD100 for Adult and TWD50 for kid. You can use them to either purchase food and milk for feeding or use it at their cafe there. We decided to have our meals there.

Steamboat

Snacks that my kids love

After visiting, we return back to our place for a rest and shower and headed straight to Liuhe Market. Food ! Food! Food again!

Always Long Q

Make on the spot. Fresh and juicy

Taste really good

This live prawn attracted us, My sons get to fish the live prawn and cook on the spot. Taste fresh ans yummy!

And here comes my favorite, i have it every night! Yes! EVERY NIGHT!

DAY 4 (13-12-15)
PLACE : CIJIN ISLAND (旗津島) / Takao Railway Museum / The Pier-2 Art Center 駁二藝術特區

CIJIN ISLAND (旗津島)

Take the Orange Line on the MRT and alight at Sizhiwan Station (西子灣站). Head to the ferry harbour (look for road signs and follow the crowd, takes about 5 minutes of walking) and board the ferry over for NT$15. Take the ferry back at the same place at NT$15 as well.

A lot of walking to be done on the island, hence we decided to rent a MOTOR family "Bicycle".

The Kissing Rock

Cihou Lighthouse

This island is more on sight seeing and scenery. But we enjoy more on the cycling part. LOL.

Sit the ferry back to the station. Walk along the way you will get to see this famous Shop selling dessert. Saw it from others blog that it is a must try item. So here we go.

You get to choose all many times bigger you want

Takao Railway Museum

Nearest MRT station: Orange Line 01 Sizihwan Station

The museum is just next to the KRT exit.

Once you exit the KRT from exit 2, the museum is just in front.

Address: 32 Gushan 1st Rd, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Opening Hours: Open daily from 11:00 to 20:00, except Mondays and national holidays.

Our Captain

And we got to sit on a REAL train. LOL

We can to see different types of trains which are not movable.

The Pier-2 Art Center 駁二藝術特區 (10-8pm)

The The Pier-2 Art Center 駁二藝術特區 is a short walk (about 5 minutes) from the Orange line KRT to Yanchengpu Station 鹽埕埔站 (O2) Exit 1.

We went for the Bumble Bee!!

DAY 5 (14-12-15)
PLACE : E-Da Theme Park

http://www.edathemepark.com.tw/Website/index.aspx

This was a last minute decision to go. My sister search online and suggested to go. And indeed we were stuck the whole day there. My sons couldn't get enough of it.

Direction: Take a train to Zuoying HSR Station, Exit 2 and take the elevator down to street level. The E-DA shuttle bus #8501 is at platform 3 of the bus stand. Frequency of the bus is 20-30 mins.

Beside this, we got to see street performance too.

DAY 6 (15-12-15)
PLACE : Lotus Lake / Dragon & Tiger Pagodas

The last day we decided to go for a temple walk.

Nearest MRT station: R16 Zuoying Station → Exit 2 → Bus 51 or From Kaohsiung Main Train Station – 205, 218, 245

THE PAGODAS OPEN FROM 8AM TO 5PM DAILY

It is advisable to take a bus at the bus stop outside the train station to the Lotus Lake. It is a 15-20 minutes ride over, which only cost you NTD$15-20 (less than S$1).