[Travel] Toucheng Leisure Farm + Checking in to Ambience Hotel + Ximending, Taiwan Trip Day 2 of 5

Rise and shine! We woke up around 7am to explore around the place before heading over to the cafeteria for breakfast. 

The view right outside our accommodation is so peaceful and relaxing to be surrounded by nature. Even the air feels so much fresher here. 

There was a wide selection of food for breakfast. The porridge with minced meat is my favourite, I had at least 3 bowls! 

After breakfast, we set out on a guided farm tour, where we spotted a variety of fascinating insects and animals. The tour offered a glimpse into farm life and a chance to get up close with the animals. The weather was perfect too. 

After the farm tour, it was time to eat again. It was something light before the actual lunch buffet. My girl didn't want to eat so I bought some fish food for her to feed the fishes in the pond. 

Lunch buffet! Another scrumptious meal! 

After lunch, the staff kindly helped us arrange a driver who's also leaving Yilan to drive us to the Guishan Station which was rather isolated. Taking this small train to the main MRT station to go to Taipei. It was a pretty scary experience because there was no other passengers at the station beside my girl and I. 

Reached the main MRT Line Songshan (Green Line). Our destination is to Songjiang Nanjing which is 4 stops away. 

Finally, we reached our hotel - Ambience Hotel, a 3-star hotel but with everything I needed. This was the door gift we received upon checking in. 

The room was clean, modern, spacious and comfortable with a bath tub. Except for the small TV, it was a very nice stay. 

First floor lobby. 

After we left our belongings at the hotel, we head out again. The bus stop was super near so we took a bus out to Ximending. 

Welcome to Ximending! 

We had our dinner at Modern Toilet Restaurant. The whole restaurant located on the 2nd floor is like a big toilet, with toilet seats and tables with toilet bowls with fake poo inside. An interesting experience for my girl as it was her first time here. 

After dinner, it's shopping time at this vibrant place. We also explored The Red House which sells a lot of cute trinkets! We ended up buying some cute things here.   

We took bus back to our hotel again and this was our bath bomb for the first night. 

TV time. Watching some Xiao Wan Zi cartoon on the TV. 

XOXO

[Travel] Changi Lounge + Checking in to Toucheng Leisure Farm, Yilan, Taiwan Trip Day 1 of 5

Decided to sort out my photos from the Taiwan trip and thus finally penning down my Taiwan trip post, albeit late. This was my first solo-parenting trip with my girl. Happy to know that my girl can still use this ride-on suitcase, it's one of my best buy on Shopee. 

I'm glad that the credit card I signed up for during my time at my previous company comes with a complimentary Priority Pass membership, which includes 2 lounge entries per year. I used it to grant myself and my daughter the entry to Changi Lounge before our flight. 

I won a Changi Lounge Adult Classic Package during the Azgo roadshow at Raffles Place a few months back, so just nice this granted my hubby an entry into the Changi Lounge too, even though he's not joining us on the trip.

We each ordered one set of meal for breakfast and also took the free-flow drinks and snacks. Nice meal to start the day.

Finally, it's time to board the plane, we're taking the afternoon 12pm Scoot flight and will reach Taipei around 5pm.

Lunch onboard was meh, the choices for cup noodles were limited too. As it's a budget airline, there wasn't much entertainment on board, so we just ate and rested.  

The first thing we did when we alighted was to find the Taiwan Lucky Land booth, we tried our luck but didn't win anything. 

I got in touch with the driver, Mr Tan, who picked us up from the airport and sent us to the Toucheng Leisure Farm at Yilan which we will be staying for a night.

The accommodation voucher that I won and is also the reason why we are on this trip! When we arrived, it was already 8.30pm at night and the cafeteria has also closed. The last dinner I think was served at 7pm.

The room was spacious, nothing fancy but it was clean and comfortable to stay in. Luckily, shampoo and shower gels were provided, because it would be far and inconvenient to head out even to the nearest convenience store as we'd have to drive out. 

Our snacks and the dinner recommended by our driver to buy. It was so good, my girl fall in love with la la from this meal. 

That's all for Day 1 which was pretty much spent on meals and transportation. Here's the schedule for Day 2. 

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