Friday, July 29, 2011

Taipei - 貓空

Maokong (貓空) is located in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. The area used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei. Now it had transform into a tourist attraction for local and foreigner. It is a popular place for tea culture and viewing the night scenery of Taipei City.

The easy way to go there (for me lah) is take the MRT to the Zoo station then take Maokong Gondola (貓空纜車). It cost only RM 5 for the Gondola. There is also minibus services deliver passengers directly back to the Taipei Zoo MRT station

The beautiful view from the Maokong Gondola (貓空纜車) ride. So make sure you stay awake.

When you reach the top, you find a lot of restaurant, cafe and tea house. Don't just stop there because they are more for tourist. The best is take a map and go for walk (a long walk). You will find more great tea house as you walk deep inside and less commercial.

This one is highly recommended, plum ice cream. It's sold at a shop on your left hand side once you come out of the Gondola station and look for kind old lady..

Great thing about taking long walk is that you will be able to laugh with your friends and take a lot of 白痴 photo.

second pix show a dog tie to hot dog stand...we have a good laugh out of that.

After long long long long walk, we reached our destination, The tea house.

The way of making tea and great snack to go with it.

After all the walking this is a great way to enjoy the rest of the afternoon.

We leave Maokong with this scene....

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