Taiwan Trip Day 5

Taiwan Trip Plan Day 5

Today will be another long day. The intention is to go north to Jiufen and Shifen. The last time when Rach and I was in Taiwan we did not go there. To get there from Taipei, you need to take a local TRA train to Ruifang (20NT), then take a bus to Jiufen (21NT). But to reach Shifen you need to go back to Ruifang (21NT) and take the Pingxi line (train) to Shifen (52NT).

When we relocate to Taipei, we will not have the car. That means the family to journey to Jiufen and Shifen we will need to incurred the transport. The cost is not expensive about 130NT per person for a 2 way journey, but the time taken is more than an hour excluding waiting for the bus.

Yes we will drive 2.5 hours from Taichung to reach there and we will visit more places such as Jingua and Keelung. as such we will set off at 7am with breakfast along the way and target to reach Jingua then Jiufen for lunch.

We will spend the afternoon at Pingxi, Shifen. At Shifen we will release the sky lantern before heading to Keelung for dinner. What to do can be found at this link.