Taichung Mi casa hotel Fengjia Nightmarket

Day 3..Hotel Mi Casa!.. :D

Yes..I'm moving again!..going to Taichung!..

The plan was to meet my cousins for the famous Feng Jia Night Market..

Coz i did not know where exactly is Feng Jia Night Market..

The safest thing is to stay somewhere near Train station!..

Map found on one of Hotel Mi Casa brochure.. 

From Taipei Main Station, I bought my train ticket..

Taking their Train for the 1st time is not easy..Fortunately, I could speak mandarin..hahaha..

Firstly, Taipei Main Station is very big!..they have HSR and TSR..both ticket counters are located differently..Before you know their difference and uses, you have to decide which one to take 1st..

Yaa..It's Complicated!!..

Actually, I didn't think so much, I just asked a staff at the self service machine for help.. :)

After that, it took me some time to figure out the place to wait too..

Luckily I bought the later train..else I'll definitely missed it..

Something weird was some stranger actually asked me for directions..

heh heh..I looked like a local oO..makes me feel proud ehh..

I bought this quite last minute, after hsin zhu, i have to give up my seat.. :(

After thought, I guess it's okay luh..seating for too long, the knee cap will ache too..

At the train station rear exit..

At first, I was prepared to roam for awhile before finding the hotel..

Never did I expect to see the hotel direction sign at the train station rear exit..

I'm so touched!..finally can rest and settle down after carrying my huge luggage up and down a flight of stairs!!..

Happily walking towards the sign, I was shock to see a narrow walkway.. (0.0)

I almost cried/faint..

coz it was raining non stop that day..I was holding an umbrella with my huge luggage!!..

With my survivor heart telling me I'M ALMOST THERE!!

I squeeze my way through this narrow alley with my huge and heavy luggage and umbrella..

I managed to take a picture of the narrow alley after walking through..

If it's not raining, it won't be so 'mission accomplished' :P

They have this in the lift..

The corridor..my room's door..

Finally!..I've got to my room!.. *touched*  :')

Though small, but they have nice, new and modern furniture.. :)

 View from my room's balcony.. :)

My nicely furnished bathroom..

My toiletries..

 

Oh..their in room slippers is kinda comfy!.. :)

Something I really like is, their check in timing is the earliest out of all that I've booked..

At 1500hrs I could check in already..most hotel check in timing in Taiwan are quite late I noticed..

Although when I reached Taichung, it's already around 4pm plus, but the best thing is i could check in and get my room immediately.. :)

Especially after all the mission completed..keke.. :P

A small note to all readers..I would advise that people going to Taichung or any other train stations other than Taipei to carry smaller luggage!..It's seriously more convenient..

I went to Taichung train station and Luodong train station, both station doesn't have escalator nor lift..

If you have huge luggage like me, hope it's not heavy..else, good luck to you!..

you've got to carry your huge and heavy luggage UP and/or DOWN the flights of stairs..

My breakfast voucher for the next morning..

Something different..they are serving set meals instead of normal buffet breakfast..i choose set B!..

Started with salads..

Tadaa!..my set B german meals.. :)

Their breakfast was AWESOME!..it's tasty!..

Good meals to start the day.. :)

One of the reason I never regret staying in this hotel..

Dogs in Taiwan has alot of freedom!..

I sees alot of them on street unchained..

I keep seeing this 'Stock 20' sign and in the agoda's review..

was wondering what is it..I thought it was a place that sells alot of clothes or bags, like warehouse sale kind of thing..

After breakfast, i decided to take a look..

Actually, the few dogs guided me to this place..

I went ahead further and found the place..

N realized it's actually a place for art exhibition...

Overall, I find hotel Mi Casa a nice place..Value for money!.. :)

Booked it through agoda at around SGD70+..

I noticed some shopping mall nearby..but sadly, due to the rain and my short stay, i didn't managed to visit them..

The only place I've visited was Feng Jia Night Market to meet my cousins..

I actually asked the hotel staff for the directions to Feng Jia Night Market..

The hotel staff was quite friendly..he took a map and drawn me the direction..

or perhaps, most Taiwanese are quite nice and friendly.. :)

I took a bus from opposite bus interchange to Feng Jia Night Market..

was told bus 35 or 33..i took bus 35..fare is only NTD25..

was so worried that I don't know where to alight..I keep thinking, did i overshot?..and wanted to just alight and take a cab..but another thought was what if i couldn't get a cab after alighting or cab uncle laughing at me saying it's just across the street...

My eyes keep searching for the bus route map in the bus..spotted it after quite a few stops..

The whole trip was relatively long..Feng Jia Night Market stops is almost the last few stops..

I think it's just a little patience..

good thing is the bus will announces which stop are we at..

After alighting, I wasn't too sure and asked a stall assistant..haas..

Locating my cousins is another big challenge too..

I feel so touched seeing them!.. my tears almost falls..

visiting night market on a raining day is not easy too!..so inconvenient loh..

after walking inconveniently with the umbrella, we found a sheltered stall to try some local food..
oyster omelette, smelly toufu, super big cup milk tea..
 

 
shopped for awhile and passed by the all famous May day's shop..

rains getting heavier and heavier at fengjia night market, thus decided to return home.. :'(


when i returned back to my hotel all wet, took off my newly bought boots..
my socks turned this color.. :'(

saddest part is.. my newly bought boots is totally soaked.. :'(
tried my best to use the hotel hair dryer to blow it dry with my tired body..
but the inside is not as fury as what I've bought initially..sadded..

phew..after today, i think i'm awesome!..I've done well!..I've learned and experienced alot!..

so proud of myself!..

Of coz!..I felt so tired after a whole day of challenges..with a totally wet boots..

it's so difficult to dry the boots loh..I can't open it up to dry inside :'(