saturday last day in Taipei

woke up before my alarm went on but couldn’t really get up even after the alarm went on at 7:30. Hopped in the shower to wake me up. It was 10 to 8 and they were still asleep. Told them to wake up and get ready to go. We were supposed to have breakfast at 8..well no one was ready. We decided to pack up everything and check out the hotel then go out for breakfast at 9am.we all went down and checked out. Asked them to keep our baggage there until 3pm. Exchanged a bit more money. My brother’s family was supposed to leave at 10am to the airport so they were not going out for breakfast. They had only 500gen left and wondering if they should catch a bus. I gave them my 1000 so that they can have a choice. Took out dai for breakfast. Cha was supposed to be at hotel at 9 but
he was running late. I called him and said that we were late and haven’t had breakfast yet so we were about to go. He said he was near the hotel so I told him that I would let you know where we are. It was my mom’s request to have rice porridge. She said that she saw a sign around the hotel. Asked one of the hotel men where we can have that. He said it’s all closed in the morning around here and we have to go far to get it. he suggested that we have soymilk. I thought that’s a good idea too. he wrote down the map for us and it was easy. Well, before we got to the place he suggested, we saw this shop selling some buns and they looked nice. I saw the sign for soymilk too. We decided to go in and check out what they have. I saw the sign saying “vegetarian” so I knew that I can eat anything there. the lady there could speak English a bit and she said try this try that and picked everything for us. We all liked the buns and had second ones.
Soymilk was nice too. the lady said that this place was famous and many people come here. some orders 100 of them. Cha called and told me that he was at the hotel and saw my brother. He was gonna stay there and wait for us. We all went back to the hotel.
Cha was waiting at the lobby. I told him that we decide to go to the movie land.
Wat’s family was ready to leave. I asked them if they needed any more money but they said that they were ok. they were supposed to see us off but they got on the Taxi first and we had to say good bye to them. we got on two taxis and went to the movie land. when we went to the gate the guy looked a bit surprised and said something which we didn’t understand. I looked at cha and he looked shocked. It was closed for two years. They had a big sign saying it’s closed but last typhoon blew it away. The guide book we found out about this movie land was from 3 years ago..
Cha said that there was an aborigine museum near there so we decided to go there. it was 15 minutes walk. we passed the “kokyuu museum” and dad reminded me that they had to look for me so I explained what exactly it was. He was laughing and said “then you don’t want to even see the museum”
It was a small museum and they had a Japanese guidance too. We all watched the video to learn about Aborigines of Taiwan. it was very educational and even Aya and Shi watched it quietly. There were three videos and we watched two. aya and I wanted to watch another one but some one was impatient as usual. so we went downstairs. looked around a bit and went into the theater. We had to watch this movie in Chinese but because it was animation it was sort of easy to understand.
then we looked around the exhibition and checked the souvenir shop. I found a postcard of “jyufun” we went yesterday. I also bought fridge magnets of the boat.
we left the museum and went to a bus stop. There were so many school kids at the stop and we thought that we were gonna have to wait long. we caught a bus to go back to the town. this bus was more like shuttle bus and cause it goes around so much not many people got on. We decided to get off at any station and catch a metro train. when we got off the bus I saw some restaurants around there. I told them maybe it’s good idea to have lunch there then go to see the temple cause it was already 12. It was typical Taiwanese food. We ordered a bit too much. Aya and Shi were so happy to use the chopsticks I bought for them last night. had finished mine so walked around while others were stil eating. the restaurant was in the baseball stadium. we were walking to the station but I suggested to have Tofa cause it was just in front of the station. We had hot one and cold one. they all liked it. The funny thing was that I tried to pay but the guy looked busy so I was gonna pay when we leave. However I totally forgot about that when we were leaving. Cha and Kei pointed out that we were about to bilk on a restaurant bill.
got on Met train to the temple. Fortunately it was very close to the station. We were a bit conscious of the time. saw a big fountain on the way. the temple was the oldest in Taipei and there were so many tourists there. many people had incense to make wish. We thought about buying them too but it was too hard so we decided not to. Cha was explaining how to ask questions to the god there. we didn’t stay too long and went back to the hotel. We got off at the right station and got on two taxis to the hotel.
Picked up the baggage and walked to the bus stop quickly. we didn’t have time to waste at all. the terminal was 5 minutes away from the hotel. cha asked people there and found out that we have to wait about 10minutes. had to buy ticket before hand. the bus came soon but the bus was full and shi had to sit on my lap. Cha said that he can go downstairs so that shi can sit on the seat. this lady was trying to refund cause there wasn’t enough seat for us but we didn’t really care. we needed to leave right away. she came back and said that she couldn’t. cha went downstairs. I fell asleep.
cha asked the driver and said that we had to get off at the terminal2. We all got off and went to the counter but I couldn’t find their flight on the list. asked them and found out that we were supposed to go to terminal 1! I just told them it’s terminal one. before someone says “why did we come here then?” I started to move. We had to run but fortunately we could get on the train without waiting. it was like a maze again but we made it.
found the counter and checked in. there were not many people cause we were so late but mom said “we must be early”. I didn’t say anything.
went to upstairs for departing. There was a souvenir shop there and they looked for some souvenirs. We said good bye to them and they left. Aya didn’t say good bye to me but I knew that she was trying not to cry so I didn’t say anything.
I said thanks to Cha for taking care of us. Cha and I went downstairs to catch a bus to go back to Taichung. He had to get there before 8:30 to catch another bus.
The “kunimitsu” bus was leaving in an hour so we got on the bus from different company.
I was exhausted and fell asleep soon. We got off once and had to pick up my bag. The driver said that I needed the sticker to get my bag back. Took me 2 minutes to find it. He said “you should have put it there” and put the sticker on Cha’s hat. Cha asked where to get the bus to go to city. The driver said that he was going that way so we got on the bus again. It was sort of rush hour but we got to the central city after 15minutes. I had to find the sticker again to get my baggage. Cha still had time to the last bus so we decided to eat dinner around there. He knew “vegetarian buffet “ so we walked there. It was 15 past 8 so he had to leave. He forgot to tell me how to get to the station so I had to walk around to find out. Walked about ten minutes and I was blocked the way cause this girl was trying to park her motor bike. I asked her if she knew how to get there. She said that she was going that way so I can just follow her. She was on the phone. I saw a railway and asked her if that was it but she said that we had o walk a bit more. When we got to the station I realized that I had to buy a ticket to go to the other side of the station. She thought that I was catching the train so it wasn’t her fault but I had to walk back and go around. I had been there when we visited the AIR so I knew the way from there but I had to go down and up the stairs.
called Yj and realized that I had lost her address. She told the driver how to get to her place then called me again to tell me that I might not be able to get in cause she had changed the lock for the entrance door.
When I was looking for a piece of paper I found that I had the met card in my bag all the time.. that was the reason why I had to go back to Yj so it was a bit stupid. I could have gone to SL with Cha. Oh oh well.
I remembered the way to her place this time better.
The door was locked and my key didn’t work. There was a guy smoking outside there abd he was trying to help me but he found out that I don’t speak Chinese. The light was on so I rang the door bell twice to get Yj’s mom. She was in bed and I felt so bad..
I was going to check my e-mail but I couldn’t get internet connection. Took me tem minutes to realize that I didn’t put the cable in..