OPs MAMBO DAY 2

Morning ppl of Taiwan and Singapore... Here we are @ Royal Castle Hotel..eating the simple and yet healthy breakfast..ham, bread, vege,egg and a cup of hot tea.. cool sia.. better than back in camp.. haha.. Suddenly got to wake up at this hour, 7am, to get ready for today journey, 1 day Taipei Tour.. at 8am the tour guide for the day was waiting for us outside the hotel lobby. His name is Ah Biao, looks like some taiwan old cop with the black big shade.. Like to talk abt feng shui and asking qns..out of 10 qns we cant ans 9..haha..good..this prove that he was knowledgeable and done well for his job.. Learnt that Singapore $1 actually has a 8 "kua" formed in it.. haha bet u din know too ba.. Alright so our 1st destination is Zhong Lei Ci if i am not wrong.

This place is big & spacious..there was this rehearsal going on there too..admire those men out there..the weather is unbearable..hot x 10!! 34 degrees i supposed..woo..nd a drink there man!

(L to R: Ragtooth, Reidar, Ice Berg, Mambostevie, Ah Lau and Kudus)

Finally yesh!! we haf reached the top of the pagoda..wah..look at the happy faces of this 4 fellows

NO SWEAT MAN!!!

Next Destination:

Yeap..here we were, Yeh Liu, @ 11am..the weather is cooling and shiok..the wind..

"When the cold wind blows, i know i know, i love this place"

Whats so special here.. is the stones formed by the waves long long time ago..which i duno how long la..this place is a good place to take photos and enjoy..

really great place..nice sky, sand,scenery..

"7 Faces"

There is one of the special stone and this is the main one. Looks like a face?

"Mambo Stevie Imposing the Great Legendary"

3RD ATTRACTION!!

While on the wait to this place, JIU FEN, we passed by alot of bing lang stall..yeah.. nice gals.. the tour guide stopped at one and bought us bing lang..finally we get to try this everyone talk abt food..is a herbal thingy, with a leave wrapped around the nut thingy..haha no chance to take photo of it as we only think of eating..A plastic cup was given to us...qns..wats the cup for? it act like a spitoon..yucks..3 of us share 1 cup..

HOW TO EAT BING LANG??

Bit off an end of the nut. Chew the whole bing lang in the mouth. Spit out the saliva into the cup. Orange saliva you will see..continue to chew and spilt out the saliva..finally spit out everything..

*yucks* awful taste too..one word, " sux!! " haha.. This was 6 out of 6 people who commented. Not putting another one into my mouth anymore. Argh!! But if you are in taipei, and you never try this, is like you never come taipei before..So give it a try..who knows u like this s***... haha... Tot of buying back for my friends to try but it doesnt last 1 day...After eating, its normal to feel warm in the body. .This is best thing play with using poker cards, who lose, eat one..haha

"Its good for health", said by the driver

A Photo showing after eating bing lang

At 12.30pm, we finally reached Jiu Fen..up here is cooling as it was pretty high up the mountain. The road way up here is like initial D man, alot of curves and bends... yeah man!! great driver!!

Up here, alot of ma chee stalls. Selling some local snacks and they taste good..alot of almond smell around..juz turn off me !! Really alot of funny food around here..funny as in i never i see before..Ah Biao introduced us this shop selling local snacks and Beef Noodle stall... bought quite alot of ma chee and pudding..have out lunch at the beef stall.. the soup is great..the beef is well done..plus the dessert oso good n cooling.. IT WAS A WONDERFUL LUNCH !!! UP AH!!

(L to R: Reidar, Ice Berg, Ragtooth, Ah Lau, Kudus, MamboStevIe)

"Local Snack: Flavoured Ma Chee"

Jiu Fen Famous Beef Stall

Top Left: Beef Noodle. Bottom Right: Beancurd Dessert

After such a good meal...time for some strolling..we continued strolling ard Jiu Fen till 3pm..Headed to the next place...forget the name but is ok..is a place where you get to see the guard change duty..they have to do a ceremony every 1hr to change shift..shiong le.if my duty at camp is like..i will be mad!! pei fu pei fu!!

The standing still Guard.

The ceremony for exchange of duty.

After hanging around here.. here we go.. Bei Tou for Hot Spa!! Whew!! Photos inside were not shown..hahaha..classified!! After the bath..we were full of surplur smell on our body..wooo.. stink man..wat to do, is good the skin..haha..end up we headed back to hotel 1st to bath before heading to Shi Lin Market

8PM.. SHI LIN MARKET..LAST DESTINATION..

Shi Lin here is very crowded and very "wang". Yesh..alot of pretty taiwan gals..so are the great food we have heard, XXL Cutlet, Da Bing Bao Xiao Bing and the Taiwan Hotdogs...yummy rite?? Plus the Ice Fruits for desserts..wooo...chilling too... Follow by the shopping streets, great deals of shirts..for guys or ladies..1st time i shop for so long..din have time to finish everything there.. after dinner ard 9pm..till 11pm..2hrs nah..not enough i can tell you..we spilted into 3 grps to go shop for our own stuff.. none of us completed the whole place or more than 50%..there are just too many cheap stuff around to shop to slow you down..

Shirts for as low as $5 SGD and Jeans as low as $15 SGD

best incident we see?? The team work of those illegal stalls..once police arrived, all with discipline and systematically follow one another and retreat..There isnt any commotion, all of them know the retreating drills very well.. very powerful teamwork..haha..within 2mins, all disappeared.

Guess we will be back here again for Shi Lin.. Great place to have dinner, dessert, play games and shop..Next time must come early and prepare more time to explore here...maybe 5hours?? i dunno..back to hotel and have a hot bath, soaking in the water too..wooo yeahh!!

End of Day 2..more days to come!!