Detailed Postings for the Day
- Breakfast at 55年老店豬血湯
- Wo Long Breakfast (臥龍手作早餐)
- Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (佛光山佛陀紀念館)
- Ferry to / fro Cijin Island
- Cijin Island (旗津岛)
- Raw Tomato with Ginger Juice
- Taiwanese White Sugar Cake (不一样香可儿白糖糕)
- Dinner at 阿榮虱目魚肉燥飯
- Cijin Tianhou Temple (旗津天后宮)
- Lingya / Ziqiang Night Market (自強夜市)
- Vegetarian Stinky Tofu
- Original Sugar Rice Cake (正牌白糖粿)
- Preparation for Light Show at Love River Bay
Instead of exploring the city centre via the convenient subway system, driving our rental car was the only option as our key destination that day was on the outskirts.
Breakfast shall come first - checking out braised pork rice and stir fried bee hoon at 55年老店豬血湯 and Traditional Taiwanese Egg Crepe at Wo Long Breakfast (臥龍手作早餐)!
A cemetery that we drove past! We actually had the intention to visit on our way back but it was getting a tad late, and we had other plans. Shrug; just wondering if there is any unique cemetery tour in Taiwan.
Gaoping River Cable-Stayed Bridge - a 510-meter long bridge along National Highway No. 3 that was 50-meters from the riverbed, with a tower that was 183.5 meters tall. Looked impressive from where we were at.
Destination was near.
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (佛光山佛陀紀念館); a place that I really wanted to visit after seeing videos and photographs of it on the web! I initially thought it was everything in one under Fo Guang Shan but this iconic area was only 40%! Let's allocate more time in the future so that I can also check out the main monastery.
This time, on our way back to the city centre of Kaohsiung.
The sky was darkening!
And it's only about 3pm.
Parked the car near KW2, Kaoshiung Port Warehouse No.2, which was near the The Pier2 Art Center (駁二藝術特區) we visited the day before! Boy, my planning was bad. I should have come over on Day Five instead.
Buying ferry tickets! Now, obviously, I didn't do any research beforehand on the pricing and thought the NT$80 per adult was an acceptable price; turned out there was a cheaper option that was more than 50% off!
History of the warehouse. We didn't have much time as the next ferry would be coming in less than ten minutes; so it's just a matter of visiting the washroom, see a bit, and off we went out!
Long stretch of warehouse with retail and dining options.
A humongous display with a velvety surface.
It made me wonder; would it even be water resistant?
Waiting for the ferry to arrive.
Right opposite shall be our destination.
On the ferry, which was a Detective Conan themed seabus; hence the much higher price, and I am not a Detective Conan fan! Do check out my post on the Ferry to / fro Cijin Island.
Beautiful sunset!
Pity I no patience to wait till the end.
Urinal with the Alex brand.
Not the first time I am seeing this!
Dinner at 阿榮虱目魚肉燥飯; thanks to my friend, Bee Ling, I was introduced to milkfish! Aside from cod fish, milkfish was another one of my favorite fish in the world! So far.
The wishing bell at Cijin Tianhou Temple (旗津天后宮); like Cijin Island, this small temple was the oldest in Kaohsiung, and built in 1673!
Interesting structure as the top structure looked traditional whereas the ground one seemed much more modern. Were my eyes playing tricks?!
Getting our tummies stuffed again at Lingya / Ziqiang Night Market (自強夜市); not your typical night market as most of the stalls operated outside brick and mortar shops. What we had? Vegetarian Stinky Tofu and Original Sugar Rice Cake (正牌白糖粿)! Second time we were having sugar rice cake on the same day, and boy it didn't disappoint!
Chanced upon the preparation for Light Show at Love River Bay! Impressive for sure and with the nice, cool weather, I bet it would attract a lot of visitors on its actual show!
Video for viewing pleasure.
Walking back to our hotel.
Loving the lights from the lampposts!
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