Miaoli

September 11, 2009

Posted in: Taiwan, Vacation

My aunt took me out to Miaoli, which is located inbetween Taipei and TaiChung.  We took the bus and the ride was longer than I expected; 2 hours of sleeping and another 2 hours back.

The day before, my aunt told me to meet her at Taipei Station at 10:30.  The morning of the day, she called, and my grandfather picked up the phone.  He woke me at up 8:30 and told me to meet up with my aunt at 9:30.  I told him that she told me to meet her up at 10:30, but he said that she told him 9:30. I figured that she changed the time, so when I arrived, I called my aunt and she said that she was still at home.  Oh great!

My grandfather is old, and he is pretty funny at times because of his forgetfulness. Like, when I answer his question, 5 minutes later, he asks me the same question.  And another 5 mins, he asks the same question again.  lol..funny, but irritating.

We spent more time on the bus than walking around.  Miaoli is pretty dead.  After getting off at Miaoli Station, it took us a LONG walk to finally find food.

The first stop was a Train Museum.  This is one BORING museum.  Would you want to look at this?  Maybe Matthew would for his densha otoko fetish.

I think this roadkilled frog is the most entertaining picture of this day.

Next up we visited a this place that was built to honour the soldiers that died during the war.  Unforutanately I don’t see much in the area.

Basically you need a vehicle to travel in Miaoli, or else it is very boring.  The city is more like a countryside than an urban city such as, Taipei.  Thus, you see less people and activities.

There are 3 types of people in Taiwan: Taiwanese, Hakka, and Aboriginals.  Miaoli is a Hakka area.

Before we left, my aunt bought some pastries?  That doesn’t sound right.  I know the chinese word, but can’t think of the english word right now. Anyways. each one contains a different flavour.

To summarize the day: boring

But, I did grab some nice free postcards.

LOL, I am too CBC.  Everywhere in Taiwan, from Taipei in the north, and to Kaohsiung in the south, everyone can easily tell that I am not from around here.