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4/27/2025, 4:28:49 PM
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>if I have time
i would upgrade it t b h. it's definitely many places above "day trip to kaohsiung from taipei"
>Shifen/Jiufen/Houtong
I have done Taipei to Shifen+Houtong+Jiufen in one day with public transport, it wasn't my first time to any of those places, if you want to do similar in a day, just cut out Houtong, its not really worth it
- left my hotel at 07:40, got on a train to Ruifeng (this town is a bit of a transport hub for this). Arrived at Ruifeng at 09:10 and then i had to wait almost an hour until the next train on the Pingxli line (one per hour, understandable, but it fucking sucks, maybe you can taxi this lil bit if you get caught out like me but i didn't look into it...) at 10:03, to get to Shifen at 10:30~
- main attraction of Shifen is the street with the train line running through where lots of Koreans (and other tourists) buy lanterns from the souvenir stores lining the street to release into the air. Sometimes the train comes through and people clear out of the way and you can get some nice photos of that. buy a lantern, write your wish and release it if you want (i have never done it). There is some well known local street food sold here too which is rice stuffed into a chicken that is nice. Shifen also has a scenic waterfall nearby and its worth walking the 10 mins or so over to check it out since you came here
- at 12:33 I got on the train back up the Pingxi line to Houtong at 12:56 for a 1 hour stop. eh, cats. it has some free exhibitions on the local mining history (you can find small, free local history museums and exhibitions all over Taiwan. i went to many since i wasn't in a rush for time and i collect ink stamps that they usually have at these kind of places)
>if I have time
i would upgrade it t b h. it's definitely many places above "day trip to kaohsiung from taipei"
>Shifen/Jiufen/Houtong
I have done Taipei to Shifen+Houtong+Jiufen in one day with public transport, it wasn't my first time to any of those places, if you want to do similar in a day, just cut out Houtong, its not really worth it
- left my hotel at 07:40, got on a train to Ruifeng (this town is a bit of a transport hub for this). Arrived at Ruifeng at 09:10 and then i had to wait almost an hour until the next train on the Pingxli line (one per hour, understandable, but it fucking sucks, maybe you can taxi this lil bit if you get caught out like me but i didn't look into it...) at 10:03, to get to Shifen at 10:30~
- main attraction of Shifen is the street with the train line running through where lots of Koreans (and other tourists) buy lanterns from the souvenir stores lining the street to release into the air. Sometimes the train comes through and people clear out of the way and you can get some nice photos of that. buy a lantern, write your wish and release it if you want (i have never done it). There is some well known local street food sold here too which is rice stuffed into a chicken that is nice. Shifen also has a scenic waterfall nearby and its worth walking the 10 mins or so over to check it out since you came here
- at 12:33 I got on the train back up the Pingxi line to Houtong at 12:56 for a 1 hour stop. eh, cats. it has some free exhibitions on the local mining history (you can find small, free local history museums and exhibitions all over Taiwan. i went to many since i wasn't in a rush for time and i collect ink stamps that they usually have at these kind of places)
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