Taiwan, Day 2

Taiwan
August 13-18, 2013


Day 2 Day 2 started out in Taichung, where we had delicious hotpot for lunch and cakes from a cafe for dessert, before taking the 2.5-hour bus back to Taipei and moving our luggage to our new hostel. Then we went to a bar/lounge called Brass Monkey, owned by an Aussie expat. It turned out to be Ladies' Night, so we bought a few drinks at first, then settled for the free screwdriver-type drinks they offered for free to all the ladies.




The hotpot restaurant, called 輕井澤, which is pronounced "Qīng jǐngzé", but for
some reason it's called Karuisawa (Japanese pronunciation of the characters, maybe?).
Anyway, for $50, 4 of us got huge plates of veggies and meat and noodles/rice to cook.



There was an outdoor cafe next door called 85*C. So many cakes.
And each slice was only ~$1.50. The same cake is at least $4 in Korea.^^



The bus ride back was uneventful. And though it was 3x the price,
the new hostel was >3x nicer than the first place... :)



The service was a little lacking at the bar, and my chocolate martini
was made using bitter cocoa powder... but somehow things improved
when we discovered the free Ladies' Night screwdrivers (vodka & oj).^^

Days 3-5 will be coming eventually....^^