Said Goodbye to the beach and off to Kaoshioung (高雄). Luckily for us, the weather had been great since we left Taipei.Time to leave Kenting. Here once last look at the place. Did I mention that the room come with a simple breakfast that we had to walk to a cafe blocks away.
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| Love sea 126 |
Like how we travelled to Love Sea 126, we took the car pool service back to Zuoying. We reached Kaoshioung before noon. Off to a Japanese Restaurant for lunch as we had 'enough' of Taiwanese food! After which, and we went to the Lotus Pond ( 蓮池潭) which is a a man-made lake and popular tourist destination.
We started off the trail by taking a bus at the bus stop outside the train station to the Lotus Lake. It is a 15-20 minutes ride over, which only cost you NTD$15-20 (less than S$1). After alighting, we passed by the information centre. There, you can grabbed a map of the place.
First, we visited the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas - zigzag entrance to the mouths of the dragon and tiger where you would pass by the pond filled with lotus leaves. I reckoned the view will be a beauty if the pond was filled with Lotus plants instead. When visiting the pagodas, we entered through the Dragon Pagoda and exit through the Tiger Pagoda. We paid a nominal fee which in turn, we received 2 postcards. The view up at the Pagodas were great.
Next up, we also visited the Spring Autumn Pavilion where there is a statue of the Goddess of Mercy riding a dragon. Walked a bit further and we reached the Polar God of Mystic Heaven - A magnificent statue. Our last stop was at the Confucius Temple - an impressive complex of buildings. Enter the premise and you can see some of the items used in the past - A history lesson done!
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| Lotus Pond and its surrounding attractions |
After the walk under the hot sun, we were walked back to the train station which was just round the corner. From here, we took the train to Formosa Boulevard Station where we walked passed the Liuhe Night Market premise to reach our hotel - Jia's Inn Liuhe. A nice hotel stay which I will talk more about next time.
Taking some time off to rest and wash up, we proceeded to Singuang Ferry Wharf (新光碼頭). Take the Red Line and get off at R8 (Sanduo District). Walk west down Sanduo 3rd Road towards the Harbour for 10-15 minutes. Alternatively, just asked anyone and they will be more willing to give you the directions. After the nice sunset, we went to Dream Mall (統一夢時代購物中心). The nearest station is R6 Kaishyuan Station and a shuttle bus service is available to fetch us to the Mall. Stay and shop if you love shopping. But instead, I went to the top floor to take the Ferris wheel. A nice nightview from the top.
After some window shopping (well, we did not want to buy and lug our shopping items back to Taipei), we headed to Ruifeng Night Market (瑞豐夜市). The nearest train station is R14 Kaohsiung Arena Station and follow exit 1 or well, follow the crowd. According to the hotel service crew, tt is a very localised night market.
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| Singuang Ferry Wharf (新光碼頭), Dream Mall (統一夢時代購物中心) and some others |
At Ruifeng Night Market (瑞豐夜市), we ate and played the market game. For NTD50, we were given 20 hoops where if we landed it at any item, it will be our prize! In total, our luck was not that bad, we won 3 items overall. As for the food, well, just buy whatever you would like to eat. No worries, they tasted great. We had a prata, 3-kind omelette, chicken chop and more! It was really very full!
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| Ruifeng Night Market (瑞豐夜市) |
Time to head back to hotel to take a early rest. It had been a long day!
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