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Taiwan Day 4 - Yunlin

We checked-out of the hotel early on the fourth day. We needed to troop to Yunlin, a province 3 hours away from Taiwan's capital. We were scheduled to sing at the university that evening.

But before that, we spent the time going around the city to tour the place. I have only been to the night markets and around the hotel. I needed to explore the city or else, the trip would've been a waste.

Our guide Perlette and Josh brought us back to our concert venue. This time, we went around the structures surrounding the Main Concert Hall. When I was younger, I said that I didn't want to go to China and Japan. The ornate oriental structures did not appeal to me. Now that I am older, I am awed by the complexity of their architectural designs.







Here's Tria and Binky doing their pose in front of the Main Concert Hall. She's a ballerina and he's a ballerino.


Our next stop was Hakka Taiwan, a souvenir shop that sells porcelain, tea, shirts, paper products, pineapple cakes and et al. We had 30 minutes to get our souvenirs. I got cellphone charms and bookmarks. I decided to get teas and pineapple cakes at a local grocery instead.

Afterward, we made our way to the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101. We weren't lucky enough to enter the place. It opens late and we didn't have time to wait for it. I was informed that the lower floors were shops and restaurants. I just took lots of pictures of the building.



On our way to the grocery halfway to Yunlin, we saw this...


I thought Japanese department stores were the only ones found in Taiwan.

We didn't go inside though. We went to the one across that had a very varied bread selection that could compete with Bread Talk for presentation.


Armed with snacks and pasalubong, we proceeded to Yunlin. The place was so isolated, it didn't have any 7eleven stores around it.

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