Angel's Story: 4D3N Kao Shiung Itinerary

Ohayo minna san,

Okay, seriously it has been forever since I am blogging about anything. Not that I am particularly busy with work... just that you know that lazy feeling that kicks in once you are on your bed? That's what happens to me ALL THE TIME!

So last September, second sis and I decided to have a break and fly to Kaoshiung for 4D3N. We bought the AirAsia flight like 2 months ago for RM550 return each when it was on sale. As for our hotel stay, we opted to stay at Centre Hotel, Sinsing District which is right next to Formosa Boulevard Station, the interchange station for the 2 main lines connecting Kaoshiung City.

Our total expenses for 2 are roughly as below:
Flight: RM550 x 2 = RM1100
Accomodation: RM107 x 3nights = RM321
All other expenses including food, entrance ticket & transport = RM1250
Grand Total for 2 pax = RM2670 (RM1335/pax)

It's like cheap right?

Okay, so now to the activities we did in Kaoshiung. Just so you guys know, Kaoshiung City is like a port city (near the sea) so they are particularly famous for SEAFOOD. And their agriculture is also their main economy so you'll see lots and lots farming land. It's very different from Taipei which is kinda more bricks and mortar - expect less crowd, less hype in this city.

We actually had like a whole list of things planned out but eventually we had to pick and choose since we didn't have much time and we booked a impromptu trip to Kenting on our second day - which ate into our schedule.

Day 1
Flight to Kaoshiung took us about 4 hours 30 minutes. Flight was 8.30am, arrived 1pm local time.

Yay we landed safely in Kaoshiung Airport!

Then we headed to the hotel using the train, one way from Kaoshiung Airport to Formosa Boulevard Station was 30NTD per person. Hotel was was fairly easy to find after we exit the station from Exit 2. Then we cari makan!!

Centre Hotel @ Formosa Station

We came out of the hotel and turned left and there is a little like kopitiam/stall selling kick ass rice and soup. Damn good and cheap!!

Me with my braised pork rice 30NTD

Sis with her shredded chicken rice bowl 30NTD

Everything we ordered here - braised pork rice (30NTD), shredded chicken rice (30NTD), 2 eggs (30NTD), pork bone soup (45NTD) = NTD135 (about RM17)

After mum mum we went to take some pictures inside of Formosa Boulevard Station - there is like a really pretty stain glass ceiling called Dome of Light

Dome of Light which is in Formosa Station

By the time we finished eating, it was about 3pm, our first stop in Kaoshiung City was the Pier-2 Art Centre. It's a must visit I would say in Kaoshiung as you get to enjoy many work of art for FREE!

Fat fat iron man?

Warehouse all around this place

Browsing around their cute bookstore

This place is great for taking pictures...

How to get there:
By Kaohsiung KRT:
Take Kaohsiung KRT-Orange Line (捷運橘線) to KRT O2 Yanchengpu Station (鹽埕埔站). From exit no. 1, walk along Dayong Road (大勇路) towards south direction. Kaohsiung Pier 2 Art Center (高雄駁二藝術區) is reachable in a 5min walk.

After visiting the Pier-2 Art Centre, we wanted to head over to Love River for the boat cruise recommended by Tripadvisor... we keep walking towards the direction of the river thinking it was very near but unfortunately we kept getting lost.. wasted like 45 minutes walking aimlessly along the roads. Thank goodness for the Taiwanese people who are so friendly and we finally found our way there but it wasn't the terminal for the cruise. So at the end we could only enjoy the view.

On that day there was a movie screening happening near the Love River

Around 6.30pm, we left Love River and again it's time to "jalan-jalan cari makan"! Since we had a long flight from KL to Kaoshiung (woke up at 6am for the flight at 8.30am) so we decided to just visit LiuHe Night Market which is just nearby our hotel.