On our second day after a good night rest, our first stop was to Chengqing Lake. Entrance ticket to this park is 100NTD each.
Chengqing Lake is located in Kaohsiung City's Niaosong District. It is the largest lake in the Kaohsiung area, developed originally as a reservoir to meet the need for water for industrial use. Later on the lake was improved through environmental landscaping, until today it offers the beauty of a forested park. It was opened to the public as a tourist destination in 1960.
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| The gate to enter Chengqing Lake |
To our surprise, this place is huge!! It would take us about 4 hours if we wanted to walk the whole course but of course we didn't have the time so we hired a taxi driver cum tour guide who was at the gate to bring us around. The tour was 500 NTD for 2 hours. We went to a couple of the highlights in Chengqing Lake - the deep sea creatures aquarium (entrance ticket 200NTD), the tower, the bridge...
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| The aquarium with deep sea creatures... cost us 200NTD each. Quite expensive and not worth it. |
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| A mini tower before we walk to the bridge that connects to a tiny island in the middle of the reservoir. |
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| The short bridge to a tiny island in the middle of the Lake |
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| The Tower |
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| It was getting pretty sunny so sunglasses is a must! |
I personally think Chengqing Lake is quite worth while going but it was a bit troublesome getting there coz we followed the directions from a website and got to the wrong station. The station staff directed us to Houyi Station and we were to take the Bus 30/33 to Chengqing Lake.
Basically it would be in English but if you just tell the bus driver to tell you when u reach Chengqing Lake, he'll let you know so no worries, Taiwanese are awesome!!
After spending the whole morning here, we took the same cab cum tour guide to Cijin Island from Chengqing Lake for 500NTD. Of course taking the bus-metro-ferry route would be cheaper but we couldn't bother since it was freaking hot and we didn't want to waste much time. The ride from Chengqing Lake to Cijin Island was about 45 minutes.
Cijin Island Kaohsiung is a small island just a 5 minute ferry (Cijin Ferry) journey from Kaohsiung Harbour (it is also reachable by car from a bridge further down). It’s a very exciting place to visit with lots to do and see. Cijin Island is reputed to be the best place to eat fresh seafood in Kaohsiung. As well as the attractions and food, the island offers a nice clean beach where the sea is lovely and warm for swimming. There is an excitement about Cijin Kaohsiung that makes it a tourist attraction worth repeating.
Some of the attractions within the island are: Tianhou Temple & Cihou, Cihou Lighthouse, Cihou Fort, Cijin Seashore Park, Windpower Park, and the YM Museum of Maritime Exploration.
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| Welcome to Cijin Island! Look at the SEA <3 |
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| Me trying to be photogenic LOL! |
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| Cijin Seafood (100NTD per dish) |
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| Cijin Beach (is it me or is the sand of this beach naturally darker in colour..) |
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| Tunnel across the hill |
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| Can you spot the guy cliff climbing behind me?? |
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| Love the view of the city from Cijin Island |
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| Cijin Light House, Cihou Fort and Seaside View |
About 5pm ish, we took the ferry back to the mainland (25NTD). The ride was really quick, just 5 minutes. After you disembark from the ferry, just cross the overhead bridge and make your way to the Former British Consulate at Takao.
The consulate was built in 1865 with more than a hundred years of history. It is now the most antique western building preserved in Taiwan. It was the western building designed by a British engineer and built by Chinese craftsmen, and it is the most meaningful ancient building of Chinese modern history with graceful and elegant proportion. Semicircle arches are rhythmically arranged in order with considerably rhyming. At the corner, the circle arch is smaller and the wall pillar is bigger, which has reinforced function in dynamics. It is the Baroque typed building of the Renaissance era. It emphasizes on the stylish regular pattern and its hollow pattern railings were built with excellent bricks.
For some reason, the road signs were pointing us to a super dodgy route to the Former British Consulate, but than again, what better way for adventure than going through shady looking paths surrounded by trees and temples...
Fortunately for us, it wasn't a the wrong route, but the BACK route to the British Consulate (we later found out there was a main entrance facing the main road)
The sun was beginning to set when we arrived so we had to quickly take some pictures before all daylight is gone...
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| Sunset seen from the Former British Consulate |
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| The architecture is really pretty, love the colour of the bricks... |
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| We can see Kaohiung City from the top of the hill... |
Entrance ticket price: 66NTD
How to get here:
Take the MRT to Sizihwan Station, continue by Kaohsiung Bus (No.99 or Orange 1A) to Syongjhen north gate Station.
(Correction from my previous post, we actually went to Rueifong Night Market on Day 2, thanks to sis for the correction haha)
Located on Nanping Road in Zuoying District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Rueifong Night Market has a large scale making it the largest night market in Kaohsiung & Pingtung. Rueifong Night Market, even though it isn’t quite as famous as the Liouhe Night Market, but it is certainly a popular night market that has been favored by the locals for over 20 years.
Mind you, it is super super pack like sardin... I could hardly walk. For din din we got some sort of dumpling that looks like "xiao long bao" for 70NTD, pork meat mantou (45NTD), sweet potato balls (30 NTD).
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| Super super crowded, human traffic worst than LiuHe Night Market |
How to get here:
Take Kaohsiung KRT to KRT Kaoshiung-Arena Station.
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