Had breakfast in our hotel till 930 am, before we headed out
This is inside the Botanical Gardens ....
This museum used to be a courthouse ( 衙门）during the Qing dynasty.
No nails and screws, but equally strong to hold things together .... in the past, that was how buildings were constructed.
Chinese zodiac plants .... read on and you will figure out what that meant
Think you got the idea ???
I am born in the Year of the Dog ... woof woof
This is what the sign said ....
But which part of the tree look like some sort of meat ???
Idiom related plants ... what that meant was the name of the plant was used in an idiom .... see the sign for more explanation
Succulent plants ... meaning cactus kind of fleshy plants ...
Never know that catcus can also go dry .... see the freshy portion and the dried up portion together
Then we left the botanical gardens and walked towards 中正纪念堂。 On the way, there were a lot of goverment buildings, including the Presidential Palace, and a lot of ministries. Are there really gold bars inside the 国库局 (Treasury) .... want to try robbing the treasury? As long as you don't get caught.
The musical concert hall and the arts theatre
Taking a picture with the guards ... tough job, to stand still for an hour without moving at all ... till the hourly change of parade.
Our flight back home was 6 pm, so we set off from the hotel via taxi .... taxi fare came up to NT$800, which is about S$35. Pretty reasonable to avoid all the hassle and for the kids to have a power nap in the taxi.
Since we were early, we headed for the children's playground in the airport
Joel came down the slide and pretended to fall ...
And Camille actually wanted to play, as long as Uncle Telang was holding on to her
And I posed with all the cartoon characters
On board the plane, the kids were given toys again, and this time, I have Powerpuff gal soft toy ... to be added to my collection of soft toys on the bed
With that, my vacation ended and I will be going back to school the following week .... time really flies so fast !!!
Daddy and Mummy said no more long distance trip for this year (quota has been met) ... maybe just short trips like a 1-2 days to JB / Desaru lor .... haha. Come to think of it, I have been going on at least one long trip per year since 2008
2008 - Sydney (could not remember much since I was slightly less than 2 years old)
2009 - Hong Kong (my favourite Disneyland)
2010 - Japan (Tokyo Disneyland became my favourite Disneyland)
2011 - Taiwan
2012 - ??? (have to wait and see)
This is what the sign said ....
But which part of the tree look like some sort of meat ???
Idiom related plants ... what that meant was the name of the plant was used in an idiom .... see the sign for more explanation 
Succulent plants ... meaning cactus kind of fleshy plants ...
Never know that catcus can also go dry .... see the freshy portion and the dried up portion together
Then we left the botanical gardens and walked towards 中正纪念堂。 On the way, there were a lot of goverment buildings, including the Presidential Palace, and a lot of ministries. Are there really gold bars inside the 国库局 (Treasury) .... want to try robbing the treasury? As long as you don't get caught.
The musical concert hall and the arts theatre
The famous 中正纪念堂 .... how can we miss that
Taking a picture with the guards ... tough job, to stand still for an hour without moving at all ... till the hourly change of parade. 
Our flight back home was 6 pm, so we set off from the hotel via taxi .... taxi fare came up to NT$800, which is about S$35. Pretty reasonable to avoid all the hassle and for the kids to have a power nap in the taxi.Since we were early, we headed for the children's playground in the airport
Joel came down the slide and pretended to fall ... 
And Camille actually wanted to play, as long as Uncle Telang was holding on to her
And I posed with all the cartoon characters 
On board the plane, the kids were given toys again, and this time, I have Powerpuff gal soft toy ... to be added to my collection of soft toys on the bed 
With that, my vacation ended and I will be going back to school the following week .... time really flies so fast !!!Daddy and Mummy said no more long distance trip for this year (quota has been met) ... maybe just short trips like a 1-2 days to JB / Desaru lor .... haha. Come to think of it, I have been going on at least one long trip per year since 2008
2008 - Sydney (could not remember much since I was slightly less than 2 years old)
2009 - Hong Kong (my favourite Disneyland)
2010 - Japan (Tokyo Disneyland became my favourite Disneyland)
2011 - Taiwan
2012 - ??? (have to wait and see)
1 comment:
RndHa ha come back and see when I saw you left a note in kei's blog. Think I miss this last time. Might be going Taiwan year end with my sis so need inspiration :-P
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