So...bear and I have been planning this trip for a few months, now it's slowly coming together. I have decided to post our trip plan here, so I can easily share the info with the friends we are visiting. (Also servered as a reminder for the forgetful bear).
Trip Overview:
-Duration: Oct 9th - Oct 31, 2010
-Destinations: Taiwan and Australia
Trip Details:
Oct 9:
-Departing Vancouver at 01:55am Sat, Oct 9
Oct 10:
-Arriving Taoyuan at 06:05am Sun, Oct 10. Connie will pick us up :) and hopefully we can go have some traditional taiwanese breakfast
-Meeting Cathy at Paul's international for brunch at 10:00 am
-Hotel Check in at 1:00 pm
-North-East Coast Tour and dinner with mom's family (meet at 1:30 pm)
Oct 11:
-Jiufen (九份) and Jinguashi (金瓜石) tour with Connie (additional travel info at http://wikitravel.org/en/Jiufen)
-jilong miao kow night market
-go up to taipei 101
Oct 12 - Oct 14:
-Formosa Express Train Tour: depart 8:00 am at Taipei Train Station
http://www.eztravel.com.tw/event/2008formosa/2.html
-Tour Ends at Tainan Train Station
Oct 14:
-meeting Mom at Tainan Train Station in the afternoon and head to mom's home town in tainan county
-Hot Spring at Tainan county at mom's home town
Oct 15:
-Visit Dad's home town in Chiayi county
-heading up to AliShan and stay over night
Oct 16:
-explore AliShan
-Heading to Taichung (yay, I wanna try high speed train) to meet paul
Oct 17:
-sun-moon lake
-heading back to Taipei
-meeting sundy for dinner at 6:30 pm
Oct 18:
-National Palace Museum
-hang out at YangMingShan with Cynthia
Oct 19:
-Explore Danshui
Oct 20:
-To be planned, maybe Shopping before leaving taiwan
-Depart Taoyuan at 11:55pm.
NO SPECIFIC PLAN for Australia yet
Oct 21:
-Arrive Sydney at 12:05pm, Thu Oct 21.
Oct 22:
-Heading to Melbourne in the evening
Oct 26:
-Back to Sydney
Oct 30:
-Depart Sydney at 10:10pm
Oct 31:
-Arrive Taoyuan at 4:40am
-Depart Taoyuan at 11:30pm
-Arrive Vancouver at 7pm home sweet home
