How to Travel Taiwan (Full Documentary 2023)
welcome to Taiwan a nation that will surprise you w that's the same size as Belgium but filled with 23 million amazing people and yet it takes just 2 hours to go from the north to the south of this tiny Island woohoo woohoo join us on a journey through the rich culture and remarkable wonders of the jewel of Asia I'm sorry this is the future through a Labyrinth of bustling streets in Taipei to the spiritual walks of kaung I'm having the best time Taiwan is a Melting Pot of diversity waiting to be explored same thing through the people food and experiences yeah very spicy this is [Music] Taiwan I am so excited to finally be in this beautiful country Taiwan is the most mountainous island in the entire world with over 2/3 of its surface covered in Rich Green Mountains my best friend is originally from Taiwan we grew up in South Africa we met at a photoos shoot and we have been friends ever since Taiwan is so interesting because it is the size of Belgium that has 11 million people but Taiwan has 23 million people packed into this little island making it one of the most densely populated Islands on the Planet when you think of Taiwan you may think of the stinky tofu and the bubble tea but that's not all that there is to offer what about the themed cafes the highspeed trains the most tantalizing Cuisine most of the major cities are on the western coast so we're going to start in the North in taipe and we're going to make our way through some of the Cities we're going to be exploring all aspects of this beautiful country and we've started here in shiming which I think is the most touristy place I have ever seen so when we say that our senses are on overdrive it literally means that there is so much to see and so much to do like on this side you've got scallion pancakes you've got giant fried chicken and you've got bubble tea and then on this side you've got souvenir shop plot pot you've got clothing fashion brands it's mind-blowing we're only on one street right now okay so I know we've only been here for about 5 minutes but our first impressions are like wo they are these long streets with they have every kind of shop you can think of they're selling street food like crazy there's a long line already I think wherever the long line is that's where we need to go the food is evident and we know Taiwanese food is absolutely delicious kind of have a balance between like all the modern shops but we still have the traditional buildings as well this street gives you an idea of what I'm talking about here we've got Brands like Adidas we even have a McDonald's over here but then there's this side street and this little Alleyway with smaller shops and maybe more traditional restaurants I love that on every street there's a balance of everything also how beautiful is the city wow wow and the clo machines look at all these CL machines wo what we've seen after only 5 minutes is that everything has like a cute factor in taipe come on it he's so cute he's so cute there's like a little character or a little teddy bear everywhere and the claw machines are evident of that he's on the edge we can get her we can get them they are everywhere and they always have like these cute furry little animals inside I want them all there's no stuff so you can just go up at any time and just start playing 24 hours a day should we try well we got some coins let's try this why not the problem is here in Taiwan they give you a $10 coin it's like a token it's like a token it's what you need to play the game you just get tempted to use them if you don't know already we are obsessed with the clo machine so I'm going to have to give them a little test and see if we can win oh did you see that you almost got him did you see I almost got him I was so close I'm normally so bad at this should try again okay what about that is that good do you think look look at him on the edge of glory that is so frustrating did you see that I almost had it no is that a good one is this a good one you almost had him the problem with this it's really addictive it's kind of like a gambling but I can't seem to stop let's play a game okay go go go one more time no we haven't won this time but it's not the end so those claw machines are everywhere and they're really addictive and you can get all kinds of things besides little toys and little fuzzy animals you can get iPhones you can get aods you can get onion soup you can get all different kinds of key Rings like fries fried chicken durian I'm sure for the entire time we're going to be here we're going to be playing that a lot we were talking about all the fun and quiry things that you can do here in shiming the number one thing to do is have a photo shoot there are loads of these photo boots everywhere where you can dress up in your favorite Disney character sunglasses scarves hats you can go into your booths and you can take photos and then you can accessorize ears glasses pineapple glasses tedes Mor ear so this is what we're saying on all the streets there's characters everywhere right here are more claw machines here we got some snacks treats even more claw machines and we read that Taipei is the second richest city in the whole of Asia per capita but I think the reason for that mainly has to do with the semiconductors that are made here in Taiwan so you know that little phone that you're watching this video on or the TV that you're watching this the chip inside was probably made here in Taiwan with tsmc one of the world's biggest chip manufacturers I think that contributes to the high economic success here in Taiwan this is one of the most impressive City Scapes we've been to some crazy places this year like the streets of Delhi like climbing Everest and to go from that to this is like really insane actually in front of me I see a bubble tea shop and we know that Taiwan is the home of bubble tea we'd be silly not to try one this is one of the most impressive tea stores I've ever seen in my whole life they've got all this fresh tea in these like long cylinders we've noticed that so many of the tea places are on the street nowhere to sit so you come and you grab your tea and then leave we've seen lots of people walking around with a little bubble tea that's exactly what we're going to do order our tea and take a walk around I'm just looking what to order and it's not just any tea it's like grapefruit Oolong tea guava tea pineapple Jasmine green tea like there have so many different types uh number four yeah and one number five sugar 50% ice less thank you oh my God our order is number 29 and it's on number 15 so this is a very popular place [Music] which one's which who knows we're going to have to do a taste test and find out I'm so excited about this first Bubble Tea in Taiwan cheers I don't know why we expected Taiwan to be cold it is so hot outside it's like 32 35° so I think we're going to be having these all the time these are hundred New Taiwan dollars since we lived in Thailand for 2 years we work in thaib Bart so it's so nice to actually know the currency here the conversion is the same between New Taiwan dollars and Thai B hey let's do this woah that's refreshing M There's real grapefruit in here what did you get pineapple well that looks like orange we only got 50% sweet and this is still really sweet this is sweet Taiwan knows how to make [Music] team so good so [Music] good [Music] oh there's like so much to look at all the Billboards the sharps the 71s that are on every corner plus there's Wi-Fi on the streets so we've just stumbled across the most beautiful Temple which is right on the street and right now we're just marveling in the architecture we've got the dragons we've got the Red Lanterns and just taking the beauty of the different sides that Taiwan has the craftsmanship over here with the gold the red it's amazing to see all of this kind of nestled in between the high-rise buildings there you go I love this city already can we stay here I know after 5 minutes should I live here so now that we've explored the shim and ding area we're going to get on the Metro and we're going to explore a more modern side of taipe as if this wasn't modern enough it's going to get even better even better than this as the day goes on more and more people start to like flu they come from the underground Metro and it just it's busy and busy so we're going to go and see the modern area but we're going to come back and show you what the night life is like here in Chim so we've seen all over taipe they have these characters and I'm not actually sure what they are I don't know if it's anime I think anime is Japanese so if you know what those characters are and what the shows are called please let me know okay let's get on the train if you're if you're planning to come to Taiwan I would highly recommend getting one of these easy cards so you can load some money on here you can top up as much as you like basically like an all you can use card you can use it to get on the Metro you can use it at the 7eleven as like a money card it's a total time saer because you don't have to keep going and getting a single pass get one of these totally worth it thank you so you can use these for the buses and the trains throughout Taiwan so we're taking blue line I think okay I don't know I'm just following let's go this is kind of intimidating a little bit but I'm sure we can figure it out yeah it's a big station is this the one yeah I think we are down here okay I'm just following you it costs just $25 Taiwanese dollars for a single trip it's super organized super convenient here in the station we have these little waiting lines so people wait very obediently there's no chaos in the station [Music] so we got to transfer from this train and literally cross over to the red line 2 minutes 2 minutes we've just walked out the station we have arrived at time 101 the tallest building here in Taiwan and I don't even know if you can see the top of this right now and they call it taipe 101 because it has 101 stories W good that is impressive wow I can't believe we're standing here it's actually dating how it's actually unreal wo that is crazy wo where is he oh there he is and it actually looks like it's shaped like bamboo plus it was once the tallest building in the entire world until it was taken over by the B Khalifa that is incredibly impressive and definitely a feat in engineering and it's obviously one of the sites here in taipe that you have to see and there are so many tourists around me and they are coming on these buses just to take photos of it so we've had to come all the way over here just so we can get the taipe 101 in frame because it is so high so apparently taipe 101 was made to symbolize Technology's Evolution but still show the traditions of Asia and that's why it's technologically advanced but it has the bamboo shape so it looks like an Asian building and we read that in 2004 at its completion it was the tallest building in the entire world for only 6 years and right now is actually the sixth tallest building in the world so a super interesting fact about taipe 101 is between the 87th and 92nd floor there's a 660 metric tan damper that they use to stabilize the tower against really strong winds because here in Taiwan they often have typhoons they need that temper to stop it from swaying from left to [Music] right so this area is where the World Trade Center for Taiwan is this is where the stock exchange is and lots of high-rise buildings this is kind of the commercial District here in taipe it is so modern and beautiful even the truck have giant scens on them the people look so trendy as well everybody is dressed so well it's making me like want to be like them I want to dress and be as cool as them there's an observatory upstairs where you can have a 360° view of T but on the bottom they have this massive food cord where you can enjoy the most delicious lunch for less than $5 it's huge and there's every Cuisine you can imagine [Music] look at these signs that are electronic wow that's the first time I've ever seen something like that how does it work it tells you the UV index the weather the time the date food shopping I guess that's what is that entertainment ah and it even tells you the distance of places there's food in all sorts of directions and I'm going to choose this one look it's changing no ways that's crazy it's obviously showing me the direction in which I should go right and it says 400 m this way wo that's what I chose I'm sorry this is the future okay I think we are quickly approaching Devon's absolute favorite store ever what I was looking here at this building that has a screen on the side but didn't realize that there's probably one of the fanciest Apple Stores I've ever seen dav's playing it cool but he's actually actually freaking out right now so if you didn't already know this Devon is a massive tech nerd and a tech geek he won't admit it that is impressive I'm sorry even if you're not into Tech like he's totally fangirling right now tell us more about your love for apple and if you had to ask who Devon's best friend is he wouldn't say me he would say Marquez Brown no no no no no you're or who's the boss no no no you're number one he's lying you're still number one he's lying is it Mr who's the boss or is it Mark is brown Lee no comment wow that is seriously impressive though and we have a beautiful view of taipe 101 in the background did I get it yeah you got it yeah that's good that's the one that's the one that's the one wow these yellow taxis look like the New York taxis wow it's [Music] beautiful so we have just taken the metro and arrived at the Chang Kai Sheek Memorial Station as we've come out look how beautiful the station is so it's completely underground but the reason we've come here is to see This Magnificent Memorial Hall wow it's massive we haven't even gone into like the main Courtyard yet because there's a lot more than just this obviously there are really big buildings throughout Taipei but the size of this compared to all the other buildings that we have and intricate colors the Reds the greens the golds it's absolutely beautiful it's free for the public to enter that's that's quite amazing actually now this is really impressive look at this massive Courtyard and it's so peaceful there's Gardens there's a flag hole on that side this school kids playing around this is one of the most beautiful places I think I've ever been to and then as you arrive there is this giant gate beautiful it's got little intricate details so we've just walked up these stairs just so we can Marvel at the colors the intricate details and the size of this and I've just noticed that it's the National Theater and on the opposite side of the courtyard I think that's a theater as well now that I'm up here it kind of gives you an idea of the sheer size of the courtyard and look how big the gate is so what we're going to do is we're going to walk all the way up to the main Memorial Hall hopefully we can see the changing of the Gods I actually see Taipei 101 right there Taipei has so much to offer the traditional side is really something to Marvel it's so beautiful it's really [Music] magnificent okay so we're now tackling the the 89 steps to the entrance of the memorial and there are 89 steps specifically because president Chang passed away when he was 89 years old also inside the temple is a bronze statue of him which is about 6 M tall I think and weighs about 21 tons so we're about to go and see the change of gods and they normally wear a blue and white uniform and that is also significant of the blue sky and the white sun that is the emblem on the Taiwanese flag and apparently they change guards every hour on the hour it's about 15 minutes until the hour so we're heading up the 89 steps and it's really hot today yeah here at the Chang Kai Sheek Memorial Hall president Chang is actually quite a respected figure here in Taiwan and he was the one who aided in the abolishment of the Japanese rule so that is why there is a bronze stat of him this gives you an idea of how big it is just the size of the tiles is impressive and of course the changing of the guards as well [Applause] [Applause] the [Applause] wow that was actually something really really special to see and I'm so glad that we came to the Memorial Hall and it's quite amazing to see them march to a silent beat their synchronized movements the clicking of their boo the sound or the echo that it made when the guns hit the floor it's actually just so special to see that this is still happening today's been amazing because we got to see like some of the shopping area as well as the beautiful big taipe 101 but this is the true side of Taiwan you've got the tradition the culture and that's why we came here this is what we wanted to see but the sun is starting to come down now so we're going to go and find some delicious street food that taxi is playing K-pop wa that's crazy and we're going to head back into shiming now that more people would have come [Music] out boy it is alive there are so many people out and about it's such a contrast between the daytime and the night time because now it is super super busy I can hear lots of live entertainment I can hear singing we stood in the middle of the square and nobody was here but right now it's chaos it's absolute chaos but in the best way and there's a clown there's activities everywhere hello I think we're going to find some pretty interesting stuff besides all the people coming out all the lights come out so all the lights come out come on the lights come on so all the lights come on and all the street lamps and everything just becomes more colorful and bright and all the lights come on all the lights come on from the shelves all the lights come out today was too hot maybe that's why my brain is fried your brain is jello we've seen the contrast today we got like Starbucks on this side but then we still have traditional Taiwanese street food but why did we come back here we have come back because I am absolutely starving and I have been waiting for a very very very long time to have something called shalong baow I'm so excited welcome look how beautiful it is they've got the lanterns I think this building is actually Four floors uh can we have two shal for here [Music] yes I think I've traveled all the way to Taiwan for this moment the shalong bow and if you don't know what a shalong bow is it is a little soup dumpling in a steaming bamboo basket it actually translates to little basket bun which is so cute and we have a little chili sauce and a soy sauce they make the bowels downstairs but then they get transported up in this elevator and then they get wheeled upstairs cuz we're on the second floor o I think they've arrived she wow the bamboo basket is so hot I can't actually pick it up wow wow I've waited so long for these little soup dumpling of Destiny I'm going to pour my chili sauce in here and then on the other side I'm going to put my soy and I have to eat this properly because the soup inside is so hot I think you have to bite a little hole at the top of the dumpling M I've got my soup inside my pork and chai meat inside and now I'm going to drain all the soup out onto your spoon and then you can and dip The Dumpling in your soy and your chili sauce take the most perfect bite ever M I could cry it so good and then drink the soup after I hope that's right I'm very nervous cuz I'm probably going to eat this every day The Dumpling is so fluffy and fragrant with the soup we thought that maybe it was considered rude or improper to eat with chopsticks in your left hand both Devon and I are left-handed and we can only use the Chopsticks in our left hand but according to Chinese culture if you can use chopstick in your left hand you are very very special because you're using both sides of your brain so maybe it means that we're super clever I don't know you're going to have to let us know in the comments if that's true or not 10 out of 10 [Music] experience so I can see this lady over here is making peanut Mochi which we've had twice before once in K Malaysia in Chinatown and once in panang Malaysia so she's taking the Mochi making it into a little bowl and then rolling it up into crushed peanuts I'm getting hungry now that made that lady made me [Music] hungry all along the street and every street that we've been on we've seen little stalls pop up we're going to have to pick out something here and try it there's so many people lining up right here specifically I don't know what what it is but this has got the longest lines we're going to have to have one I'm so ready can I have one H number five is it spicy yeah very spicy so this is the rice rice sausage spicy okay okay that sounds great so she said she's making it very spicy for us she's adding the garlic uh what is this this is sour oh Sauer crab oh reddish okay that's great spicy spicy reddish look she's just putting all the toppings on the rice sausage and the rice is actually looking like a sausage but it's it's actually like the hot dog we think it's like bread bread just rice just rice no bread long long time specialty very special very special amazing so onion onion yeah sounds great and she's adding some sauce on and the sausage looks perfectly grilled as well and then she put the piping hot sausage on top of that very special look at that wow you Fe uhhuh and twist and twist okay TST twist and eat good idea right good idea so excited to try it thank you thank you sh sh thank you bye that was a bit of a worldwind so I don't know if you caught all of that but basically this is the Taiwanese version of a hot dog and it cost us 75 Taiwanese dollars she was such an amazing lady and she just gave me so much energy you heard heard what she said hold the bottom [Music] and wo look at all the ingredients you can see the rice here the sausage also we've just come to this claw machine so we've got some light yeah so good not that we're going to play or anything it's a paid actor we might just play a bit I've Twisted a bit how do I do this good spicy delicious this is the best hot dog I've ever eaten the ingredients is so fresh and the sausage is a bit like sweet and savory Spicy ingredients wo this is like a hot dog on steroids we've been eating hot dogs wrong our entire life this is next level that lady is a genius I love that us integrating ourselves into the street food is us having a hot dog it counts because it's a Taiwanese hot dog so let's see what else we can find shaves found more claw machines on hand it's my like guilty pleasure I can't stop like looking for all the toys that I want okay what are we trying to win here forer rushes some Chuy you got to go oh no I'm so bad at this if you know what the secret is to winning at these clo machines because it's seems like they're rigged and you're not meant to win please let us know how we can do it in the comments [Music] below I'm in pie that looks so so good three pieces 440 so you see she's got a flat gripple here so we got three I think there's onion inside ah ah so she said I must grab some chili and grab two little sticks I'm definitely going to say yes for the chili thank you byee we need to go back to our secret corner so we can try our food without the copyright music blaring in the background oh these poor little squeegees we will never win you but we will just admire you from this side of the glass so I got my little onion cake I have no idea what it was but the sweet little granny looked so cute and they smell absolutely Divine they don't smell like onion while I'm here this is so random but this keychain is so cute it's Stitch gripping onto a bubble tea with his teeth I really want him let me go back to my little onion cake onion pie go back to my onion it's an onion pie like a cake it does look like a little gridle shake this is absolutely Divine okay think dumpling but grilled on both sides and when you think onion pie you're like that doesn't sound very good it's actually chicken and chives on the inside so it's pretty much like a pan fried dumpling it is so yummy especially with the chili oil on the batter or the outer layer is so crispy and doughy at the same time it's pretty much like the shalong bar we had earlier but in a griddle cake kind of way this is 10 out of 10 [Music] and right now we have arrived at taipe Main Station which is the biggest station that links everything here in the center of taipe and this is where we're going to get on the high-speed rail where we're going to make our way down south to Cung and we already have our ticket we booked everything online I'm so excited to get on this highspeed rail because recently I've really enjoyed train travel because we don't have this in South Africa and we went on the highspeed rail in South Korea and it absolutely blew my mind so the thought of today we're going to be traveling at over 300 kmph and go the entire length of the country within 2 hours this station is super impressive behind me we have a 7-Eleven we have some takeout sushi we got some water we got some snacks I think Chev is getting some sushi already the sushi has been secured take out sushi and a high-speed train what a day I got eight pieces for hundred Taiwanese dollars just over $3 for sushi I love it here I have to stay I have to stay our train leaves at 11:51 so we've got a few minutes we need to go somewhere over there let's go girl there are so many people in this station is absolutely chaos when we came to Taiwan and we researched that it's one of the most densely populated places on Earth just because of how many people live on the small island but when we've been on the streets it hasn't seemed too bad and now I understand why everybody is in these train stations or in the underground mall super super busy but at the same time it's super organized everybody's following the rules very efficient hello man uh we have a yes thank you thank you thank you sh sh okay number one southbound how easy is that we're going from taipe all the way down south to house sh where do we go this way we are train 1221 is it this one okay see here's the train here we go look how fancy these trains look from the outside it says we're in car 3 I think car 3 is this way let's go let's go sorry oh it's leaving in 1 minute what happened okay there's number seven how long is this train I think that means the train great we're car three girl we're car three great girl great [Music] girl I think just get on get [Music] on okay this isn't actually Al car but I just got on because we ran out of time I don't even know what happened so we're in car 4 and we're leaving immediately it's 11:52 so the doors closed at exactly 11:51 and I found you I found you I just had to run on we weren't going to make it let's make our way to our seat we're in car three so we can find it casual shave and Dev always at the last minute but we made it we made it onto the train okay so first impressions this train is already going super super fast and we've only been on it for about 5 minutes but we've caught our breath we've settled into our seats and now I guess we're going to give you a bit of a train [Music] tour so I've just made my way in between the two cars because I don't want to make too much noise for the other passengers where we're sitting okay so let me give you a quick rundown of our train it's called the thsr which is the Taiwan highspeed Railway it's only one line it's 350 km from the capital of taipe which goes all the way down to the southern city of Kon apparently it's going to take less than 2 hours to get from the north to the south of Taiwan which is just mindblowing and apparently it's built on Japan's technology of the shinen or the the bullet train that they have in Japan first of all this train cost us around $37 on the right hand side of the train you've got three seaters and then you've got two seaters on the left hand side and already we're going so quickly what I'm going to do is get my speed up out shortly so we can see exactly how fast we're going plus we're going to get some magnificent views of the countryside all the way to [Music] ca so in front of us we got a trade table we've got some magazines for entertainment we've got a nice armr these seats are very spacious like the actual seat size is really wide and normally on a train you get a really small seat and you don't get any leg R but here we got lots of leg R this is quite nice and cushiony and there's some overhead storage above us and there's even larger luggage storage at the front and the back of the car and I think we're going to have a very comfortable ride to [Music] cow I say this every single time we go on a train but it's always an experience taking these trains because you get to see the country in a completely different way than if you were flying this way we're able to see the cities and the countryside so I always get super excited to take a [Music] tra welcome to shave snacks that's what I'm going to be calling the snack reveal it's a train Edition normally we're out eating street food but today it's train food first up we have $3 Sushi this was a score $3 Sushi and it looks super Super Fresh absolutely Divine I can't wait to devour that next up we have Devon's meal chicken burrito very Taiwanese a little oniri seaweed kimchi sandwich I think this is a lot of food for an hour and a half train ride but we'll let you know how it tastes good so good we're going to have to show it hits your soul sushi on a train that should be a thing normally in every other train ride we've been on we've just eaten unhealthy 7-Eleven snacks but this is the elite snack on a train it's going to be sushi on a train [Music] forever so we've already arrived at TA Chung station so we've made quite a distance already taong is famous because that's where the first ever bubble te is from and when we make our way back all the way up to Taipei after C that's where we're going to go so if you haven't already please subscribe so you can see not only this train journey but future Adventures that we're going to have here in Taiwan let me know if you're the person in your relationship if you're the Messer or the person that's always leave I'm somehow the one that's messy I'd say Sushi hir and then the burrito that's my ranking shave snacks shave snacks the D [Music] sh looks like a temperature therometer sink soap M and dryer flush baby changer no smoking Co if you need help toilet tissue pretty standard so far so [Applause] [Music] good [Music] [Music] so we just stopped at taian which I think is our final stop before we get to C show and we are going so quickly as soon as we left the station you can just watch the Speed go up and up up and I always like to have my little speed up that I use when we go on any vessel bus train and we already going over 2 180 km an hour which is crazy but to go on the train here in Taiwan is amazing because you've got the ocean and of course you got all the mountains 2/3 of the island is covered in mountains so there's so much Greenery mountains Allway through when we were in South Korea it was Winter very dry so this is a nice experience to see a little bit of different scenery [Music] please make sure you have all your personal belongings with you at okay everybody's got off the train let's go explore we have arriv ride oh so easy so seamless so quick we have arrived in time where are we C we have arrived in C I want to see the front of the train we have arrived that was so easy Swift dav's always in a rush going at full speed I want to see the friends who wow this looks crazy no way this gives you an idea of the technology that has gone into this you can see why they call it a bullet train not only for its speed but the shape that is so impressive and you can see all the bugs that had no chance they had no chance of survival wow and it's so long as well to be going at that speed and this is not the only one because we got one here but on this side there's another three lined up this is the final station on the line so when the trains get here this is their final stop before they make their way all the way back up to taipe that was awesome Mya girl it's actually crazy to see how like oblong the nose is that's what makes like this feel like it's like a spaceship let's go and explore let's go and new place let's go and explore never been here before wow I'm so excited do girl grab it back Taiwan [Music] Series this station is seriously impressive so what we have to do right now is we're going to get on the red line and we're going to take the metro into the center of calcium we said at the beginning of this video that we're taking one of the most new modern and extensive l in East Asia and seeing the station behind me I can totally understand why I've just seen this sign here kiss and ride what is that please can someone explain what that is kiss kiss and ride you have to kiss first then ride like please explain what that is that's awesome kiss and ride kiss and ride also how cute are little plushy toys and our buck chy what we need to do is go through here and we go to exit 2 downstairs and then we get on the train I can't say enough how organized and efficient Everything is Everything is just working it departed exactly on time and arrived here exactly the minute that it said it would not 50 minutes late our train was over 50 minutes [Music] late pause forward about 15 minutes we've gone on the train and now we've arrived at our station we're here welcome to C it's so quiet compared to taipe there's nobody here like the stations are empty there's not a single person coming out to station there's not a single person but look behind you there's not a single person on this world no one's here what a complete contrast of taipe hello meet ah yes we are also looking we need to find our hotel somehow nice to meet you he is from Taiwan but he is also traveling to Kong just as we are and he just came up to us and he said if you need anything please feel free to contact me wow what a good first impression wow he was so amazing to us good guy I think we need to go okay let's go find our hotel who knows and it's hot it's hot yeah first impressions of kaong is it's very clean and it's Absol absolutely beautiful oh I'm going to miss it oh dear okay here I come I'm coming I'm coming there you go sh I've got 15 seconds on the timer here I go here I go I almost didn't make it but as I was saying it obviously has a similar look to Taipei but it kind of does feel different it kind of feels like we're in a Beach town already there's a feeling that I'm getting as we've walked by we've just seen this I have no idea what this is it says goo R Network well from the picture it looks like a plus or minus so it looks like a battery and he's putting it into his motor bike so I assume you can charge your electric bike can you take these out no I think you you have to pay first they're showing lots of motorbikes and there's all these electric motorbikes here look at the sign howed by Goo these are electric bike I'm sorry but that's absolutely genius since we've arrived here let's go and try some local food yes I'm so Keen to eat something I'm so hungry because Devon ate all of my Sushi sorry about that to go W this is such a contrast to busy Taipei look at the road nobody here so we just stumbled upon this place behind us there's absolutely zero English on the board so we had to do a bit of Google translate and it looks like they have some really yummy noodles on the menu hey oh thank you yes look I got the English venue she saw me coming she knows there's Ramen there's noodles this is exactly the place that I was looking for wo abalon Ramen spicy Seafood Ramen beef ramen chicken leg rice fried fish rice so this is exactly what we wanted is to have some local food here in K the best part is we get to sit outside and we get to see the street and there is this beautiful Temple that we're looking at these are all the different types of ramen dishes that we have it's two pages long there is a pig feed Ramen that's interesting there's kimchi pork Ramen there's all kinds of things fried squid but this one looks super interesting hell chili Ramen that sounds exciting but I'm terrified that same time so scary let's have a Ramen and a dumpling soup because that seems to be their specialty here this is my kimchi noodle soup this kind of looks like a Japanese it's got some seaweed corn chives some pork kimchi I think this is a big egg thank you we have been treated today dumplings some Ramen and if we weren't walking along these side streets we would have never found it because everything is closed I cannot wait to tuck in to this ginormous bowl of heaven and I think I'm going to add a little bit of this chili oil look at these M the noodles are super soft and the broth party spicy it's absolutely Divine what a meal I like the big Ladle that they gave you look how big this Ladle is it's like bigger than my face but it's to get as much broth in one go now this is the color I want my noodles to be the redder the better we've quickly swapped sides so I can now try these dumplings before I eat probably most of shev's meal again again for the second time today so we've got a bit of soy sauce here oh those are good M they look handmade those are good and inside the meat the pork is so soft and they got the chives inside as well which I love but the actual pastry is really soft of course when you add the soy sauce all the flavors just come out and the best part is I have 12 and he's still going to eat mine 12 dumblings for me and some of chev's food it's the dream to be on the streets of Kong in Taiwan it's dumplings happy to be [Music] here wow that was absolutely delicious and that cost us only $170 Taiwanese dollars that is serious value for money because we got a lot of food I'm so full right now I'm ready they're so lovely here byebye thank you byebye those are delicious but I've seen this and after a big meal a drink is needed since we're in Taiwan we're going to have another bubble tea why not why not oh no here has an English one okay can I have the grapefruit juice can I have the [Music] pineapple also this is my favorite thing in the whole of Taiwan is the garbage trucks play music so people know when they can bring their garbage it is the best thing ever so you know when the garbage truck arrives but it also plays sit a nice too thank ooh these are so big like the music the bubble tea here is just unbelievable and it's all like green tea based or it's ulong and these are only $60 Taiwanese dollars so about $2 us for this Giant drink and it's so hot on the streets so this is going to cool us [Music] down good morning from kaung City one of the most surprising cities I think we've ever been to here in Asia we are starting today at one of the the most unique and interesting Metro stations I think we've ever been to and we're about to get on the LRT so the light rail which is on the south tip of kaong and what they've actually done is taken old defunct rails so there used to be some older trains that used to run on here and put a modern train it kind of looks like a trim that runs right along the ground then you've got the train lines that are running through a garden what's actually so crazy for me is that there is no barrier and this is a train it's coming from just behind us right now and over there is where we have to wait for the train and it's going to take us to one of the RT areas here in Kung and it's close to the pier as well so we're going to see the beach we're going to see some art and we're going to go on one of the coolest trains we've ever been on there it comes and here it comes so cool what a genius piece of technology the problem is we got a cool shot of it but now we need to run so we actually can get on get it run we L I think going [Music] to it's too late it's too late okay this is without a doubt one of the most beautiful Metro stations it's outside it's pretty much on a garden it looks like a park but then there's a train going by every 5 minutes here you can see what the train looks like and it's completely on the ground and they're all different colors so we had a dark blue one come by and now we have this light one that has bug hat it's themed that's adorable everything in Taiwan is always themed in a cute character kind of way these have a little bug cat on the side they got a front and a backside there is a driver and it can go in each Direction there it goes here is the ticket vending machine and it says Insert Coins 30 Taiwanese dollars per Fair how do I do this touch the screen tiet I'm confused go back we want two single ticket two 60 that's cool oh here it is okay we made it just look how cool this is luckily this train is not too far so we can easily just enjoy the view while we get to our destination and this is our ticket it was $ Taiwanese doar per person so $1 for a train ride it goes all the way through along the city and it's on this beautiful little garden Trail giant windows on the side so we get a cool view this is more of a tourist attraction than a form of Transport I would say because this is incredible this way we get to see some of the ports and some of the city look at these beautiful [Music] buildings I think we're here so where we've taken the tram 2 is Pier 2 and the reason we've come here is this is a very touristy area and it's the art and cultural area of Kong bye bye bye and we are right at the Port so we're going to see some of the boats and hopefully we can even go on a fery today we've come to the super artsy crafts market and it looks like maybe in the afternoon there's a lot more for sale like little Street stalls and street food we've come to the right place as a tourist [Music] so from what we read this pier in particular was filled with loads of abandoned shipping containers I think kaung is a lot longer to spell than Taipei so the road is indeed much longer and much more colorful it's super cool because you've got the Train Running along with loads of arts and craft shops that we're about to go and check out [Music] hold this dude he's a good guy he's not scary it's just his face my shiny teeth that sparkle just like a Christmas tree shiny teeth and me [Music] shinin say this word how k how okay ha ha okay h Huh okay H okay I now we're going to get back on the tram and go a short little while before stopping and right now we are walking to the pier because we want to take a 5minute ferry to sigin Island which is this 15 km long narrow Island that runs along the west coast so uh where are we and it kind of acts as a natural buffer to the port we're going to go and investigate see what it's like and there is an old town there that we want to go and see there's this duck that I want what the what the hell what the hell that was rude that was rude it didn't even go down we've arrived at Guan piia and this is where we're going to get on the ferry here is the port behind me there are so many different kinds of boats here there big fairies there's some sailing boats and there is this beautiful bridge that we can then overlook this canal and the best thing about the ferry is you can even go on your bike so people are lining up on their bikes getting on the ferry it's an absolutely beautiful port on this side we've got the beautiful mountains in the background and then this long canal running through that makes it easy we can just use our teap pass or easy cards to get on the ferry that's super easy we go [Applause] tada here we go here we [Music] go even though this is only a 5minute little ferry ride it is such a beautiful and scenic view from the boat we can see the beautiful mountains and of course on this side we can see the whole port and the City of Kum look how beautiful it is over there you can see the music visual art [Music] center and just like that we've made it to sigun Island 5 minutes felt like 2 minutes it was so quick and now we're here on the island let's go and just like that we've arrived at the old Street you can see a lot of these what do you call these TR Shore tricle Rick Shaw things and look how cute they are it's like a little bicycle TR Shore and then as you walk this is like the old Street and there's lots of street food here and then there's a Temple I can see in the back there so we've definitely come to the right place what a beautiful little town it feels like we' walked into on this island can I have Bubble mil tea the first thing we need to do is get a bubble milk tea uh this one sugar sugar 50% 50% yes because I'm sure you can see from the sweat that is dripping off of me how hot it is it is sweltering here in [ __ ] if you're thinking of coming to Taiwan please note it is boiling hot yeah it's hot I'm sorry we're roasting bring your umbrella bring your water and bring money for bubble tea L tea that was a mistake M good though M choca bow that was better not perfect but it was better the sun here is no joke you know what I love about the bubble te's besides cooling you down is how big the size is these were 45 these are 45 Taiwanese bubes oh that's good feel bad already oh no they gave me the wrong thing I asked for bubble tea but they gave me clown juice instead [Laughter] [Music] what's happening here she's trying to throw a coin into the little pot and I think if you get it in maybe it's lucky or you get a wish or something but they're all really serious and aiming for that little pot can you do it I can do this lady's enticed me let's see how lucky you are she says we can do it youve only got one coin I've only got one coin so if you get it in you can make a wish is this cheating [Music] hey you can make a wish now I make a wish what did you wish for I can't tell you secret how can you not tell us it's a secret wish okay maybe it'll come out in a future video [Music] so all the way down the street there are stols selling souvenirs gifts toys food there's some seafood there's sausages this street leads all the way up until the beach and we've made it to the beach wow it's so beautiful and it's like black sand we took a 5 minute fairy Which F like 2 minutes to get here on the beach there is this beautiful beach that spans the entire length of this little sigan island and all the people are coming out got these giant rockface Cliffs you've got the black sand beach palm trees and you can see how long the road is where that market is so many stands and stalls everybody's riding their bicycles they're chilling at the park I think it's like the perfect like weekend getaway and now that the sun is going down this Market has just come alive there street food everywhere games there's squid there's fish bowls sausages and I love that everything is on a little stall so you just pick it up and you keep walking you can just see them look at these little turtles wo crazy this is crazy they've got these plastic cups on this in this container but actually underneath them they're crabs come have a look they are they inside the cup yeah I think they're look they're all around the cups look at these snails yeah look at these snails and look at these snails on this tree oh my goodness we've got some turtles over here we've got some fish in this bucket here here we have little crabs hey guys here we have some frogs that one's not real but these guys definitely are we've got snails here and then more Turtles over there are they selling them are they eating them I'm not sure I just saw the turtles and then I was like no there's way more than that are these to eat they eat you eat them so it's just confirmed that all of these things are here to eat a different kind of seafood I'm not sure we haven't tried that before this isn't just a normal food market It's actually an activities Market here we got people playing shooting games there's darts there's toys you can win what is this they're doing a good job yeah they're hello hello the kids are grilling and the dads are eating this gu confirmed they're pets so you can take some home you can buy three or four for 150 and then you can keep them as [Music] pets would you believe me if I said I've been waiting all day for this this is the kind of meal that I crave so basically I've ordered vegetable and pork on tons in a spicy noodle soup with some minced pork so I've ordered a sesame seed sauce with some noodles these noodles are super hearty like a thin ramen noodles but apparently the sesame sauce is vinegar sugar salt Sesame peanut paste as well and the soup looks very red it looks like it's a little bit spicy but not too spicy and because you've got that sesame seed paste it's really thick and sticky all the noodles are sticking together just smells like peanut butter oh wow this is life changing because the veggies inside the won are super crunchy peanut butter with noodles the warmth and the soup adding to that won make it just like really satisfying it's something I've never had before and I can taste like hints of ginger and garlic you just got this like Power Bomb of peanut butter the noodles are quite thick and chewy it's absolutely delicious I think it's local to [Music] Taiwan so now we're going to go to our next destination which is about a 10 or 15 minute ride to get to so what we're going to do is take one of these ubikes you're already on girl I'm just figuring out which one I like I think this one looks good you can get them throughout the city in taipe here in C she's on the bike but it's it's still station it's still attached because I don't know how to get it out and all you need to do is use the same tea pass money card that you use for the trains just a practice ride but I've got my card ready and you just scan and we're going to bike and see kaong in a completely different way does this look great yeah you look good we made it seem like we know what we're doing but we've never tried one of these before the only problem is it's boiling hot so let's see oh this is perfect for me put it on okay and then I think you okay friends and fam pull the bike backwards EV hey you got it I got it my only priority here is to ride a bike after a year of not riding a bike and um avoid oncoming traffic should be okay okay test run hey I'm doing it now that Chev has got her bike she just left me so I need to figure out how to do this QR Cod code or Ren fire cards and then it says tap the card okay test run take two oh my gosh why can I not do this okay here we go let's figure this out can't be too difficult right here we go oh and we're off okay this is not going to work with a phone I haven't even been on the bike for 5 seconds I left you for 2 seconds and you got injured now I'm a disaster well let me clean you up and then fix a bike okay so lesson one do not focus on your phone when driving or riding a bike if you're sensitive to blood I'm sorry there's a giant bruise here massive bruise here walking disaster okay ladies and gents let's go for part two where I do not use my hands for anything else than riding a bicycle so now that Chev is back on the bike we are on the go again this is how you do it hands free everybody Aro and hopefully our injury isn't too bad where is Devon Jones you're going the wrong way my girl I know I've come to get you because you're so slow oh really so apparently we're going to be racing but how incredible is this to see the city of C on a bike w we got a bow are we going across the street we're going this way my girl I'm coming with hello this is so cool woohooo I'm having the best time even though I'm injured and it hurts okay are we're going across this road can we go I think we can go yeah let's cross woo let's go woohoo so they have these bikes throughout Taiwan and I think it's just a genius eco-friendly way to get around the city anyhow watch the Granny's and oh and the best part is we don't have to walk for half an hour in this blazing heat so we just get to ride and enjoy hey everybody it's me shave and I've got a little bow so I can make some friends doing well I'm doing well the injury is holding up cross down here I don't know if I'm allowed to do this W who there we go woohoo [Music] woohoo so now I think we need to just keep going straight okay we're going a bike in C this is absolutely awesome even though we're on the bike this is still sweltering hot they always have these bike Lanes on the side and everybody's very accommodating to people on bikes two pedestrians how much fun is this this is so much fun I'm having the best time love you sweet girl woohoo I'm going for it okay the next one we're going to go right okay oh my bow my bat woohoo riding my bike in Peak Tru traffic this is not stressful at all I'm winning girl no you're not winning I'm winning hello hi oh sorry sorry sorry so the place that we're going to is a man-made lake there is a beautiful Temple there lots of activities we're almost there now wow woohoo hey Granny's cutest Granny's here oh there beautiful sailing boats the whole way around oh maybe we can go down here my girl J my LIF here I keep bringing my ball stop ringing your ball babe keep going okay so not only is this the best way for us to get there but it's also a beautiful scenic route we get to see some of the city but we also get to see some of the nature here in Kong maybe we can pull in here girl yeah welcome to Kong let's for a little break let's see first put off of the day I did so well after a year of not being on a bike I've got a water to this side can grab yes I can't believe what I've just seen I think they call it a Dragon Boat and for some reason this morning on Instagram it came up on my feed and I've been obsessed with him the entire morning and here they are it's a long thin boat but people are rowing one on each side in perfect Unison and while we're just admiring The View we've just seen this beautiful statue of I think it's SP and there's a little Chinese temple over here this was just a short pit stop so we're going to get back on bike and I can see in the far distance there's a bridge that we're going to have to cross over and our plan is to go all the way around to that side of the lake we've got City we got mountains in the background and so many temples and pagodas and statues all around us back on bike is that is that a thing people say back on bike who knows but we're saying it now it's a thing back on bike here I go get to go Who whoo careful okay back on bike let's go go back on bike why is it so hot in [Music] Taiwan going on the bridge my girl yeah good luck I failed so now it's my turn to try and get up the ramp to the bridge oh dear okay here we go hello and we are on the bridge oh there's two oh my gosh there's this beautiful Bridge with a bit of like a lake over here and there's just Turtles chilling out cruising this has made my entire day there's three look how they're coming up for air little wow this little guys on the cruise oh he's going at full speed are you trying to get on the lily pad or are you waiting for me to feed you I cannot even deal with this I can't this is the best part of my entire day look at the big one wow hi sweet baby whoa why is your mouth open so you can ride your bike or take a walk walk your dog all around the lake MH this is the most beautiful place to just spend your Sunday afternoon wow look at this uh no South Africa h no no Mandarin sorry okay thank you byebye wow look at this boo that guy is my hero he is my absolute hero I want to be like that when I'm older I cannot dance
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