The hotel I'm staying in 宮賞藝術會舘 Kung Shang Design Inn is about a 8 - 10 minutes walk to Kaohsiung Mrt Formosa Boulevard Station 美麗島站 entrance 8. Getting around Kaohsiung is pretty easy since the Mrt will bring you to most places you need to go.
Kaohsiung Mrt Formosa Boulevard Station 美麗島站 is the most beautiful Mrt station I've ever seen. The famous "Dome of light", is the largest glass work in the world, designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. According to Wikipedia, "It is 30 metres in diameter and covers an area of 2,180 square metres. It is made up of 4,500 glass panels". The dome of light is also one of the "must-visit" places in Kaohsiung.
The Mrt is not like the usual Mrt you've seen. It's totally like a art gallery with 3D art painting, and the breathtaking dome of light.
Entrance to Kaohsiung Mrt Formosa Boulevard Station 美麗島站
Dome of Light
3D Painting
Our first stop was to Dream Mall, which is totally like a magically wonderland, even for adults. I had so much fun there, especially since I'm a open-chan fan!
Open-chan is a character created for 7-11, but it has totally captured the heart of many (both young and old), and became a mascot of its own.
How to get to Dream Mall:
- Take the MRT and alight at Kaisyuan station 凯旋站
- Transfer Shuttle Bus to Dream Mall 統一夢時代購物中心
- OR Walk to Dream Mall from Kaisyuan station
When we reached Kaisyuan station, there was a super long queue waiting for the shuttle bus to Dream Mall, and also many cabs waiting to fetch people who are not willing to wait to the mall. We saw alot of people walking towards a direction, so we decide that they should be walking to Dream Mall, and follow suit. It's quite a long walk (around 15 -20 mins walk), but the weather was pretty nice and cooling so it feels alright. And thankfully for this walk, we came across the Open! Run which looks so adorable.
One of the Hello Kitty exhibits we saw at the entrance. They were having a Robot Kitty exhibition in the mall so there's lots of Kitty madness around.
One of the must-visit places in Dream Mall is the Open! Ferris Wheel located on the top floor. The top floor is a wonderland for kids, with lots of games and rides. I remembered during my previous trip to Dream Mall a few years back, the Ferris Wheel was a Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel. Now it have changed to Open! Wheel. I'm a Open! fan, so of course I must catch a ride!
Some of the capsules are decorated with Open-chan and his friends' figurines and toys. I heard you need to pay quite a bit of money if you want to take these specially decorated capsules
View from the top. It was quite a misty day.
Say Hello to Open-chan from the capsule next door!
The Dream Boardwalk
You can find StayReal there!
Ok..these are very random but here's my favorite 关东煮 from 7-11。I can eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
The bakery shops puts the ones in Singapore to shame imo (dunno la, maybe I'm one of those that thinks the moon is rounder else where). I'm not a bread person, but I find myself being lured by all the super yummy looking bread there (and they are indeed very yummy)!
Look who I found at one of the MRT station? But I'm unable to locate Ashin's board. =|
爱河 Love River
How to get to 爱河 Love River
- Take the MRT and alight at YanChengPu station 鹽埕埔站
- Follow the signs and walk to Love River
After strolling along the love river (honestly, I'm quite disappointed about it, but it's probably how tourist feel when they visit Singapore River and realized it's just a river), we strolled over to 瑞丰夜市. and that's the start of eating, eating and more eating!
Handmade Fried Onion Rings. Just looking at the onions makes me hungry!
Fried Quail Egg 煎鸟蛋 (similar to the one in BKK). You can even choose sauce of your choice!
六合夜市
My first time trying 鸡脚冻. It sounds and looks pretty scary, but surprisingly, it taste really good! It's cold (obviously), and you can choose if you want garlic, or spicy (and even the level of spiciness). 鸡脚冻. is apparently good for the skin as it helps to boost collagen. :)
Can't remember the name for this but you can find this anyway in Taiwan. It's like a meat ball with very Q skin and it's pretty awesome! actually, most of the street food in Taiwan is pretty awesome since it's so competitive.
Back to hotel!
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