Yes, I love Taiwan.
My most favourite visited place during my Taiwan trip is Jiufen 九份老街 (also known as Chiufen). There was an interesting story about this place. Long time ago there were only nine families. They have no road access and it was inconvenience to have grocery shopping. Thus, the families took turn to go down hill and nine pieces of every items are bought as reservation. Jiufen means "nine portions".
Today, Jiufen is one of the must-visit-places. I went on a one-day trip, I should have pick a nice inn operates by the local for the night view and fishing! Anyway, don't worry about how to get there. I took the train heading the Ruifang station (瑞芳), from the station I took the connecting bus to Jiufen. It's very convenient and surprisingly cheaper than I thought. Let's see what you can find there.
Jiufen Old Street, the most prosperous shopping district. It goes through the village and you'll find many famous local delicacies and country snacks here. Many tourists walking in the street, and to be frank some of them were annoying. Blocking the street, rain drops dripping from their umbrella, talk loudly and 'abused' the food sample. Can tell most of them are from the mainland according to the accent. Despite that, I enjoyed my one-day trip in Jiufen!
Before Jiufen turned into a tourist attraction, this place used to be a gold mine. During the World War II, Allied Force soldiers (mainly British) were forced to work in the gold mines. After the war, the gold-mining activities were declined and soon Jiufen fades. After years, a Taiwanese film named 悲情城市 (City of Sadness) choose to shot here and won several international awards. People started to know Jiufen and it has became a tourist spot since then.
Jiufen is heaven with nice scenery, local delicacies, historical buildings and friendly dogs!
I will definitely visit this place again! On a side note, get the souvenir stamps from Jiufen Tourist Center. I sent a postcard from here to Malaysia and it only costs me less than RM5. Also, catch the last bus from Jiufen to Rui Fang Station at 5pm. Otherwise, you might need to get a room or take a cab. Jiufen, till then!
All the photos are taken using an Olympus EPL-1. Passionate in lomography and traveling. Appreciate your supports and thank you for reading this post, kindly leave footprints at my facebook page. Roslyn Kong at Instagr.am. Let me hear from you on Twitter too at @roslynkong!!Tweet
My most favourite visited place during my Taiwan trip is Jiufen 九份老街 (also known as Chiufen). There was an interesting story about this place. Long time ago there were only nine families. They have no road access and it was inconvenience to have grocery shopping. Thus, the families took turn to go down hill and nine pieces of every items are bought as reservation. Jiufen means "nine portions".
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| Ruifang Train Station |
Today, Jiufen is one of the must-visit-places. I went on a one-day trip, I should have pick a nice inn operates by the local for the night view and fishing! Anyway, don't worry about how to get there. I took the train heading the Ruifang station (瑞芳), from the station I took the connecting bus to Jiufen. It's very convenient and surprisingly cheaper than I thought. Let's see what you can find there.
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| Xia Hai Cheng Huan God Temple |
Jiufen Old Street, the most prosperous shopping district. It goes through the village and you'll find many famous local delicacies and country snacks here. Many tourists walking in the street, and to be frank some of them were annoying. Blocking the street, rain drops dripping from their umbrella, talk loudly and 'abused' the food sample. Can tell most of them are from the mainland according to the accent. Despite that, I enjoyed my one-day trip in Jiufen!
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| Crowded street |
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| Rainy days in Taiwan |
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| my first buy in Jiufen |
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| Old couple selling ice-cream with peanut wrap |
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| 100TWD for 3 |
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| A shop that I would recommend you to go |
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| A bowl of warm yam soup during rainy day, awesome |
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| This stair leads you to a Jiufen Elementary School and several cafes |
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| The Ghost Museum |
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| Handmade calligraphy brushes |
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| The famous hand crafted ocarina |
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| From the tradition oval shapes to animal shapes |
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| He's an artist and owns the shop. He played us many songs before I bought two |
Before Jiufen turned into a tourist attraction, this place used to be a gold mine. During the World War II, Allied Force soldiers (mainly British) were forced to work in the gold mines. After the war, the gold-mining activities were declined and soon Jiufen fades. After years, a Taiwanese film named 悲情城市 (City of Sadness) choose to shot here and won several international awards. People started to know Jiufen and it has became a tourist spot since then.
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| Many great writers gathered here to find inspiration, as what I've been told |
Jiufen is heaven with nice scenery, local delicacies, historical buildings and friendly dogs!
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| They all come to me |
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| This one enjoy himself laying his head on my lap |
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| feel free to feed cats too (buy few packets of cat foods for them) |
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| Chilling weather for dogs to chill out! |
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| Yours truly with an affectionate dog |
I will definitely visit this place again! On a side note, get the souvenir stamps from Jiufen Tourist Center. I sent a postcard from here to Malaysia and it only costs me less than RM5. Also, catch the last bus from Jiufen to Rui Fang Station at 5pm. Otherwise, you might need to get a room or take a cab. Jiufen, till then!
All the photos are taken using an Olympus EPL-1. Passionate in lomography and traveling. Appreciate your supports and thank you for reading this post, kindly leave footprints at my facebook page. Roslyn Kong at Instagr.am. Let me hear from you on Twitter too at @roslynkong!!Tweet