Taiwan Adventures Day 7 Taipei 101 and Huaxi Street
Posted at 23:51.36 and filed under Taiwan AdventureThis is a daily chronicle of my trip to Taiwan from 9th to 24th May 2006 with Ronghua and partially Boon Liang. I am trying to blog about all 15 days, so it takes time..sorry.. If you wanna read all that have been posted, pls click on Taiwan Adventure category here, or on the left sidebar. 
The bad thing about not having to rush to travel every morning is that you totally have no urgency to wake up early. No more early bird catching the worm, more of lazy bird waiting for hot sun to dry the worms. So we probably left the hostel at about 10am to start on the most impt mission of the day, going Taipei 101 looking for money-changer. By now, me n RH have more or less exhausted our original S$500 and were desperate for a money changer. In Taipei no cash still alright, you can still swipe n swipe. Out of Taipei and into small towns, it’s crucial to have cash on hand.
The thing about Taiwan is that probably due to currency controls, you can only change money at banks. No such thing as going to the nearest indian moneychanger like we are so used to in sg. Walking 1 street away to a Japanese bank’s branch, we got our 1st rejection of the day. They don’t take SGD, and instead directed us to a Bank of Taiwan’s branch 3 streets away. Eschewing the offer, we decided to make our way to Taipei 101 where it’s a financial hub and banks are aplenty. Taipei bank branches, most of them would deploy a junior staff member to stand at the waiting area to answer queries that ppl have, including foreigners like us. She would usually be somewhat attractive and wear this pair of white satin gloves. (more…)
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