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The Land of Smiles~

After taking a 2 hours flight on a budget airline, we reached Bangkok . Highlight of this trip? Shopping, massage and pamper ourselves! We had massage almost everyday. You can find massage parlor on every street in Bangkok. Massage service at Bangkok is super duper cheap, I would feel sorry for myself if I didn't do it everyday. Er.. Of course, we chose those 'clean' massage parlors. Other than massage, hair treatment, manicure and pedicure are also very cheap. You can pamper yourselves like a princess when you are in Bangkok. One of the famous attraction we went was the Four-Faced Buddha. You seldom see a Buddha statue right in the middle of the city center and in front of a hotel, but that's exactly where this Four-Faced Buddha is. Heard it was quite efficacious and hence, we went to pray. There was a huge crowd there and you can imagine how popular it is. My first time at Bangkok - Fish therapy. I think I screamed throughout the whole therapy, it just felt f...

Taiwan - Taipei and Hualien

Taiwan is really a place where I would return, with all the good and cheap food,  nice scenery, cooling weather (when we went) and lots of entertainment. It's also a shopping heaven for ladies. You will be able to get fashionable clothes, shoes, accessories, facial masks and products at cheap price. The first thing the girls wanted to do was to dye, style and give our hair a good treatment. We did our hair at Taipei , a salon called "Let's Hair" . And we were all very happy with the final result! After we were done with our hair, we took a train to Hualien that evening and stayed at a 民宿 (homestay), 石头的家 (Stone House) . The host was very friendly and we loved the place. We booked a room for 7 people and it was really spacious.   The host told us that we could light fireworks at Stone House and brought us to buy some fireworks and sparks. We had a great time playing, but we did something stupid. We played the sparks in an enclosed room because the wind was t...