After checking out of our hotel, Mel and I took the subway to Sizhwan Station where we got some breakfast at a rip-off KFC restaurant (there was nothing else around) before getting a taxi to the beach. We hadn’t planned on going to the beach, but we had the whole day to kill and an afternoon at a tropical beach sounded okay to me. We only had to pay 30NT ($1 CAN) to get on the beach and just look at all the amazing things the resort had to offer. Pigeons? Um… score?
We were able to grab the last cabana, where we left our heavy backpacks before checking out the water. The water was so perfect and warm! However, neither of us had brought a bathing suit or towel and I was surprised to find that there were no shops selling that kind of stuff anywhere… so we just waded up to our knees. I should have just skinny dipped.
We spent an hour reading and relaxing in our warm cabana before hiking for a few minutes up a steep stairway to the old British Consulate building.
The Consulate was built in 1865 and is positioned in such a way that you get an awesome view of the beach from one side and a view of the city harbor from the other. Drinks and snacks were cheap, so we quickly grabbed the last table and enjoyed a Heinekin on the patio.
We were able to catch a random free shuttle bus that we didn’t even know existed from the Consulate to the MRT station, which then took us back to the high speed rail station. Since we had 45 minutes to kill we decided to grab a snack at one of the nearby restaurants. I ate at an amazing Mexican place… Mexican food is really rare in
Do I really have to go to work tomorrow?? For a 6-day week! Oh man...
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