wee hoo. next week we are going to taiwan again. this time we are aiming to conquer mount yu or yushan.

the permit has just been approved last week. so the itenary will be like this

1/5/2011

1. assemble at lcct by 7 am.
2. flight will board at 9.50 AM and arrive at tao yuan airport at 2.20 pm.
3. Check in, board flight to Taiwan
4. Lunch inside the flight
5. Arrive at tao yuan airport
6. Take bus to Taipei main station
7. Walk to hostel & check in
8. Dinner @ beef noodle restaurant
9. Taipei 101 night photography
10. Lepak2 dengar citer Tokyo quake with syimda
11. Return to hostel
12. Sleep

2/5/2011

1. Morning call, light breakfast & check out
2. Walk to Taipei main station
3. Board HSR to chiayi ~ 1.5 hrs
4. Arrive at chiayi, take bus to alishan ~ 2 hrs
5. van pick up at hotel and go straight to tataka/dongpu hostel
6. Check in at dongpu hostel
7. Lunch
8. Photo2 around alishan
9. Dinner (maybe need move to somewhere nearer to trailhead due to fact that we have to start trekking as soon as possible)
10. sleep

3/5/2011

1. Morning call, breakfast
2. Check out from dongpu hostel
3. Move to trail head, listen to video
4. Start trekking
5. Lunch @ paiyun, top up water. We are expected to reach here by between 12 noon to 2 pm.
6. Arrive at yuan fong cabin. another 1.5 kilo
7. Setting up tent
8. Cook dinner
9. sleep

4/5/2011

1. morning call at 3 am, early morning breakfast
2. move out from yuan fong cabin
3. move to junction, leave backpack there, continue to yushan main peak
4. on top of yushan, breakfast
5. descend yushan main peak, take backpack and continue descend
6. arrive at trail head ETA
7. go to dongpu hostel
8. check in, dinner
9. startrail at alishan
10. sleep

5/5/2011

1. morning call, breakfast
2. choice: sight seing alishan, or go back to chiayi by bus
3. board HSR from chiayi to Taipei
4. check in at hostel
5. free and easy taipei

6/5/2011

1. free and easy taipei

7/5/2011

1. free and easy Taipei
2. check out hostel
3. walk to Taipei main station
4. take bus to tao yuan airport by 12 noon
5. have to be at the airport before 12.30
6. board flight to malaysia at 3.45 pm and arrive at lcct at 8.35 pm

Makan…makan…dan makan lagi.

So for the food, we have to prepare some foods when we are outside of taipei.

1/5/2011

1. breakfast @ home or LCCT
2. lunch in LCCT or inside the flight
3. dinner in taipei

2/5/2011

1. breakfast in taipei – light breakfast – maggi + egg or maybe just bread + serunding. afraid that the hotel does not permit cooking.
2. lunch otw to alishan – bread / pita
3. dinner in alishan – lice / brahims / vege + cook extra lice

3/5/2011

1. Flied Lice breakfast before trekking
2. light lunch – bread with yeos curry
3. dinner – lice + serunding daging + ikan bilis + flied egg

4/5/2011

1. light breakfast before start trekking at 3/4 am – bread
2. light lunch – bread + serunding daging + maggi
3. dinner – heavy dinner – lice / brahims / vege

5/5/2011

1. breakfast in tatachia or dongpu hostel – finishing all food ration
2. lunch in taipei
3. dinner in taipei

6/5/2011

1. breakfast in taipei
2. lunch in taipei
3. dinner in taipei

7/5/2011

1. breakfast/lunch in taipei
2. lunch before going to tao yuan airport or on the flight

So what to buy/prepare

1. serunding daging – dr jamal. dengar pantai timur murah. breakfast or on the trek meal
2. maggi – 5 packs per person
3. egg – buy in taipei, ask hasyim to help. 8-10 pc.
4. petrol – buy in taipei, ask hasyim to help. enough for 2 bottles.
5. sambal ikan bilis kering – arey will ask zani to cook. breakfast or on the trek meal
6. brahims – todd…hehehe. todd dia cerewet sket. akakakaka. budget kan for 4 meals ye.
7. bread – can buy in taipei or in malaysia. 1 loaf big or small. just compress it.
8. yeos curry – remi, this for on the trek meal
9. sardine – remi, this for on the trek meal
10. rice for 5 person – 4 meals. 2 pots per meal. So 8 pots.
11. vege – buy in taipei, ask hasyim to help. Simple vege – green cabbage. half cut into two.
12. bawang putih/merah perlu ke nak bawak? arey?
13. milo sachets – who wants to bring, bring la
14. tea / sugar – who wants to bring, bring la

cooking utensils

1. MSR stove – remi
2. fuel bottle x 2 – remi
3. Extra stove – arey
4. mess tin – everybody brings their own
5. sudip, knife nak bawak ke? – arey ada benda nih sumer. akakaka.
6. bring own fork and spoon
7. bring own mug

tent – later we transfer the load

1. dr jamal – 1 man tent
2. todd – 2 men tent
3. dr ali – 2 men tent

clothing

1. warm clothing
2. long john or anything compatible

reminder

1. remi, todd, arey do not have travel insurance yet.
2. adda’s supply of food/meds

ok, if i missed anything, please do comment yeah.

remi

Travelog

1. saturday
   1. arrived at taipei around 4.30. hasyim was already waiting.
   2. went to hasyim’s apartment, had a great meal…precisely nasi ayam if im not mistaken. thanks adda.
   3. went out in searching for the crampon rental shop. we didnt know the name of the shop and went round and round Qi-Lan MRT station for it. It was already late and shops have closed.
   4. failed to find crampon.
2. sunday
   1. went to DBK shop to rent crampon. The first shop only had 4 spikes and one set of crampon only. Had to go to the one at Qi-Lan MRT station. Rent 2 crampons.
   2. rushed to taipei main station to get tickets to Yi-Lan. ticket cause around 325 one way to yi-lan as we pick the train that stops less.
   3. after we bought the ticket, hasyim took us to a chinese moslem restaurant selling halal beef noodle (not so) near to taipei main station. very good food, big slice of beef and we were very full. had something like otak2 there. maybe shrimp paste.
   4. rushed back to taipei main station and just in time to board on the train (like commuter train) to Yi-lan.
   5. arrived at Yi-Lan around 4. searched for a budget hotel and found one for 800 NT for a twin bed room.
3. monday
   1. woke up early. cooked some breakfast. by 630 we already rushing to the Yi-Lan bus station.
   2. bus arrived around 7 am and took us to shei pa national park in wu ling.
   3. arrived at 10.30 am. had to walk to the police station to get authorization to climb from the police.
   4. the police was kind enough to give us a lift to the trail head.
   5. start trekking at 11.30 am.
   6. by 1 pm arrived at chica cabin. stopped for an hour for lunch and zohor prayer.
   7. arrived at sun liu jiou cabin at 8 pm. todd arrived earlier at 7 pm.
   8. didnt have dinner. was starving in that freaking cold weather
   9. sleep and woke up at 12 for jama’ isya’ and maghrib prayer.
4. tuesday
   1. had breakfast prepared by todd. scramble eggs, mash potatoe and chicken soup
   2. todd going to the summit alone
   3. i decided to descend. reason given, not enough energy due to starving last night…hahaha
   4. start descend at around 11.30
   5. arrived at chica at 3. continue to descend nearly at 4 pm.
   6. arrived at trail head around 450 pm.
   7. the ranger @ the trail head officer offered me a ride to the hotel.
   8. had dinner at wu ling hostel
   9. overnight at the farm house in shei-pa national park
5. wednesday
   1. woke up early but lazying in bed. went out for breakfast at 8.30 am.
   2. what a wonderful day. took a lot of picture on the way to the restaurant and otw back too.
   3. todd arrives at the bus station at 10.30 and i was packing my bag and check out @ 11 am.
   4. walk around the park, took picture with toddy.
   5. went to the only shop in the park. bought some souvenirs
   6. bus arrived at 2.30 pm and took us back to yi-lan.
   7. arrived at yi-lan around 5 pm. rushed to the train station and take the first train to taipei.
   8. arrived at taipei around 8 pm. helllo taipei girls. we are back in town
   9. was walking around the underground shopping mall while waiting for hasyim and dhani to pick us at the main station.
   10. had dinner @ hashim’s.
   11. hasyim took us for a walk near the taipei 101 district. went for a coffee break before going back home at 12 in the morning.
6. thursday
   1. breakfast @ hasyim’s
   2. went out to chiang kai shek memorial hall
   3. bought a dinasour for ahmad dhani. ala…forgot to buy something for lala lah.
   4. went to taipei grand mosque
   5. had lunch @ a moslem restaurant operated by too lady near taipei grand mosque @ 4 pm.
   6. took MRT to hasyim’s place.
   7. we went to Xi Men Ding tonight. Had a halal kebab and 50 lan bubble tea. the tea was great. like teh susu in malaysia but with bubbles. was looking for CF card but to no avail.
7. friday
   1. breakfast @ hasyim’s
   2. went to taipei 101, it was drizzling.
   3. the chicas @ taipei 101 were super pretty. looks like japanese.
   4. had zero visibility at the observation deck.
   5. bought some memorabilia from the souvenir shop.
   6. went back to hasyim’s for lunch.
   7. went to guanghua IT market. bought the much needed CF card although its kinda too late.
   8. went to climb chee sing mountain at Yang Ming Shan.
   9. the weather was awry, wind blows as if a typhoon was blasting taipei.
   10. stopped at starbuck for a coffee on the way back from Yang Ming Shan.
   11. dinner at another halal restaurant. had pancake and beef noodle.
   12. after that, we go to massage center. everybody go for a massage treat. i had the shoulder and the feet massage. it was great. that guy really know how to give massage.
8. saturday
   1. breakfast @ hasyim’s. thanks adda for the breakfast.
   2. went to jade market. bought 4 jade bracelets and teas.
   3. went to chiate and bought the pineapple tarts
   4. went to a muslim thai restaurant. had a great lunch. thanks hasyim.
   5. went to airport a bit late. departure at 3.55 and we checked in only at 3.10 pm. hahaha.

Some snapshots of the great taiwan trip.

sunrise from sanliujou cabin

the statue near the entrance of shei pa national park

serenity

a walk to remember

at the intersection

welcome spring

freedom

i was the numero uno

chiang kai shek memorial hall

taipei 101 at night

chising mountain near taipei. the 2nd mountain that we climbed. due to bad weather, we stopped half way thru.

a piece of taipei chic….hehehe.

wuling farm