Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 5-Taipei supermart Da Run Fa (大润发)/ Wufenpu(五分埔)

Following the directions of the shop owner we began our search for the local super mart. It was a long walk. Taipei's weather is really unpredictable, it started to rain as we are walking. We took refuge in a shopping centr0r and I saw that there is a money changer there.

Intersection at Taipei

It is pretty difficult to see money changer in Taipei unlike in HK, you will see 1 at every shopping center. We went to search for the money changer as we wait for the rain to stop. The funny thing about Taipei's money changer is, they only accept USD, Euro, GBP, Yen & RMB. All other currencies had to be exchanged at the bank which opens only 5 days from 8am to 3pm. Win already lo..I thought SGD is quite well accepted in Asia but then to my dismay I am not able to exchange. Well, gotta stick to our plan of buying a new luggage.

We continued our search for the super mart after the rain, it was quite difficult to spot but luckily the map was pretty well drawn and given my sharp eyes, we manage to find it without much difficulties.

Taipei Supermarket

It is just like Carrefour except all in Chinese and perhaps the goods are local not imported. We checked the luggage section but the luggage there is quite expensive as compared to SG, given the same model. After discussion, we decided against buying there as we didn't think it is worth it.

Know what idea we came up with? We brought masking tape instead and we intended to tape our luggage up after we had packed our things. And should the immigration wants to check, we will tear away the tapes and re tape it once checking is done. Thinking this is a feasible idea, we decided to go with it.

After that, we tried to navigate our way back to Zhong Xiao Fu Xing MRT station and made our way to Wu Fen Pu Wholesale market（五分埔）. Took the train to Hou Shan Pi（后山埤） and tried to walk there from the station.

At Hou Shan Pi station

It started to rain again as we stepped out of the station and although Mr Love is a bit hesitant about going there, I was excited!! So we made our way there sharing a small umbrella under a super heavy rain.. Mr Love la, never bring umbrella.

Heavy heavy rain

Actually, it was not very nice to walk about the wholesale market in the rain as every 1 is holding to an umbrella, making browsing difficult. Luckily, we went there quite early at 5pm, the crowd is still quite sparse. Thus we still can walked quite a bit. The thing bout the clothes there is, they are free size and no trying on. I find it quite difficult to buy but still, manage to grab 3 tank tops and 2 outer jackets.

Then, I decided to go off , hubs is getting restless while shopping in the rain. Its time for dinner and we decide to check up Shida Night Market （师大夜市）today.