Taiwan2014之梅雨的季节-Danshui Old Street 2014 (淡水老街）

 We had quite a lot of time to spare after visiting Wulai and decided to go Danshui which is on the other end of the line. I prefer going to Danshui on a weekday since it is crazily crowded on a weekend.

Reached there at about 4pm but it was raining. Not too heavily but still we need our umbrellas to be out while walking around which is a pain in the ass.

Not sure why but I love coming to Danshui even though there is nothing much to buy here. Love the old street that we can stroll on leisurely and the small shops that you may occasionally find something interesting to buy home.

The funny thing is we never got around doing the recommended tourist attraction here like taking ferry to Bali or visit the many historical buildings located there despite visiting Dan Shui for the 4th time this round.

Under the gloomy weather, there is pretty much nothing to do or see here today since half the shops are not open and it is pretty difficult to walk when every one is carrying an umbrella. We came across the Taiwanese version of KOI and decided to stop for drink. This is our 1st time drinking bubble tea in Taiwan. Maybe it is because we are always full from the street food and there is usually no more space for a cup of bubble tea any more. Hehe

Taiwan KOI

Armed with a cup of bubble tea each, we decided to go find the Hot star fried chicken stall and grab a bite.

Since it has been raining excessively these few days, Tamsui river bed is already swelling. It looks like it going burst if the rain continues any longer. Being a non swimmer, I did not have the courage to go near the banks for fear of the rising waters. Ferry services are halt too.

Swelling riverbed

Hot Star stall in Danshui is slightly different from the one found in Shihlin. Here besides fried chicken, they offer other finger food like fries, mushrooms, squids etc. The one in Shihlin sells solely fried chicken.

Anyways we didn't order others beside fried chicken, the queue here is much shorter than Shihlin and therefore we always buy from here.

Danshui Hot Star stall

There was no where to go under this weather so we found a shelter and start feasting on the chicken and bubble tea. There is one more cat with us hiding from the rain and got Mr Love excited over it. And so he shared the fried chicken with the cat happily while I hide at 1 corner to savour my fried chicken. Haha

The hubby and the Cat

We spent quite a lot time here with the cat before deciding to call it a day and retreat to our hotel before going out to night market again.

Feeding the last bits to the cat

Just as we reached hotel, the rain came back again and this time pretty heavy. Was not sure we will be able to enjoy if we make our way to a night market now and so we decided to buy instant noodles from the convenience store down stairs and holed up in our room watching tv and chatting.

This is a first for our Taiwan trips since we will surely make a trip to night market nightly for dinner but I guess the rain this time really put us off walking in it.

Dinner for the night

The cup noodles was exceptionally nice, unlike the ones back home but we always do not have much room for it after pigging out at the various night markets. It is also one of the more relaxing night we had since we just sat around to eat and chat. This is 1 thing that we did not do for all other trips since I will try to maximize our time outside.

Super yummy cup noodles