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JiuFen (九份)

After spending a few hours at Jinguashi (金瓜石), we headed out to the main entrance to wait for the bus to go down to JiuFen (九份). Jinguashi is the last stop (Keelung->JiuFen->Jinguashi), so we just need to wait for the same bus (bus no) that brought us up to bring us down to JiuFen. We only waited for like 5 minutes for the bus to arrive and we’re the only passengers in the bus. Really not much ppl visit Jinguashi, which I think it’s quite a waste cos Jinguashi (金瓜石) is really worth to visit, especially the tunnel!! Very interesting..

The bus fare from Jinguashi to JiuFen is nt 22 per person (RM 2.60) and it only took us about 10 minutes to reach JiuFen. It was crowded, a lot of tourists and also locals!! The bus stopped in front of a pineapple tart shop （李仪黄梨饼） which till now I still feel so regret for not buying at the first place. They let us try the freshly baked pineapple tarts which was very nice, we wanted to buy but we wanted to wait till we finished exploring jiufen but at the end, we left at a different place and didn’t get to buy. So if you see something you like, don’t wait, buy first, cos you might not able to find the shop again!!

JiuFen is a small town in north Taiwan. Why is it call JiuFen (九份)? Well, apparently during the first years of Qing Dynasty, there were only 9 families in this village. Therefore, the village would request “nine portions” (九份) whenever shipments arrived from town. That is why they called this place JiuFen (九份) which means nine portions in English. It was an isolated village until year 1893, when gold was discovered.

JiuFen Old Street (九份老街)

There are souvenir shops, local snacks, cafe and tea houses here.. We tried the not so stinky Stinky Toufu (臭豆腐) here and also the Ah Lan’s Yu Guo (阿蘭宇粿/草仔粿). Both taste good!!

We also bought a lot of snacks (biscuits and etc) back for our family and friends at this shop, 阿信的店. Oh ya, don’t forget to buy some chinese tea, it’s really nice. We bought a packet of Oo Long Tea (乌龙茶), about nt 300+ (RM 35 +) from JiuFen and it was really nice!! Should have bought more!!

crowded!!

beautiful scenery, don’t you think so?

amazing view!

ahhh..breathtaking view..

here’s the famous long staircase… lot’s of cafes/tea houses along this stair case..

ppl say nv take picture of this stair case means you nv come to JiuFen before.. hehe.. actually I say lar..hehe…

At first, we planned to have a cup of tea at one of these tea houses and enjoy the amazing view but then it was already 4pm+ and it was the last day of our Taiwan trip. I wanna shop before I fly back to Malaysia!! hehe..

We took the bus from JiuFen to Taipei which costs us nt 90 per person (RM 10.60). The bus stop at one of the MRT station and we took the MRT to XiMenTing (西门町) to shop for the very last time. Bye bye Taipei.. I WILL BE BACK!! hehe.. DEFINITELY!!

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