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Taipei City, Taiwan
Arrive 4:00am- first day is rest day (stay overnight)
Day 2 (Christmas Day)- cat village, Juifen and Shifen day trip (stay overnight)
Day 3- city explore (stay overnight)
Maekong gondola
Ordinary Train to chaiyi. Not HSR between 2.5 to 3 hours.
Have to book ahead (cheap)?
Can cancel for free anytime up to 18 December
Modern toilet restaurant in ximwndibg
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Chiayi City, Taiwan
Train takes about 1 hour and is very cheap
Get bus to alishan station/national park- then the forest railway to different stations
Shenmu is for the giant trees
Fenqihu is an old town
Zhusan is the highest point- but it leaves very early in the morning for sunrise
Can get bus and train (2.5hrs) or bus (3.5hrs) back to Taipei
Prison museum
Water and fire and guanziling from here?
$128 per night
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Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, Taiwan
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Chiayi, Taiwan
Normal rail to Tainan
$128 hotel country garden
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Tainan City, Taiwan
High speed train to Taiwan at end of
Guanziling mud springs and fire water cave is either a day trip or stay overnight but needs a private vehicle. Also has coffee road
Another day trip is to jingzaijiao pottery shard salt fields- also needs a driver
Then can go on to Chiayi for Alishan
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Taipei City, Taiwan
Arriving in from Chaiyi in the morning.
Can get a pass for three hours of the lounge at the airport - about $70 each