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Travelling back in 1920s - Today Cheongsam Experience in Taipei 天天旗袍體驗館

I was pretty skeptical of doing this as i believed that you need to be very slender to wear Cheongsam.  So How did i ended up doing this? I happen to try to convince mister to try Han fu (aka the period drama costume that we see on chinese dramas). It was rejected by him immediately. Somehow, he saw a collaboration with the hotel, he immediately booked the hotel stay with the Cheongsam experience.  He was so pleased with himself until i told him "I don't want to wear cheongsam!".  However, this Cheongsam experience turned out better than expected. The location is quite a favourable too!  It is within the vicinity of a Bopiliao historical block,Taiwan country education centre and Lung shan temple. All these buildings provided the perfect backdrop to the clothes that we wore.  I am a usual size L (asian) and the clothes i tried are L and XL. Ladies get to choose their fit and design first before the male. The male chinese robe (male version, paofu) has to match to...

Taiwan, Yilan - Tai Ping Shan

Just a short 50 minutes drive from Taipei city. Its little wonder this is a highly popular hot spring place for local and tourists like.  Tai Ping Shan We encountered wet weather during our time at Tai Ping Shan. But i still considered ourselves quite fortunate as it began to snow a few days later. We had no experience driving in snowy conditions, it would have been quite a disaster if we were caught in the snow.  There are suitable activities for everyone. For those who wants to soak in the natural hot springs, and for the more adventurous, hiking.  Finding the attractions were easy as there is only one route. So if you are travelling from the foot of the mountain you will passed by the following attractions:  Jiuzhizhe Hot Spring -> Bai Ling Tree -> Jiancing old trail. After the Jian cing old trail, the road split into two. One will lead you to Cuifeng Lake and the other will lead you to the motel and also the Bong Bong train station.  For us, the first ...