MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Gold Museum
At this point of the day, it’s about 3pm. I took a bus from the Golden Waterfall back to Jinguashi. I walked around the park. They didn’t have an English guide, but they have an app, where the audio is in English. Some of the exhibits had English under the Chinese.
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| One of the displays in one of the exhibits. |
It was a very educational place. The town used to be a gold mine. You could walk around and look at the kind of housing that the miners lived in. For 50NT, you could also walk through a mining tunnel and get the whole experience. I didn’t do that, but I did walk in and out the exhibits and buildings. I learned that it rains 200 days out of a year in Jinguashi. I suppose I was very lucky that it was sunny that day.
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| This is me, in a mining cart. |
The Gold Park/Gold museum is pretty big. You could also climb a bunch of steps and go see a shrine, which my co worker said it was very cool, but I didn’t go there. I did, however, stand in a quick line to put my hands on a large gold bar. As I stood in line, I got thinking as to how many people put their hands on that bar of gold, and likely in the same spot every time. I wanted to find out how many visitors a day would put their hands on that bar. Let’s hope their hands were clean.
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| In case you wanted to know, this gold bar is worth 254,005,900 NTD or $7,697,148 USD. |
Afterwards, I ate at the restaurant in the Gold Park. It seemed popular as I stood in line. I think the main attraction was the miner’s lunchbox. You could take home the souvenir bowl or something? I’m not sure. I ordered sweet and sour beef ribs for 180 NTD.
After that I was on my way out of the park, when I saw a stand selling kimchi french fries. I justified it by telling myself I was trying something new. Who knew you could put kimchi on french fries and did it taste good? Well, I tried it and it was okay. If you like spicy, you might like it, but I think I prefer honey mustard.
Taipei
I finally made my way back to the bus stop and headed back to Taipei. Because all I do is eat, I went to this dim sum/dessert place. It’s called TimHoWan. If you’re ever in Taipei, I highly recommend going. Their food is really good! The wait can be long at certain times, but it wasn’t too bad on a monday night at 6:45pm. TimHoWan is at Taipei Main Station, Exit M8 (if you’re coming from the subway).
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| Baked bun with BBQ Pork |
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| It was 118NTD for 3 buns |
