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Good afternoon everybody! ...Oh black coffee...Today we are going to explore the northeast
coast of Taiwan. Is this the Northeast? Is this the Northeast? A map will pop up...
There...there's the Northeast. One particular destination that I'm super
stoked about and I know you will too is called Jiufen Village. If you
translate that into Chinese it means nine pieces. Village is lined with beautiful
teahouses between the mountains. it's gonna be fantastic. If you guys know the
movie spirited away yeah it's been said spirited away was influenced by this
particular village. So cool! Today's tour is in collaboration with get your guide
which is basically a platform for you to get your guide...Get your guide makes it
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most of the prices are discounted prices so you can save a little moolah as well.
Not used to these bangs yet. Tour bus is here to pick us up so pack up your
stuff, pack a little snack you know and let's head out!
Right now we are at our first pit stop which is this cool rock formation
and I'll show you guys in a second.
Oh it's over there it looks like a bamboo shoot! That's why it's famous.
Look at the slippery surface and the layers and layers of residue there.
The reason the rock formations are that color is because there's copper iron and
gold residue so you're going to see like layers of red a little bit of orange
here there. I feel like a weather reporter in a storm trying to report
something before I fly away! Back on the bus...gotta fix my hair...By the way one of the best thing
about tours like these is staring out the window and checking out the scenery
because you're gonna see the coast of Taiwan the beautiful rock formation the
lush greenery, it really is a fantastic fantastic sight.
Ohh a dog nose!
The weather is pretty pooped today but supposedly on a really sunny day you can see that the water is
actually green and yellow so it's two different colors.
We are here at the Jiufen entrance you're gonna see there's a lot of tour buses
taxis and cars but I mean it's a very popular tourist attraction I hope when
you guys come you guys come maybe during summertime when the weather's a little
bit better because then you can go hiking, you can stay the night, you can see more of the view.
But for now, we're here! So let's enjoy it!
As you walk down the street you're going to notice a lot of snack stalls. And teashops!
You can buy things like pork jerky...buy I don't even know what this is...you can buy
Tang yuan which are these dessert balls that are sticky and delicious. You buy fish balls, there's
a ton a ton of different snacks that you try and that's really what you should be
doing. We have an hour so I'm gonna try to be as much as I can but for now enjoy
kind of the scenery.
Finally found a quiet corner. So fun facts about
this place so as I said it's called Juifen which means nine pieces. Or I
think the more literal translation is like nine portions because back then
nine families lived in this village so anytime they went to the city to shop
for supplies they have to bring back nine pieces or nine portions for the nine
families. Most of these shops and stores that are selling snacks and desserts and
little knickknacks, they're actually run by maybe second or third generation of
these families that lived here before. The reason why this place
became super popular is because they discovered gold here so they turn this
area into a gold-mining area. Now it's become such a popular tourist attraction
it is cute, it is photogenic...okay well my umbrella is about to blow away as it
has been this entire video and we're gonna go try some delicious things as we
always do on this channel. Pft Pft hair in my mouth...let's go!
I'm trying our first thing it's this little pastry. Inside is red bean and mochi
but there's a ton of different flavors like taro pineapple it's all over
there. It looks so good. Look at that gooey middle with the crusty outer layer.
I would I really love the sweetness of the red meat nice gooey texture from the
mochi also the outer layer that's quite a mouthful but it's flaky it's delicious
I'm a fan you guys we'll see you when you come
another really popular snack here is the peanut bowl ice cream basically eight
dole with ice cream and peanut on it it's really good we're not gonna try it
because you can actually find that in a lot of different night markets but if
you're coming here - I'll try if you have more time there's mushroom there's
spam boo I'm not exactly sure what gives it this red color it's actually a meat
version as well or try the vegetarian one because you guys are always like a
vegetable imperative this is 45 empty about a dollar fifty Emily
in Chinese is actually called pas 1 and the outer layer is a rice dole this
outer gelatinous kind of feeling dough is actually quite delicious but actually
just melts in your mouth the sauce that he dripped on this brown
sauce is sweet so it's got a sweet and savory taste to it like tofu skin layers
and layers of troubles in the fan of this gelatinous go all right to explore
the rest of the area
place is sold festive it's just lined with shops everywhere a white place to
be one smell that you're gonna smell here is that smells stinky tofu it
literally fills up the entire street so if you guys are not familiar with that
smell you're gonna come here you're gonna need to know what it is I'm pretty
used to a I grew up with it so what does the morning you guys I know a lot of
travelers are very afraid of Expo one of the last things you have to do here is
to visit a teahouse and try their teeth and chances are beautiful hopefully you
can find one that kind of overlooks the village and kind of gives you a nice
view everything here are handmade all the key
one of the last things I wanted to try it okay so basically what these are
these little tar balls in here is ice and then there's red bean there's green
bean there's a long pin with your small feet
okay from these and it's a really delicious dessert they have to eat you
can get it hot or cold personally I like it cold I like that it's kind of like a
refreshing drink but some people like it hot especially in a rainy weather like
this we're gonna take a big bite of everything
oh yeah so this soup you're drinking is actually
a sweet suit it's mixed in with some Serapis these in Chinese called Tom Ewan
love these little dessert snacks right here so this is taro and a bleep this is
a potato ball it got a nice glossy surface when you chew into it cooing
soft so good just on there definitely try one of these dessert
they're waiting down at the parking lot this about ends our tour let me tell you
who this tourists for this tourists for people who are visiting Taipei for a few
days maybe like three or four and they really want to get to this village they
want a fast way to do it you just want to see it experience it for a little bit
and head out this is a tour for you there's a van that we're taking here
with a tour guide so gave you some free time to explore and eat this is enough
time to give you a taste of what it's like here I hope you guys enjoyed it the
area was really really really cool I'm gonna hop on the bus now and I'll talk
to you in a little bit when I get back
Wow
are you nice well there it is oh there's something about rainy weather that just
makes me so much more tired honestly I didn't have enough time to film and look
around but if you're just going there to tour and you check things out by little
shops no brushing my chair I was just there as a traveler as a tourist just to
look around that would have been enough time because the street it looks really
long but it's actually pretty short and some shops are repetitive the most
important thing though is that you try to try every every snack that you see
well if you guys are just in this tour or other tour and guys here in Taiwan go
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thank you so much I hope you guys are slowly but surely getting more familiar
with this beautiful country thumbs up the video comment some love below I'll
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say bye everyone