Taiwan Kaohsiung Trip Part 4: Breakfast at Xing Long Ju and Cijin island

[Introduction]

I traveled to Kaohsiung, the second largest city in Taiwan for five days and four nights in the middle of September. I was impressed by Taiwan when I visited Taipei at the end of April, and I revisited Taiwan in less than a half year. I had some difficulties in gathering information compared to Taipei, but I found there were lots of things to do in Kaohsiung as well. In this article, I will write about Cijin island as part of Day 2.

[Visit Places (series of articles)]
* Day 1: Formosa Boulevard Station
* Day 1: 85 Sky Tower and Singuang Ferry Wharf
* Day 1: Singuang Ferry Wharf (Light-up) and Liuhe Night Market
* Day 2: Cijin island [This article]
* Day 2: Former British Consulate and Shoushan LOVE Valentine’s Lookout
* Day 2: Pier-2 Art Center
* Day 2: Love River (Light-up)
* Day 3: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
* Day 3: Lotus Pond
* Day 3: Taroko Park (Light-up)
* Day 4: Taiwan Sugar Museum
* Day 4: Central Park Station (Light-up)
* Day 4-5: Formosa Boulevard Station (Lighting Show) & Return Home

[Travel Date]
2017.09.15-19

[Main Part]

The second day of my Taiwan Kaohsiung trip started. As my accommodation plan did not include breakfast, I will go out to have a breakfast.

Breakfast at Xing Long Ju

I visited Xing Long Ju to have a breakfast, which was a 15 minutes away from the hotel I stayed.

I did some research for breakfast at Kaohsiung on the Net before the trip and found Xing Long Ju was often referred to, so I decided visit it.

There was a queue, though it was before 7 a.m.

You can pick up what you would like to eat and then even up accounts.

I ordered Chinese omelet, Tangbao and Shentochan (edible soy milk).

Go to Cijin island by ferry

In the morning of the second day of the trip, I am going to Cijin island, which is located on the west of Kaohsiung city. After breakfast, I moved to Sizihwan by MRT and walked for 10 minutes to move to Gushan Ferry Station. Then, I rode on a ferry to go to Cijin island.

I left for Cijin island.

I went by another ferry that came from Cijin island.

In addition, I saw a large ship like this.

After 5 minutes ride, I reached Cijin Ferry Station.

Go along the Coast by Bicycle

The island is long and thin rectangle-shaped form and I rent a bicycle at Xinyu Bicycle.

There was a cycling road along the beach in the west of the island and I took a ride along the road.

It was something like a movie scene, wasn’t it?

Here is around Cijin Seashore Park and there were several art works.

This is another park, Cijin Windmill Park.

Cihou Lighthouse and Cihou Fort

I also visited Cihou Lighthouse and Cihou Fort, which were located in the north of the island.

To begin with, I moved to Cihou Lighthouse.

Cihou Lighthouse was originally built in 1883 and the existing building was renovated in 1918.

From the lighthouse, you can see Kaohsiung port and Sizihwan.

Then, I moved to Cihou Fort.

Cihou Fort was built in 1875 to defend Kaohsiung port.

Now office and solider rooms are left.

Then, I returned bicycle and went back to Sizihwan by ferry.

[Closing]

That’s it for the article about Cijin island as part of Day 2 of my Taiwan Kaohsiung trip.

Cijin island is accessible from the center area of Kaohsiung city and tourists are able to feel a sense of resort island, so I recommend Cijin island as an excursion destination 🙂

In the next article, I will write about Former British Consulate and Shoushan LOVE Valentine’s Lookout as part of Day 2.

[Map]

1 Xing Long Ju
2 Gushan Ferry Station
3 Cijin Ferry Station
4 Xinyu Bicycle
5 Cijin Beach
6 Cijin Seashore Park
7 Cijin Windmill Park
8 Cihou Lighthouse
9 Cihou Fort

[Related Link]
Kaohsiung Travel

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