Taiwan High Speed Rail Train Explore Kaohsiung Cijin Island Cijin Tianhou Temple Rainbow church Double snail platform Cijin sea pearl Cijin bike Crab stick Cijin beach Dome of Light 85 Sky Tower Kaohsiung food Taiwan Food Travel Zuoying Station Liuhe Night Market Love River Kaohsiung Music Center Mayday 五月天 Concert
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Hi guys,
Thank you for watching. My name is Rizal, from Indonesia. I am an engineer and currently living in Taiwan.
First of all thank you for all your support on my first Kaohsiung video. I did not imagine I will get that many warm feedback from you. On this video, I traveled to a destination which I had never imagined I would go before.
Cijin island.
This video editing, anyway, is by far, the longest time to complete due to the complexity of the editing. Well, at least it’s challenging for me, who is still learning on editing video, haha… Thank you for being so supportive even when I could not make it to post every week. I am trying my best. Currently I am also working as a full time engineer on of a company in Taiwan. So, It’s a challenge for me doing youtube while also working as a full time engineer on weekdays. However, I am glad doing all of this. I am happy that time by time I found more connections through this channel.
Overall, I really enjoyed my time in Cijin Kaohsiung. I wish I had more time to travel longer here. Well, maybe you could explore the area I haven’t explored, haha…
Any discussions and/or suggestions are very welcome in the comment section. Thank you for reading this note and watching this video. I can’t wait to see you on the next video.
Welcome to my channel
We're traveling and I'm very excited to see you now.
And this one is fried egg.
Wow, what's this? How to call this one?
The food they provide here.
This is the salad dressing.
This breakfast venue opens from 7 to 10 and currently 9.05.
I've been staying here for about 30 minutes.
This place is for bread. We have two kinds of bread here.
And here is bun.
This is cheese bread.
This is croissant.
And this one is the toppings of the bread.
And that's another bread.
It's original taste of...
Oh my god.
It's okay. Thank you.
This one is not ready yet.
Thank you.
Nobody eats croissant without me.
This is microwave to heat the bread.
And they provide milk.
The milk is really milk.
It's real milk.
We have this orange.
Do we call this orange?
Yes.
Because this will be different from actual orange actually.
I was thinking to skip the breakfast in the hotel
because I thought it's gonna be that bored.
And it turns out that the menu is surprisingly various.
We have many kinds of things, choices in here.
Let's go.
Today we're going to go to Chi Chin Island.
We can see the Gushan Ferry Pier.
After that, we have to take ferry to go to the island.
It's only going to take about 5 to 10 minutes.
I'm very excited.
Let's see how the boat or ferry looks like.
We have to go there.
Wow.
This is the ferry.
We have to go that way.
Oh my god, I'm so excited.
Okay, we are about to go to the river.
And it seems like there are so many people going to Chi Chin Island.
Actually, if you bring scooter, motorcycle,
you also can still take your scooter with you to the boat as well.
So this is the first floor of the boat.
And we use this for the scooter.
So scooter will be parked here on this floor.
We still can stand here.
They put this grip for our hands to stand.
Oh my god, the view I think is so beautiful here.
Oh, look at that.
I'm about to depart.
The boat is closing now.
Actually, we have a second floor for people to have a seat.
Let's go to the second floor.
I'm going to go to the second floor.
There are so many people here.
Oh, actually, we can go from the first floor to here directly from here.
I think this pier is pretty busy
because I can see the ferry going back pretty often.
And the route for Chi Chin to the main island of Kaohsiung
is one of the very busy routes, I think I can say.
We only need to be in the ferry for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Then we're going to arrive in Chi Chin.
Is it swimmable?
That's the main island of Kaohsiung.
And that's Chi Chin Island.
See?
But still, I think it's far.
And maybe dangerous.
That one is the music center.
And that one is the Bao Da Luo.
It's like we're in the center of everything.
Anyway, we have arrived.
Let's go down.
We're here!
Chi Chin Island.
Wow.
I can't believe I just crossed to another island
in just only about 5 minutes.
Wow.
Impressive.
Oh my god.
Look at this.
Once you arrive from the pier,
then you'll just go out and you'll see this.
Chi Chin.
Okay, right now we're in Chi Chin Lao Jie.
So this is Chi Chin Old Street.
Once we go out from the pier,
after arriving in this island,
we directly can see the old street.
So this is basically like a night market,
but also open in the day.
So you can choose any food that you want to eat.
Any street food.
Many kinds.
Wow.
I saw many people actually,
they rent a cab.
It's like a bicycle.
They can pedal by themselves.
We can use it for multiple people.
It's pretty fun.
But if you travel with a group,
I think that's going to be fun.
I suddenly saw something that interesting in there.
So I'm going to buy there.
Oh.
This one is Xie Rou Bang.
So it's a crab stick.
Mmm.
This is like the one that we eat in hot pot.
But this is fried.
The outer layer is crispy,
but it's so thin.
And inside is, wow, so juicy.
Really juicy.
And this one is Zha Hei Lun.
So this is basically made from fish.
Actually, it was like round,
and she helped me to cut into pieces.
The taste is savory
because the laoban gives powder on it.
See the crisp at the outside.
I like it.
Behind me is Jijin Mazu Temple.
This temple was Taiwan's first temple to Mazu.
And it's also Kaohsiung's oldest temple.
This temple is located
right in the middle of the old street itself.
The sea goddess, Mazu,
has been worshipped at Jijin Tianhou Temple
for over 300 years.
Wow.
Is this a secret room?
Well, I think the building is very well-maintained
and still keeps its value of the culture,
the religion, and historical story itself.
Wow, look at there.
Wow.
People in here believe that
if you want to get good grades in the exam,
then you can come here and pray to the god.
And also inside,
we can see some of the yellow lights.
Well, actually, inside of the yellow lights,
there is a name written on it.
If you want to get blessed,
then you may put your name on there.
Do you know this door?
I feel it's like in Shaolin's movie, right?
It might look like in Chinese kung fu movie now.
So cool.
It's like...
Yes?
Someone is looking for me?
Come to my house.
Hello.
How much is one hour?
Which one do you want?
Do you want this one?
How long do you want to play?
One hour.
The original price is 600 yuan.
Just two people?
Yes, two people.
Then do you want this one?
Oh, this one.
Because this one is for two people.
One hour is 200 yuan.
Okay.
Then this one.
Do you want this one?
Okay.
I think it suits for two persons only.
Because if we rent the others,
like that one,
I think it's for more than two persons.
How long do you want to rent?
One hour.
Okay.
Then we will charge you within 10 minutes.
If it's more than 10 minutes,
we will charge you 100 yuan for half an hour.
If it's more than 30 minutes,
we will charge you 200 yuan for one hour.
I will check your personal ID first.
If you are a foreigner,
you can use your own country's ID
or you can use your residence permit.
Okay, ARC.
Yes, you can use ARC.
We are 233 right now.
It's 2.32 now.
It should be 3.33 that we have to go back.
Yes, I will give you until 4 o'clock.
4 o'clock.
Thank you.
Thank you, boss.
The boss is very nice.
He gave us more time.
4 o'clock.
4 o'clock, we have to go back.
So we have around 30 minutes additional for free.
Do I need to take a picture here?
Okay.
Can I take a picture?
Yes, you can.
If you have any problem with your car,
just call us.
We will take care of it for you.
Okay.
They changed the battery for us.
So this bike is not fully manual,
but we also have electric function.
If you turn on the key here,
you will see the number here.
You can turn it by turning the throttle.
Okay.
The brake is on both sides.
You can press it together.
That's it.
It's simple.
Come on.
Okay, I'm trying the function now.
Actually, I'm not pedaling anything.
So I'm trying the electric function.
It's like a motorcycle actually.
Wow, finally.
Let's go around the beach nearby
with this bicycle.
Wow, this is the beach.
Well, I think actually the best way of
going around the beach is by this.
Because you can get more view.
Yeah.
You can travel more area with this bike.
Pretty cool.
And it's not hot.
And the point is it's not hot.
I think it's fun too.
This is in Taiwan.
A little bit unbelievable.
Kaohsiung is amazing.
It's 2.52 now.
So we still have one hour.
I think it's enough.
There is an airport in Kaohsiung.
Yeah, Kaohsiung airport.
Don't forget.
There is an international airport in Kaohsiung.
So if you want to fly from Kaohsiung
to another country,
you can do that.
What is this place?
Starbucks.
Oh, this is one of the destinations.
Okay, are you recording?
Yes.
Yeah, this is Rainbow Church.
Let's go there.
Okay.
We arrived in this destination.
So colorful.
We are queuing for taking pictures.
So hot right now.
We parked the bike there.
It's really beautiful here.
Look at this.
We can take a picture from there.
And you can take a picture from here.
And in the middle...
There is...
Wow, it's so beautiful here.
Wow, so comfortable.
The wind is so good.
Very nice.
It's very beautiful here.
Colorful.
What is this?
Snails?
It seems like...
Many people want to take a picture here.
Wow, the sound of the sea is...
One of the most beautiful sounds.
Far, far, far we see.
All is sea.
I can see many of big boats there.
Let's go there first.
Row, row, row your bike
Down the road
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life's a dream
Chi Chin Museum
Oh, Chi Chin Shell Gallery.
Oh my goodness.
There is a Chi Chin Shell Gallery.
Can we go there?
I think we can.
There are so many, many others.
Wow, this cafe I think looks so gorgeous.
The concept is indoor and outdoor.
And it's so beautiful.
The chair is wood.
Wow.
We can put tires outside like this.
We have arrived at our next stop.
Here?
Yes.
So hot.
So hot?
Yeah, this is so hot.
It's beautiful.
So beautiful.
It's like a shell.
So what are we doing?
What are we doing here?
Just rest.
There are so many people suddenly coming here and taking pictures here.
Before us.
No one.
Okay, I think we need to move there.
Go there.
I am walking on the sand.
Wow, the wind is so comfortable.
I'm gonna head to there.
Yeah, see what's that.
The sound of the sea is the best sound.
I saw many many pieces of clamshell.
So I think it's very worth it to rent a bike.
Because Qijin actually has many many interesting destinations.
And if you do not rent a bike, I think one and another destination is a bit far.
It's gonna take a bit long time for you to travel from one to another.
And if you have a bike, then it's gonna be helpful for going around.
Especially in the very hot weather.
Okay, I am standing in front of this.
Wow, I'm not sure what is this.
But I think it's pretty cool.
Can we go up there?
It seems that sometimes, maybe the water will go here.
Because, you see, that side is water.
This side is water and sand.
If the water is high, I think the sand will be covered.
Okay, I'm trying to go up.
Wow, be careful.
Okay, we are here.
Wow, from here, we can see more sand.
Wow, many rocks here.
I want to go to the middle one.
Be careful.
It's a very interesting experience.
Okay, we have to go back.
Okay, we need to go back, go down there.
Before going to Kaohsiung, I did not really know that actually Qijin is that far.
Anyway, do you know that Qijin is also a district?
Yeah, it's both an island and also a district in Kaohsiung.
If you see from the map, this island is thin but long, making it a very unique place to visit.
Even though this is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung, there are many things we can explore.
Me? I haven't visited all.
So if you come here and want to explore all parts of Qijin, I guess the best way is to spend at least a day here.
Actually, I don't know how to go back.
Okay, we passed here before.
I think we just repeat our road and then we should be fine.
It's a little bit weird actually, the feeling of driving.
You know the hand, if you want to turn right, especially my right arm.
The feeling is a bit weird.
It feels like not long enough.
Wow, so many people just started journey.
Yeah, I think they are going to catch the sunset.
For a 5 to 10 minutes ride, the facility of this boat is more than good I think.
I'd love to sit next to the window anyway, because the view is so nice.
Thank you Qijin for the awesome experience. I'll see you next time.