After around 90 minutes of train journey, the group of friends arrived at Kaohsiung Zuoying Station. They boarded the Kaohsiung metro to the location of their pre-book hotel, placed their luggage in their rooms and immediately started their city tour.
Their first destination was the central interchange station between metro lines - the Formosa Boulevard Station, it is famous for its public artwork "Dome of Light", which is the largest painted glass work in the world.
"Wow! This is amazing!" marvelled Eliza as she quickly took out her phone for a selfie.
"This is even prettier than a cathedral. It'd be a cool place for a wedding," said Jeffrey as he stared in awe at the 4500 painted glass panels.
"In fact, the Dome of Light is offered as a venue for mass weddings," replied Blythe.
"OMG! That's so romantic!" admired Eliza.
"Speaking of romantic places in Kaohsiung," said Blythe. "How about let's go to the Love Pier next?"
The group of friends boarded the Kaohsiung Circular Light Rail, the first 100% catenary-free light rail in the world, to their next destination - True Love Pier, the best place to enjoy the picturesque seaside scenery of Kaohsiung's modern skyline.
"Wow! I love the cool sea breeze here," said Shaun as they leaned on the railings of the pier whilst watching ferries and ships loading and unloading cargo at Kaohsiung Harbour, which used to be the second largest sea port in the world.
"I like the romantic name of this pier," mused Jeffrey as he watched many couples queuing to take selfies by the sign with the name "Love Pier" written on it. "Hey, Blythe. Let's pretend to be a couple so we can queue up and take a photo!"
"No thanks, Jeff. You can go queue up with Eliza and I'll take a photo for you. I don't want to make Tiffany angry," said Blythe as he winked at Jeffrey.
"What? What d'you mean? How's this got to do with Tiffany?" enquired the confused Jeffrey but Blythe only smiled a knowing smile and made no reply.
After having taken tonnes of photos of Kaohsiung Harbour and its glamorous skyline at the Love Pier, the group of friends headed to the largest Buddhist Monastery in Taiwan - the Fo Guang Shan.
"Wow, this place looks really solemn," whispered Eliza as she admired the mezmerising pagodas on the side of a wide avenue leading towards a giant, golden statue of Buddha at the centre.
"I love the architecture here!" replied Jeffrey.
~To be Continued~
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