Taiwan 7 day Itinerary- Trip planning

I was over the moon when I booked flights and 7 nights accommodation to Taipei in November for A$600!
What I needed to do next was to come up with rough draft of the travel plans.

I wanted to visit Taipei 101, Xiamending, Elephant mountain,yehliu geo park, jiufen, taroko gorge, beitou hot spring,Tam Shui

7 Day Itinerary in Taiwan, free, natural, easy.

Planned deliberately with flexibility due to varying weather conditions.

Day A

• Beitou Hot Springs (MRT)
• Ferry to fisherman's wharf
• MRT--> Tam Shui Lover's bridge
• Shilin Night Markets

Day B

• Taipei 101 (MRT)
• Elephant Mountain hike
• Shopping inc Eslite 24 hour bookstore

Day C

• Yang Ming Shan (MRT, Bus)
• Ximending
• Ximending Hot Pot Buffet

Day D

• Taroko Gorge day trip (Train + private taxi)

Day E

• Ping Hsi, Ping Xi Railway day trip (Train)

Day F

• Yeh Liu (Train/ Taxi)
• Jiufen, 
• Keelong night markets

Day G

• Xindian suspension bridge (Train)
• Depart

Trip notes

• I already went to Taichung a few years ago and saw Sun Moon Lake
• I've already been to Wu Lai, National Museum
• Otherwise, these would have been on my list to do.
• Didn't have time to visit Kenting, or outlaying islands. 

Useful resources:

• Local travel agent and brochures were 100% hopeless
• I borrowed the Lonely Planet Guide from the library but the entries were quite dated. Nevertheless, you might still want to purchase it if you have never been to Taiwan before. 
• Tripadvisor attractions list. 
• Chinese websites (if you can't read, you can use google translate).
• Yangminshan government website  陽明山國家公園, 
• Taipei 臺北市民當家 Travelnet. 
• Taiwan travel website. 
• Taiwan tour bus 台灣觀巴
• MRT metro Taipei website. 
• Zinio free Travel in Taiwan magazine. 

Do you have any other tips for my trip preparation?

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