MRT Sanchong exit playground, family meetup, Shilin night market
You can take a roller slide out of the subway station! Exit 1A at Sanchong. A friend in Seattle told me about this subway stop, and testing out this slide was as much a priority for us as Taipei 101.Sanchong MRT stationThe roller slide leads down to the most incredible playground, New Taipei Metropolitan Park. It's HUGE. We counted 29 slides, plus there are a whole bunch of slopes that you can use as slides.The play structures are adorable animal themed.There's food trucks parked alongside, nursing pods for privacy, restrooms, a spray park and the coolest zipline that operates in a loop.The park was busy and absolutely pristine.My cousins, aunts and uncle!Shilin night market is the biggest night market in Taipei, and it's a wonderful maze of winding little streets filled with endless snacks, drinks and games. Kids LOVED it.You're not going to find these treats in the ID.My tip is always to look for the stalls with the longest lines, that's where you'll find the best food. Though I did ask one person in line what the wait was for, and she said, "I dunno, I saw everyone in line so I got in line too."Paul won a prize at this game.Hard-won prizes!! The stuffies were named "Shilin" and "Ye Shi."A grudge I've been carrying around for nearly 40 years: When my sister and I were little, we played a game at the market where you could scoop up tiny little turtles with paper nets. We had to share one net. My sister had HER turn, the net broke, and that was the end of it.I finally got to right that wrong at the Shilin night market. Now you scoop up fish with nets that DON'T break, an unlimited turn for $100 NTD. Joseph had a turn, Paul had a turn, even I had a turn. Four decades of bitterness, resolved.Perusing prizes…ALL THE GOOD EATS
