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Those of you who are parents probably know that kids tire of toys very quickly. So the Taipei city government has this great resource for parents with kids ages 0-6 years old, the toy rental bank!

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Travel adventures: Fulong beach

So for my birthday, we traveled to Fulong beach.

We were there for the sand sculpture festival that usually goes from 1st of June until the end of July I believe.



You can take the local or express train from Taipei main station to Fulong station. I'd suggest doing this on a weekday as weekends and holidays the train is very crowded. The round trip for adults are around 150NT each and kids half of that. 

There's also the entrance fee into the beach area, for adults I believe the tickets are 100NT and kids 3-12 are 50NT. 

 Here's the map of the park.


 Our favorite sand sculpture is one that depicts the pandemic heroes. See the mask?

There area is very hot so definitely bring sun hats, umbrellas, shoes that are washable and put on lots of sunscreen and bring a lot of water or hit up the convenience stores in the area.

We actually ate lunch from the stores that are right next to the train store, apparently, the bento boxes are famous from this area.