April 11, 2009
taiwan!
hey all!
i am back frm my taiwan trip with my mum and ling.
the experience was AWESOME! ENRICHING! MEMORABLE! GREAT!!!
the whole trip was free and easy, so we had to do all the research,
plans for accomodation + travelling + food + places to visit.
we went to 3 main parts of taiwan.
Cingjing Farm
Shinshe Farm
Taichung
@ cingjing, we saw sheep, goat, butterflies, mountains..
i fed them milk and grass.. climbed steep mountains.. roar!
i have to say, the mingshu ( inn) we stayed at in Cingjing was a wonderful place.
so peaceful and quiet. and COLD!!
and for the 2days stay in cingjing, we had to climb up a stEep slope to reach our breakfast eating area. LOL. HUFF..PUFF..
the food @ cingjing is fresh and yummy!!
i like their cabbage and bakhuu and plain porridge.
we spent a whole day @ cingjing farm. walking and taking loads and loads of pictures!
i love the lambs. baaaahaaaa.. teehee..
when i baahaaa.. they followed!! so cute!!
other than cingjing farm, we visited the little swiss garden which is also in the vicinity.
the garden is really little. very small.. but its full of flowers and beautiful flowers and they
have a musical fountain! i must say.... their mini performance was captivating!
well, moving on to the next venue, Shinshe farm. we took a cab down. i took us close to 3hrs
to reach our destination. and i saw pi-pa for the very first time.
you know, the cough syrup- chun pei pi pa gao?
yup, i ate the fruit. its small and sweet and delicious! haha
and and and !!
intitally we had already reserved rooms for us at a particular mingshu,
however, the location was too far off from the main site of shinshe, so the taxi driver
suggested for us to change to another mingshu.
the first one we visited was delipitated. eww. kinda like a haunted house.
LOL.
and the next one was a total opposite. hahha. its so beautiful! huge and affordable. its 2800TWD per night. compared to the one we booked 3000TWD.
well, we had to pay in cash = 56ooTWD cause they did not have a credit card swipper machine. haha. so yesh we paid in cash.. and have 'headache' cause we have to count our money so that we will have enuf to survive until we reach taichung to look for a bank to change $$
and i have to emphazie that i miss the redpearl milk tea in taiwan!! i think i drank a total of 6 cups in my stay in taiwan.
of course the 6 cups of tea were shared with my mum and sis.
oh ya, coming back to the insufficient cash part.. we had to stinge on very thing.. cant buy much stuff in shinshe.
we visited pear, grape, vegetable, peach farms in shinshe. Lavendar park, princess anne park..
loads of pics taken in lavendar park.
we had a sumptious meal @ lavendar park. WHY?? cause its a credit card payment. haha
yes, and we made a few friends in shinshe. one family is the owner of a mushroom shop.
1 huge basket of mushroom = 20 TWD = 1 SGD
SHOCKED RIGHT??
and the mingshu owner who taught ling and i how to make pottery.
it will be shipped to us in 2mths time. =D
he was also kind enuf to help us change 200 USD for TWD
phew.
then to taichung. dusty, crowded, yes there were shops..
and goood naicha..
i managed to get a dress, belt, and 2 pouches.
we spent the last 2 days indoors.. window shopping.
we went to the wet market to get fruits and lots of dried nuts and herbs..
oh man... am so tired frm typing.
update again soon.plus pictures! i promise!