Friday, December 9, 2011

Love & Travel - Taiwan Touch Our Heart- Part 1

 The last trip of the year 2011 - 7D 6N to Taiwan !

Pre Flying to Taiwan =)
As usual, we transit at KK and overnight at The Crown Borneo Hotel for 1 night. Catch the earliest flight from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to Tao Yuan, Taiwan in the next morning.

Day 1
--------Cing Jing Farm 清境农--------

Landed at Tao Yuan, register at the Visitor Counter to collect our Digital Tour Buddy, which it really help us a lot during our stay in Taiwan. We don't even bother to buy any local Simcard or do any Roaming call as the it was provided with NT100, if im not mistaken la..haha..And it is very useful. You will receive a daily update of the traffic and weather condition wherever u are located. But you have to go online and apply for this devices at least 7days before your departure.  Besides, you may apply for the Youth Travel Card from the same counter too and enjoy lots of discounts from the those participated restaurants, stores and hostel. 
The Youth Travel Card is only valid for traveler aged between 15-30years old only.  Click Youth Travel In Taiwan for more info.

Next, paid NT 30 and catch a Ubus from Tao Yuan Airport to the the THSR  station (Taiwan High Speed Rail). For your information, THSR has offered 3 types of seats. Which is Standard Seat (You can choose your seats),  Business Seat ( Not sure about this, but i think the seat might be more special than the seat at Standard Cabin) and Non Reserved Seat (Which mean Free Seating, its depend on your luck lo...If you are heng you will get the seats lo...otherwise,you will have to stand all along the way until you reach your last station). Normally, the price for Standard Cabin & Non Reserved Cabin are just NT 20+- in differ, so why bother to sit at the Non reserve Cabin, right?
From Taoyuan HSR, pay for NT 540 each and board in Standard Cabin to Taichung. Just like Airasia, the cabin crew will pull their trolley and sell some light meals in the cabin too. The seats is very spacious and even more comfy than MAS.
You can put your luggage either in from of your seat or on the overhead compartment above of your seat. he journey took around 40-45mins. By the time we arrived at TaiChung, it's already noon and both of us were starving like a shit since we are rushing to catch the train so only manage to took a cup of coffee from morning until noon. Bought 2 set lunch from 7-Eleven and I have to say, I love the 7-Eleven in Taiwan very much!!Awww...they offered a lot of choices and drinks & meals! Have "Shuak Shuak guo" sumore! 
After lunch, rush to the ground floor and catch the Nantou Bus NT 240 to Puli, from Puli will direct to CingJing.

Beautiful Scenery along the way to Cing Jing
at the highway.... 

 On the way to CingJing from Puli. It tooks around 45mins - 60mins.
One of the Minsu..Well Deco
Well, because of too SyiokSs-ing the view outside the bus and without our noticed, we have missed up our stop =(. What makes me pissed off is the Bus Driver as he said will inform us once arrived at our Minsu, but he didn't. He only informed us to get out from his bus when we have arrived the last stop at Cing Jing. Damn him! No choice, but to call the Minsu's owner and fetch us there.

Booked a stay at Misting Villa, CingJing. The room was very clean and spacious. The location are very convenience too. 

Spacious, Clean and Comfortable Room with private balcony.



 Drop our Luggage in the room and headed to Small Swiss Garden. It's just opposite of our Minsu.


See the sheep? It's all make from Wood.


The fog is coming..


Was thinking to go and have the "Goat Milk Steamboat", but due to the heavy fog, it's quite dangerous for us to move up or down slope at night. Ended up, we had our dinner at 7-Eleven again =)

Remember to keeps the stickers as it can exchange goods =)
 bought a small souvenir for ourselves

The Next Morning.....
 Having Breakfast at the Minsu... 

 and i like the hot soy milk very much.
 the reading corner with various types of reading materials.

After breakfast, took a shuttle bus and go to Green Green Grasslands. Love the atmosphere very much, Not so cold, but not so hot as well. Recommended to bring along your umbrella and sunblock to prevent direct sunbath.



Breathtaking view. Good weather but beware of the sun bath!

Taa Daa~~the sheep shearing show. What was really amaze us is the sheep shearer. Although he 
is from New Zeland but he can speak Min Nang Yu (Hokkien) very well!!



Cute mo?
Must tried dessert- The GoatMilk Ice Cream...I
 After that, walk all the way to down hill and you will found a bazaar selling a lot of local disches. Such as the Wild boar Hot Dog...
 Deep Fried Wild Boar...



 Butterfly Farm...

Walking back to  Minsu. It tooks around 30-45mins to walk back.

 Before Leaving...took Pic with Nui Nui the Pug

 and Nita the Owner...

Say See Ya with the Twins =)

Station berikutnya, Sun Moon Lake!

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