Taiwan Day 5 (17.12.14) - 四圍堡車站/幾米公園/小熊書房/Jane橙堡

 Yesterday was nougat and coke, today is 愛心 guava...this is our sweet Mr Zhang.

張先生的杰作. 他说是他自己切的.

For Taichung, we travelled to Yilan and our 1st stop :

宜蘭礁溪四圍堡車站

This place is supposed to display some scenes from the movie "HARRY POTTER". Besides that, they sell interesting pastries, dessert, souvenirs...

地址：宜蘭縣礁溪鄉礁溪路7段72號 (火山爆發雞斜對面)
營業時間：10:00~19:00
電話：03-9871122
其他：免費停車場、免費咖啡提供

More info on Fort Round Station - Hogwarts

We decided to have something simple for lunch after so many days of good food. 



鴨不倒鴨肉面

 地址 ： 宜蘭縣礁溪鄉中山路二段76號

電話 ： 03～988～3131

Their duck guo tiao was nice and most importantly, CHEAP lor...

幾米公園

地址 ： 宜蘭縣宜蘭市光復路1號(宜蘭火車站南侧)

Website : Jimmy Parks

shot 1 - FAILED!!!...cos Ms Tan and Jeh Chun at the camera

shot 2 - PERFECT

祝我一路顺风～～～

Amy and her JIMMY PARK bag

我的导游爱拍照~~~哈哈

没骗人吧! 我的导游超爱拍照的咯!

他是我的，不要跟我抢啊！

好啦！好啦！不要强了啦，都给Ms Tan~~哈哈!

About Jimmy Parks 

Illustrated presents real world, Taiwan's first few meters Park
2013 Yilan tourist highlights - Jimmy Parks, by Ilan county government to re-planning of the old railway quarters, set to the transit center, theme park planning combined installation art, breaking the general Siban Ban RTS impression, so that other vehicles can also be very interesting, and specifically to preserve the historical buildings and shade trees, originally abandoned in space, into a colorful art park, just into picture books, picture books explore meters world.

幾米公園截取三本繪本的圖像來呈現，分別是-向左走。向右走、地下鐵、星空，並以”記憶片刻風景”為主題，期待來此的旅客如何跟這片空間來互動，向左走。向右走的男女主角是否能在宜蘭再次相遇?星空的飛天空車帶你看遍美麗風景、以及小男孩小女孩一起等車的幸福感、還有地下鐵中散落在各處的行李箱，每一個裝置藝術都讓人有無限的想像空間，你能體會其箇中滋味嗎?

轉運站總是給人來匆匆、去匆匆的印象，這次將打破以往的思維，停下腳步多看看四周的美麗景緻，多點微笑、多點記憶，讓旅程不再如此的匆忙，記憶蘭城這片土地、記憶蘭城這微笑地方，深深刻畫在人們心中。

 小熊書房
地址 ： 宜蘭縣冬山鄉大埤二路123巷22号
電話 ： 03～951～0060
Website : http://www.little-bear.com.tw/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/readingbear
 

Behind the bear bear is 梅花湖風景區 .

Waffle with ice-cream

 

 

Outside the restroom

Inside the restroom

 

Nice and cosy environment, just that the location is quite remote. We went there around 5.00pm for our tea break, hence, we were too full for dinner. So we decided to checked in my dream mingsu...Jane Castle.

 

Actually, the mingsu owner has suggested to book another cheaper mingsu (ZhenZhen Mingsu) for Mr Zhang when Ms Tan booked the accommodation before our trip. However, upon arrival, we changed our mind and decided to change Mr Zhang's accommodation to Jane Castle instead. The mingsu owner was so nice, she agreed to our request with no additional cost. 

 

As we have only paid a deposit for booking the accommodation, we had to pay the balance by cash as they do not accept credit card. So I had lesser cash to spend...sob sob...

Night view of the Jane Castle

Our room

Jeh Chun's room

Mr Zhang's room...his room was nicer than ours somemore...so jealous lor.

 

The owner is really very nice and friendly, she showed us the different room in the mingsu. All the rooms are very nice...if I will to come back to Yilan again, I will want to stay here again.

 

Jane Castle

Address: 宜蘭縣五結鄉傳藝路一段425、427號    

電話：(03)950-5015、0972-505-089　　

傳真：(03)950-7218

Website : http://www.janecastle.tw/

 

After that, it's time to look for food. We went to the Lou Dong Night Market.

 

The Luodong Night Market is a night market in Luodong Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. It is one of the biggest and most crowded night market in Taiwan.

 

See the junk food we ate...but it was really nice to eat spicy food on a cold and windy weather.

 

羅東觀光夜市

Address : 265, Taiwan, Yilan County, Luodong Township, Minquan Road

 

We ended our day 5 by taking wefie at Jane Castle.

 

Amy posted in Facebook :"～ 自己做道具。。然後自拍。。再來就是笑不停。。這是咱們的皇后兒另一個心願（除了桃花以外）。。唉。。所以我們。。就只能。。唉。。違抗聖旨是會人頭落地的。"

 

ZZzzzzzz

 

 

 

Taiwan Day 2 (14.12.14) - 清境農場/明琴清境山莊

After having our buffet breakfast provided by the mingsu, we went to have a stroll in the village. The weather was cooling...

Group photo at the entrance to the "forest".

Found this colourful dragon while exploring in the woods

We found more themed wooden huts in the "woods" which looked very interesting to stay in and most of them were occupied.

We decided to split into 2 group as Jeh Chun and Ms Tan wanted to stroll into the 大学池 for the freshest oxygen while Amy and I were not those greenary person.道不同不相为谋.

Nantou Monster Village is a Japanese style village located at the entrance of Xitou Nature Education Area. When you arrive at Nantou Monster Village, a big red “Toril” will instantly grab you attention. Toril is a traditional Japanese gate mostly found at the entrance of the Shinto shrine, which is a symbolic gate between profane to the sacred. After passing the toril, adorable Japanese monster statues and cute creatures can be seen all over the village, as well as red lanterns hung on the eaves. Among the village, you may also find many striking yellow signs cautions for “Kuma,” which means a bear in Japanese. There is a tale goes that long ago that a bear fought with the monsters and saved the residents in the village. However, the bear was injured and hided in the forests. Although the bear has not appeared in a long time, the signs are setup in memory of Kuma, and it has become the village’s mascots.

Amy throwing tantrums

Wefie while the rest went hiking...

Rehearsing for our Japan trip in Mar 15

Relaxing at the cafe...

 

After we checked out from the mingsu, our next destination is to buy some Taiwan nougaut and biscuits. Our tour guide,Mr Zhang told us not to buy too much as there were much nicer ones in Taichung. 

大黑松小俩口-埔里元首館

Address : 南投縣埔里鎮中山路四段219號

Website : http://www.9420.com.tw/kinggarden/

Us on the horse carriage

So in the end, only Amy bought nougaut biscuits while the rest of us went 'click click click' with our cameras.

It's time for lunch and we went to 蘇媽媽湯圓. The place was packed with people and getting a seat was quite stressful. If you are not fast enough, your desired table will be taken away even if you are just beside the table waiting.

甜湯圓!赞!

Their 肉燥飯 is so delicious that I ate half a bowl after eating my soup noodle. 

"~~~Baa baa white sheep,have you any wool~~~"

By the time we reached Cingjng Farm 清境農場，we could not make it for the sheep show at 2.30pm.Timing for sheep show (绵羊秀)

The sheep roaming freely

Hungry sheep looking for food

Amy feeding the sheep

Ms Tan and the sheep

I looked like a 瞎子 (blind person) standing behind Amy.

Some shots while waiting for Mr Zhang to fetch us...

Nantou．Cingjing Farm
TEL:+886 49 2802748 FAX:+886 49 2802203　
NO. 170, Renhe Rd., Datong Village, Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan(R. O. C.)

Website : Cingjing Farm

張大师的所谓艺术照。。。he actually wanted our back view...hahaha...mis-communication ah...

Most of the tourists will come to take photo as this is the most expensive mingsu...so we made no exception.

老英格蘭莊園…到此一游

Website : http://www.theoldengland.com/

We ended our day with dinner at 伊拿谷餐厅. This restaurant is located facing the endless Chingjing landscape scenery and is famous for their signature chicken i.e. 招牌甕仔鸡.

 

The chicken is cooked inside this special "urn"

 

 

 招牌甕仔鸡

 

Mr Zhang "dismantling" the chicken using the gloves provided...

 

 

高山高麗菜

 

碧湖水晶蝦 

As none of us know how to eat small skinny prawn with shell so Mr Zhang tabao-ed as he did not want to waste food.

 

清境伊拿谷景觀餐廳

Address：南投縣仁愛鄉大同村仁和路信義巷36之1附1號

Telephone：049-2803710　
 　E-mail:fangting1206@gmail.com　

Website : 伊拿谷餐厅

 

 

Our accommodation for the night

The room shared by Amy, Ms Tan and me.

 

Super loved the room as it was so clean and spacious as compared to the night before...The only con is the mingsu has no lift, hence we had to carry the luggage up the stairs. 

This is the room for Jeh Chun and her son, very nice right?

 

Mr Zhang's room was very clean and pleasant too but he told us he did not sleep well as the soul of the prawn was haunting him...hahaha...He was sensitive to the fried tiny prawn and the whole body itched the whole night. Poor Mr Zhang!!!

 

明琴清境山莊

Address : 台灣南投縣仁愛鄉大同村榮光巷43號

Reservation ：049-2803888
Email : mg@mg.com.tw

Website : http://www.mg.com.tw/