Second Day in Taiwan at Taichung
Our busy day starts early in the morning since we got a long day ahead of us!
To summarise, our schedule for Day 2 is:
- Explore Xinshe Area (consisting of Rainbow Village, Flower Market, Lavender Cottage, Mushroom Cottage, Xinshe Castle, and Carton King)
- Head to Miyaharu for Ice Cream
- Back to Hotel
- And night at FengJia Night Market
We hired a driver, 何先生, to bring us to Xinshe area since it's rather inaccessible and time consuming if we really want to find public transport means of travelling there.
First Stop: Rainbow Village (彩虹眷村）
Lane 56, Chun'an Road, Taichung, Taiwan
Entrance Fee is free.
Pretty amazing place with all those artworks all over the place be it on the walls of the buildings or even on the pavements. And do you know all these artworks are being drawn and maintain by a 92 year old grandpa known by everyone as either Grandpa Huang or 彩虹爷爷?
Absolutely salute Grandpa Huang at his art works. Drawing requires lots of focus, patience and time. And much less drawing and painting in an outdoor setting on walls and pavements. We didn't manage to catch a glimpse of him though:( But try your luck if you happen to be visiting and see if you managed to see him when you are there!
Second Stop: Flower Market (中社觀光花市)
No. 469-13, Sanfeng Rd, Houli District, Taichung City, Taiwan 421
Price of the Tickets to Flower Market is NT150.
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| This is supposed to be a Heart Shape according to our driver. But maybe should take from a higher shot that it will look like a heart? Don't think this shot looks like a heart though. But we tried our best:P |
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| Childhood: Swings!! :) |
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| And we get to have a picture with the piano! Act yi ge we can play:P |
Really a nice place for photo-taking and a place for the flower lovers. And do you know they have different flower seasons. So depending on which month you visit the Flower Garden, you may get to see the different kinds of flowers!
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| The types of Flower available each month:) Picture taken from the brochure we got when we were at the Flower Market. |
Third Stop: Lavender Cottage
Zhongxing St, Xinshe District, Taichung City, Taiwan 426
Entrance fee is NT200 which they will return you in the form of food/ souvenirs vouchers which you can spend when you are there:)
Do take note that if you want to see Lavender, the blooming season is from Nov-Apr! Other months from Jun-Aug, you can only see Salvia.
We went there in Feb, so we get to see the Lavenders:)
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| Picture taken together with the Lavender Cottage Staff:) |
Our first stop over there is to fill our stomach first.
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| At a place like Lavender Cottage, you just have to try their Lavender drink isn't it? So we ordered the Lavender Ice Tea (薰衣草冰磚茶) - NT160 |
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| Do you know? Their Ice is not the the normal ice. It is lavender-flavored ice!! Something Unique. |
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| For our mains, we order the Lavender Honey Chicken set (薰衣草蜜汁嫩雞) - NT340 |
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| They actually have this little cottage where you can use the stamps (as shown in the next picture). So if you have your itinerary or a little notebook with you, you might want to use the stamps. |
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Finally reaching the Wishing Tree after climbing up the steep steps (in my boots with heels). Not those super high type. haha. Girls as always, 爱美不要命:P
But anyways, wish that our wishes will all come true~ |
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| It's already filled with so many of the wishing leaves card! What you have to do is just choose a spot and hang yours up too:) Noticed that some people actually hang on the trees too. So up to you on choosing your favourite spot. My wishes are in this picture too!!! Spot it if you can:P |
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<真心，请敲两次铃>
I just have to take a picture with that:P
But no lah. It is said that after you write your wishes, proceed to ring the bell and your wishes will come true:) |
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| Picture from the top! Beautiful isn't it? That's the reason why this place is my favourite:) |
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| All PINK!! |
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| Not to be missed when you are at Lavender Cottage - Lavender Ice Cream!! Cold against cold. Shiokness~ |
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| Besides going to the shops, you can also write a postcard and send it to your friends, family, or lover. Didn't try that since I have no idea what to write also.. haha. |
To tell the truth, this place is my favourite of all the places I visited in Xinshe! Main reason due to the situation of the place which is on a hill. A great place to enjoy the nice scenery and forget all about your unhappiness - just relax and re-charge! Partly also due to the cooling weather. The weather just makes everything perfect:) I would want to go back here again in such cold weather:)
Stay tune to the second part of Day 2 in the next post!
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