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Wednesday 6 May 2015

taiwan free and easy: Taichung Xinshe shinse Tour Part 2 新社古堡 shinshe xinshe castle lavendar cottage 薰衣草森林 and food!!


Shinshe cottage
The set mail looks extremely healthy. I thought it will be not good, but it taste quite good. 





              I like the view of the mountains

  The place is not very big. Should b e able to complete within 1 hour. I think it will much more beautiful if the flowers are blooming or leaves are in coloured.
A pretty place to visit.




Even the toilet are nicely decorated


Merchandise are so pretty packaged that I cant helped but to get soon.








The lavendars were not really in bloom so we did not really see a sea of lavendar.


We had free admission for my mum as we went in November and her birthday month is November:D
However, she was not impressed with the place. Think it does not impressed the older generation. My sister and I like the place, because it was pretty and the place is quite interesting to explore.
Entrance fees is nt200 inclusive of nt$100 voucher to spend on items.




This is road side stall which our driver bought us to. The ah po was really good at frying the mushroom. It is crispy on the outside but soft and moist on the inside. REally recommended!!! We ate the same thing somewhere else but it was too hard for consumption.




Friday 1 May 2015

taiwan free and easy: Taichung Xinshe shinse Tour Part 1 fruit/ flowers farm

After settling down at the minsu or the hostel.
We visited some farms.







The rose farm.
The driver shows us to a small local rose garden. 
The good is no gimmick, we had a few stalks of free roses. The tour is very simple without much information, just walk in and take some photos.



This tour is at the driver own private little farm. It was quite interesting, my mum had a lot of fun as there is a variety of vegetables that interest her.








          The grape farm, also a small local farm. Lot of samples to try. Bought some grapes at great price to try. Not touristy at all. However, if you are here for an educational tour for your kids, it is not recommended.






Orchid farm. Same same

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Taiwan free and easy: Taichung Shinse xinshe sea of flowers 臺中國際 新社花毯節 新社花海節










The place will take around 3-4 hours to finish touring the place. If you are not one to take photos, then it will definitely half the time and if you are those who need to take perfect photos, it will take quite some time.

There are stalls selling food and drinks, however it may not be as good as it is more touristy. Do not have to worry about getting hungry or thirsty.

I stayed in a minsu near the sea of flowers, so I just walk over.  I went early in the morning like 8am. There are shuttle buses from various location in Taichung. However, it is best to go in the morning as there are not as many people, much easier to take photos and enjoy the flowers. I skipped a lot of exhibits as the queue was too long, There was just too much people. It is not good to visit it on the first few days or weekends as it gets very crowded. The last few days will not be too great too because inconsiderate people just walk into the middle of the flowers for nice photos and the flowers get trampled on.
It is pretty place to be at if you happened to be at Shinshe or Taichung in November or December


The website is in Chinese. It should be in November or December for 2015

The rest is just spamming of photos. If you are not interested, don't scroll down. It is just a great place for photography 




































The minsu website