Itinerary:
Cing Jing Farm (清境农场）
It was 3rd day into our Taiwan trip, and plan was made to visit Cing Jing! I had so much planning on how to travel there as it was not so easy to get information online! And I know I have to change so many transports in order to hover our way there! Also, the timing of the public buses are not the best. So I calculated the cost, and I decided to get the Homestay to book a travel bus for us!
Oh yeah, the homestay do help tourists book private coaches from Taipei to the Homestay! It took about 6 hours for us to get there, but very comfortable journey! It was a double decker bus, with only like 4-5 couples on it! You can refer to this site for more information on how to get there! If you prefer public transport, instructions are also available! But the cost is about the same so I suggest you taking private bus there, then public buses and trains back to Taipei!
To catch the bus, we have to wake up early as the meeting time was about 6.30am in the morning at coach bay near Taipei Main Station where we alighted on Day 1 from Taoyuan. Since it's early, we got quick breakfast from Family Mart and ate while waiting for the coach.
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| Their sushi roll is really yummy! And first time to try Mr. Brown coffee! They are now available in Singapore! =) |
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| We were allowed to consume on the coach! =) Comfy.. |
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| Had a quick toilet break. We also stopped by the HSR station at Tai Zhong to pick another couple. Then all the way in to Cing Jing! =) |
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| Many nice views along the way. |
On our way there, the lady on the coach explained to us some scenaries and must-sees. She also mentioned that it's rather cold on the mountain we were heading, and further up, it's snowing. Bf and I had only a cardigan each! We were so worried!
After about 6 hours of bus ride, finally, we reached our Homestay! When we alight, the lady was shocked and asked "are these the only pieces of clothings you are going to wear?" It was so foggy in Cing Jing and we started worrying how can we survive!
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| Homestay! |
We reached around 11.30am, and our room isn't ready yet! So, we hang around the area and the receptionists offered to drive us up to the restaurant we chose for lunch first! Oh ya, the homestay will drive you to the various places of interests around the mountain! So you don't have to worry about getting around the place! =)
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| Heading to reception. |
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| Entrance to reception office. You can see the fog!! |
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| Registered here before heading for lunch! |
There are actually quite a few lunch places around the mountain, and we chose a Yun Nan restaurant located further up after some recommendation from the receptionist. And luckily, they were able to lend visitors winter wear!! Saved! =)
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| Map from the homestay. Contact details for you to call for pickup when you are done. |
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| This was the menu we ordered! Set for 2 pax for NT600. They had collaboration with the homestay and we have some discount vouchers for this restaurant. |
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| You can actually see quite a number of famous people visited on the wall behind me. |
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| Hot Tea on a cold day! |
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| While waiting for more food to come! |
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| Their food are really yummy! I think this is the most expensive meal we had during our stay? I like the 1st and 2nd dishes best! Vegetable and the chicken! =) |
Finished with lunch and we got the lady boss to call our homestay for us for pick up! =) We forgotten to present our voucher, and that's when the lady boss offered to return us the discounted amount! So sweet of her.
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| Back to the Homestay, waiting for check in! |
Finally, our room was ready!! We followed the lady in and was very happy with our room.
You can choose the room type from HERE!
We chose 新後棟觀星二人房(2F). I wanted an affordable place where we can watch the stars as my colleagues told me this mountain will be full of stars in the sky at night! But due to the fog, we are guessing there wont be stars that very night. =(
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| They even have an iPhone dock in the room! How cool is that? |
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| The windows! |
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| Heading out! To Green Grassland to see the sheeps!! |
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| Shared living room area! There are basically 2 rooms in one building! =) |
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| Garden walkway outside our homestay building. |
We requested the receptionist to send us to The Evergreen Grassland! =)
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| Map! |
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| We were heading to the Sheep Show which starts around 2-2.30pm. |
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| Cute dustbins! And everywhere in Taiwan you can find recycle bins beside the normal ones. |
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| Look how foggy it was!! And yes, thats me standing in front and can't see a thing. |
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| Got the feed for sheeps, and off we go to sheep feeding!! =D |
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| The wind and fog makes our hair wet! |
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| The show started, and we couldn't see a thing in front! LOL. We only could listen to the voices. |
After the sheep show, we headed to the food street outside for a break before going for the horse show.
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| We had the wild boar sausage which was so yummy! I forgot to upload the photo, and I'm lazy to re-do it =) But you know how sausages looks like so I'm not gonna insult you =D |
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| Cute! |
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| We were there while they prepare for the show, and still there during the show. It was a nice show, and we learnt that actually no insurance company wants to issue policy for them. It was a dangerous performance! |
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| Baby got me this souvenir from the shop there! The name is Pompom! And we have this discount vouchers when we bought the tickets. |
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| It's now hanged on my camera if you noticed in my other posts. =) |
We decided to have some cup noodles for dinner, so we headed out to 7-11 nearby. It's within walking distance, which took less than 5 minutes. But the road there is small, so becareful of the traffic! =)
After coming back to the homestay, we were tired and decided that we won't be going out. So, we took a shower, and started our dinner!
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| Complimentary fruits from the Homestay! Very sweet and yummy! They actually had a fruit farm inside, but we forgotten to visit. =( |
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| Dinner! =) |
We watched the TV for the whole night. The TV channels were limited there due to the weak signals on the mountain. Still, it's too foggy to see any stars. Seeing that I was so disappointed, bf woke up every now and then during the night to check if we are able to see stars in the sky while I slept throughout. So sweet of him!
Although we did not see a sky full of stars, we had fun! =) There's more chances to visit again! And I hope the next time, we will be able to see it! =)
This is a really nice place, and everyone should visit! You wouldn't regret it!
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