台湾之旅Taiwan trip——日月潭和清境之行Sun Moon Lake and Qing Jing

DAY 3 : 退房阿里巴巴-早餐@逢甲古莫尼-元首馆-金田陶艺-午餐-日月潭-月老庙-日月潭旅游服务中心-瞭望台-文武年梯-伊达邵码头-入住清境春大地山庄-晚餐@7-11

Check out Alibaba Hostel-Breakfast@ Good Moni Station-King Garden-Jin Tian Pottery-Lunch-Sun Moon Lake- Matchmaker Temple-Visitors Centre- Xiangshan View Platform-Year of Steps at Wenwu Temple- Ita Thao Jetty-Check in Qing Jing Spring Ground Hotel- Dinner at 7-11

第二天大约早上九点，我们就办好行李准备退房了，只需要把钥匙放入放置钥匙处就可以了，我们同时也拿了便条纸在留言区留言，谢谢招待！( •̀ ω •́ )y 司机大哥带我们去附近不错的早餐店——古莫尼吃早餐，同样也是吐司和豆浆(❤ ω ❤)之后我们就准备出发去日！月！潭！了！

We checked out the hostel at 9 a.m. and put the key into the box provided. We left some comments on the board, thanks for nice service!! Mr. Driver fetched us to the nearby breakfast shop-Good Moni Station, having toast with hot soybean milk, and then started our journey to Sun Moon Lake!

在到日月潭之前，我们先去元首馆拍拍照。元首馆是以元首作为主题的主题馆，入场免费，除此之外，元首馆还包括了月老教堂、爱情故事馆、南瓜马车等等。我们可以看到历任台湾元首的可爱头像，同时也有民族现场表演歌唱呢。

Before going to Sun Moon Lake, we went to the King Garden. King Garden is based on President as theme, and there is no entrance fee. In addition, King Garden has Chinese Cupid Church, Love Story Building, Pumpkin Carriage and etc.

King Garden Map

接着司机大叔带我们去一位做陶艺的朋友所开的点——金田陶艺，老板和老板娘蛮亲切的，手把手教导我们亲自用粘土做陶器xD (粘土和租器材的费用大约150元)。这是我人生第一次自己动手做陶器啊，学到了新的东西哈哈o(^▽^)o虽然成品不是很好看，但是老板还是亲自帮我们调整和修饰，然后我们也可以刻字和图案作为装饰。我们也选择老板娘烧好这些陶器后，帮我们邮寄回来这里，烧的费用不贵，贵的是国际邮费〒_〒

Then, Mr Driver fetched us to his friend who is professional in pottery and owns a pottery shop- Jin Tian Pottery. The proprietor and his wife are affable, taught us the technique step by step and left us to form a unique design for ourselves. The pottery clay plus the machine rental fee is about NTD 150. This is my first time to do pottery myself, feeling happy to learn new things! Although our designs had some flaw, the proprietor helped us "modifying" to become a better product. We also took some time to decorate our design with carving words and pattern. After firing, they will deliver them back to Malaysia there, but the international postage is quite costly.

原本司机大哥要带我们去他要介绍的餐厅吃午餐，但是到的时候发现没开门，所以就找了附近的店随意地吃了午餐。当我们正是到达日月潭时，映入我们眼里的是那一望无际的蔚蓝潭水，被树林围绕着，远处上的高原和建筑物被薄薄白雾笼罩着，水面上船驾驶过所引起的微微涟漪，带出了一份宁静的感觉，顿时觉得自己身处在一个适合隐居的地方呢。日月潭所得其名是由于谭的形状一边看起来像太阳，一边看起来像月亮。来日月潭一定要骑自行车环绕这里啊啊啊！（一定要！！可是我们这次没有策划到〒_〒）日月潭有一段的骑自行车道被美国有线电视CNN旗下的生活旅游网站誉为十大最美的自行车道之一啊啊啊！(❤ ω ❤) 我们在拍照的时候遇到一位大学教授，或许教授是听了我们的腔调就知道我们是从马来西亚来的，问我们是来这里读书的大马学生吗，我们说我们是来旅游的。大学教授很开心地说，他任职的大学也有许多来自马来西亚的学生，而且称赞学生们都很棒，很有礼貌。（内心OS:我好开心！）

Failed candid.LOL.

接着我们去旅游服务中心之前，先到了月老庙拜拜（由于宗教不同所以我只是在一旁看着）。在旅游服务中心可以从高处看下一篇的潭水，青蓝色的水像大海那样很漂亮啊啊！我们也走去附近的瞭望台，走道就像处在森林般的凉爽，一眼望去，整个风景可以尽情地欣赏！（恐高的可能要注意下了）

We casually ate our lunch before going to Sun Moon Lake. Once we reached there, we are totally attracted by the beauty of landscape! Sun Moon Lake get this name because the view from two side is like sun and moon!  What a must to do in Sun Moon Lake is to rent a bicycle and cycle along the bikeway around the lake!!! As the bicycle lane is hailed as one of the most beautiful bikeway by CNN. We met a professor when we are taking photos.(I think he heard our speaking accent and knew we are Malaysians.) He asked us whether we are student studying here or not, we replied we were travelling. Then he said many Malaysian students are studying at his university, and praised them because they are very polite! (Suddenly feel a sense of proud!) We also stopped at the Matchmaker Temple. At Visitors Centre and Xiangshan View Platform (For those who are fear of height have to be careful), we can look the lake view more clearly.

日月潭有四大码头：水社码头、朝雾码头、玄光寺码头和伊达邵码头。大家也可以在码头搭船看风景，也可以坐缆车体验！在去伊达邵码头之前，我们来到了文武庙和文武年梯，文武年梯的特点是，每层阶梯都代表着每一天，所以你可以看看你生日那天和那位伟人或者明星同天呢！不过事先说明，上半年的月份是在最底下，所以三月出生的我就只好走了超过80%的阶梯〒_〒

The four main jetties here is Shuishe Pier, Chaowu Pier, Xuanguang Temple Pier and Ita Thao Pier. There is a recommendation to take a boat or a cable car. We went to the Wenwu Temple and the Year of Steps. You can walk down the stairs to find your birthday, but take note that if your birthday is at early of the year, you have to walk many and many stairs! T.T

到了伊达邵码头，我们就去寻找从网络收集的必吃美食 ——阿萨姆红茶（每份60元）、烤小米麻糬（每份40元）、烤山猪肉、茶叶蛋、饭饭鸡翅、红茶冰淇淋等等

The food recommended at Ita Thao Pier are Assam Black Tea, Roasted  Millet, Roasted Wild Boar, Herbal Egg, Black Tea Ice Cream and etc.

之后我们就准备出发上清境了，结果发生了我没预料的事——

我晕车了。（＞﹏＜）lll I had getting carsickness on the way to Qing Jing!!!

原因很简单，去清境的路像蛇那样弯弯曲曲，加上司机大哥熟悉的驾车手法（速度快），等晚上到达旅馆时我已经是@@这样子了。真的是天旋地转，浑身无力，身体发抖。一进到宿舍就只好快点去冲热水澡，而朋友们就出去到附近的7-11购买晚餐。

再接着我呕吐了，人觉得比较舒服了，就泡热饮来喝，以及吃晚餐。晚餐就是泡面、蘑菇汤、关东煮、茶碗蒸等等。之后都是躲在棉被里边休息边看电视里播放的排球少年。然后一个晚上不舒服的我还是和大家一起聊天讨论接下来的行程中就这么过去了(￣▽￣)"

This is because the windy road and the driver drove fast. After check in hotel, I go to take a bath and drank hot drinks to soothing my sickness while my friends went out to buy dinner back from 7-11. At that night, we only rested, chit-chatting and discussing the next day trip.

清境春大地山庄

http://springground.cingjing.tw/

我们选择精致四人房——假日（星期五、周末、公假）（5600元），平价（星期一到四）（3360元），有提供早餐（早上7点到9点），下午3点后可登记入住，早上11点前退房，需要预约和付定金。

DAY 4 : 早餐@酒店-退房-老英格兰庄园-青青草原-观山牧区-马术表演-午餐-瑞士小花园-薰衣草森林店铺-中社观光花市-晚餐@金榜面馆-入住台北西门町one2stay民宿

Breakfast-Check out-The Old England Hotel-Green Green Grasslands-Small Swiss Garden-Jun She Flowers-Dinner@ Jin Bang Noodle-Check in one2stay hostel

原本我们打算搭专车去合欢山看日出(400台币），（详情可以去官网查看）但是昨晚去柜台询问时得知已经满位了，所以朋友只好自己早起（早上6点）在宿舍外面看日出，温度11到12°，真的得好好穿厚衣服啊！

As we planned to take the bus to Hehuanshan to see sunrise, but unfortunately, last night we asked for the booking and got that it is fully booked. Be early bird to do the reservation. There is a LINK here for the official website for this bus service. The ticket price is NTD 400 and you have to wake up early. The hotel we stayed is included in the bus route. My friends woke up early (at about 6 a.m.)to see the sunrise themselves. At that moment, the temperature is around 11 to 12ºC, it is better to wear sweater when you go out.

 

民宿有提供我们早餐，是白粥搭配各种各样的食物如鸡蛋、花生、包菜、以及一些腌制物。除了白粥，民宿也准备了烤吐司和热腾腾的奶茶和咖啡呢！大家都吃得很饱很享受~

The hostel provides breakfast for us. The porridge comes with different types of food like fried egg, nut, cabbage and some pickles. Roasted toast, bread, hot milk tea and coffee are provided as well! We had a great time enjoying the food and the scenery, as the warm sunlight shone into the dining place.

 

大约早上九点十五分，我们就收拾好行李退房，准备往青青草原出发！司机大哥带我们去民宿旁边的老英格兰庄园外边拍照，有着古式英国风的建筑物和一览无遗的山景。这里也是酒店，不过价钱不菲，住一晚超过一万台币，不过房间真的布置得很精致哦！(￣▽￣)"

At about 9.15 a.m., we prepared to check out the hotel and went to Green Green Grasslands. Mr. Driver guided us to the building next to the hotel- The Old England. The Old England is a high standard hotel, the price for staying one night is over NTD 10,000!! The buildings all are in England style with amazing decoration.

 

我们来到了清境农场的青青草原！（为啥我会想起喜羊羊与灰太狼里的青青草原(￣▽￣)"）学生票平日和假日价都是120元，需要出示学生证。一进去就看到一大片草原，还有绵！羊！羊咩咩！可以和绵阳们近距离接触，要喂食的话可以当场购买饲料哦！在青青草原这里可以观看绵羊秀！（可惜那时候没有表演〒_〒）所以我们就到观山牧场去看马术表演！观赏的地方和我们进入的地方有一些的距离，但是只要跟着指示牌走就没问题了！马术表演有两场：1045时和1545时，我们去1045时的表演，表演时间约30分钟。然后我朋友就被帅帅的表演者撩到了哈哈哈///

Green Green Greenlands arrived! The student price is NTD 120 and we have to show your student card. We saw many cute sheep around and you can feed them by buying the food pellets by the spot. There is a sheep show there but we did not manage to watch. So, we decided to watch the horsemanship performance at Guanshang Muqu . Just follow direction board and walk to the venue! We watched the 1045 performance, another time is at 1545, and the performances took about 30 minutes. Don't miss! ( •̀ ω •́ )y

 

风景也不错，尤其是由上往下走的木楼梯搭配着枫叶(秋天的景色啊！）只可惜我当天因为姨妈疼不舒服而没有好好地拍照和欣赏〒_〒

The autumn landscape was so breathtaking. Lots of maple leaf tree were along wooden stairs with cool wind. Unluckily, I felt uncomfortable and did not admire the scenery (only girls will know LOL~).

 

观赏好表演后我们就去附近的食坊吃一些简单的午餐。司机大哥带我们去瑞士小花园，但是我们没有买票入场，因为我们接下来会去台中的中社观光花市（中社花市）（主要都是看花），所以就在入门处前的精品店比如薰衣草森林店铺逛逛~毕竟处在山上，天气也偏凉，觉得冷一定要穿厚衣哦！

After having lunch, we went to Small Swiss Garden. We did not enter the garden because our next station was also appreciating the flowers. We just took some time wandering the shops nearby.

 

下一站就是中社花市啦，从清境出发约两个小时的路程，这次我们要求司机大哥放慢速度，所以就不至于会晕车了@@到达中社花市的时间已经是下午三点左右。花市的门票，全票价是120元。总之风景美炸，花海美炸！这里也是拍摄婚纱的推荐景点哦！然后我们就拍了一系列的照片哈哈哈！

Our next station is the Jun She flowers in Taichung. This time we requested Mr. Driver to slow down the speed when driving and we were okay now. We reached there at 3.00 p.m. The entrance ticket is NTD 120. This place is a great place for wedding photography!

 

接着我们出发到台北之前，司机大哥带我们到金榜面馆吃晚餐，我们有叫馄饨面、馄饨果条，味道都很不错哦，而且也蛮大碗！到台北需要一将近两小时的时间，其中有一段路程有出现交通堵塞（刚好碰上下班时段），路途可以欣赏台北的夜景( •̀ ω •́ )y

We had dinner at Jin Bang Noodle before depart to Taipei. The food there is also recommended!! The trip took about almost two hours as there is a traffic jam.

 

我们接下来的四天就是自由行了！司机大哥载我们到西门町的民宿，很感谢司机大哥这几天很棒的服务！如果需要包车服务可以留言，我可以提供这位司机大哥的联络方式o(^▽^)o

The next four day we travel ourselves! Mr. Driver fetched us to the hostel we will stay next four days. Thanks Mr. Driver for the nice service! Feel free to leave comment if you are interested to book a car service!

我们最后四天的住宿都在这间one2stay民宿，这个民宿是good9stay的分行，一位和蔼可亲的工作人员下楼和我们碰面，带我们去房间做入住登记手续。她也分给我们捷运图路线和西门町这里附近的地图！这样我们的交通安排就方便了许多呢！房间的设备很好，感觉就像在酒店那样哈哈，设备齐全，服务满意！我们选择两间双人房，四天2500台币（每个人每晚大约马币90零吉!）安顿好后，我们就去附近走走，到楼下的便利店买了悠游卡，充值了400元，还吃了这里的肯德基作为宵夜(￣▽￣)"

We stayed at one2stay hostel, a branch of good9stay hostel. The officer came out to meet us to check in. She also gave us the MRT map and the Ximending map, these help us a lot!!! We booked two double rooms, the fee for one person is almost RM90 per night!! We went to the convenience shop to buy the Easy Card and reload NTD 400, then we went window shopping and have supper at KFC LOL. (￣▽￣)"

one2stay Hostel

TEL                 : 02-23143912

EMAIL           : one2stay@gmail.com

需要预付10%的订金。

Double room sample. Source: Trip Advisor

小总结Small conclusion：

日月潭和清境都是著名的旅游胜地。我们选择只安排了两天的行程，其实是有些不足的，有很多地方我们并没有逛到。所以如果要建议的话，这两个地方至少也要两天一夜，这样不至于觉得行程赶，同时可以参观更多的地方哦！谢谢浏览，下一篇是在台北自由行之上篇！

Sun Moon Lake and Qing Jing are two of the famous travel spots in Taiwan. We chose to arrange two days in each place, actually it is not very recommended as there are still many places we did not manage to visit. It is better to stay for a night and you won't the trip is too rushing! Thanks for viewing and the coming post is Travelling Ourselves in Taipei (1)!

FIRST : 台湾之旅Taiwan trip——台中Taichung
THIRD : 台湾之旅Taiwan trip——台北自由行（上）【十分、平溪、九份、北投、淡水】
LAST : 台湾之旅Taiwan trip——台北自由行（下）+总结Conclusion