Friday, June 14, 2013

Sun Moon Lake

2nd stop of the day

S$12.95 each for mummy and me while $10.80 for alfred due to the NT$50 discount when we made payment with the Youth card... =) 











enjoying the famous 茶叶蛋  at NT$10 ($0.45) each near 玄光寺 jetty 







scenery around 玄光寺 jetty while we waited to board the ferry again


was a rainy day hence no clear blue sky = no picture perfect photo .... =( 







got down at 伊达邵 jetty and wandered around the shops nearby

luv luv how colourful this super old school game is


special pork satay at 3 for NT$100 (S$4.30) ... quite ex ah???


bought this pin set for myself thinking it was a magnet set... =S
$690 ($29.75) 


and this, 25% plum wine, for NT$50 ($2.15) for an alcoholic friend to add to her ice-cream.... =) 

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headed to the nearby peacock farm


but sad to find out the peacock were not let out due to the drizzle.... =S 



else they would be allow to free roam around this spacious open space lo


sad peacocks and other birdies who wouldnt be let out due to the drizzle.... =S






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文武廟



where mummy and alfred tried to push home a ship of wealth 



living statue working in the temple
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opposite the temple is this stairway of dates that starts with 31 december at the top



mine



alfred's 



mummy's

thank god mummy's birthday was the furthest... 
climbing up 5 months (aug - dec) worth of stairs was no joke.... 

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lunch at some local delight store which 小江司机 brought us to


3 comments:

tan said...

hi

you mentioned not going back to Taichung from cing jin? how did you get back to Taipei?

you have taxi for day 2 and 3? so the taxi driver stay over night at cing jin too?

Tan.

Candy said...

Hyee,

we booked the taxi for 2 days 1 night... he stayed over at cing jing too and at no additional charge.... apparently, some stays in cing jing provide free accommodation to cab drivers who sent customers over.... so do make a check when you engage the drivers.. =)

Candy said...

you can refer to the following post for the contact of the driver i had engaged.. =)

http://tangtang-land.blogspot.sg/2013/06/blog-post.html