We departed Fengjia at
9am 9.20am. One good point about getting your own driver was that we could stretch our meeting time a little. If we had gone by tour package, we would have been thrown daggers by many because we couldn't meet at stated timing.
First stop was breakfast and guess where, it was at their wet market. Initially the driver wanted to bring us to eat at a local eatery selling noodles but they were closed on that day. So he brought us to 富贵市场. The name came upon because most of the better well-off wives would come to this market in the early days.
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| our local breakfast |
Going to the wet market freaked out Jonathan. He didn't like it at all, because it was hot, it was wet (wet market), it was messy (we had motorcycle zooming into the market). I wouldn't blame him too because this would be the last place I would bring them for a meal. So when he started to fuss, the husband gave me dagger-eyes. Other than that, the food (dried noodles with homemade sesame sauce) was quite good. We paired it up with ice tea just like the locals and I wasn't thrilled in the beginning with cold drink in the morning but mid-way digging into the food, I understood why. The cold drink was refreshing in the midst of the heat.
After breakfast, we made our way to Sun Moon Lake, but stopping by 彩红卷村. This old painter in his 90s, hand painted the wall murals everyday and he made the settlement very colourful that it became a tourist spot. 彩红卷村 used to be a place for the military personnel and their families, but as the country developed, these settlements were slowly relocated and demolished.
The weather was really hot and the boys didn't fancy those wall murals. They spent some time playing at the playground while I roamed a bit for photo taking.
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| it's really hard to get a group photo |
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| with the painter |
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sliding down
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| another one |
Then we headed to 纸教堂 which origin came from Japan. It was because of the Taiwan's 921 earthquake in 1999, to provide peace and comfort for the victims and families, volunteers shipped in all these structures made with paper and set up this shelter as a symbol of peace and hope.
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| 纸教堂 |
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entrance
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Frog in japanese sounded like reaching home safely, so the locals also had the frog to symbolise peace and safety.
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| group photo again |
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| interior |
纸教堂 was set in a little park with ponds and flowers. After roaming a while, we went to the honey shop opposite the tourist spot.
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| holding the bees |
We tried an assortment of flavoured-honey drink and my mum bought their lychee-honey while I got a bottle of their pollen. Said to have an effect in building up immunity. We left around 1pm and headed to the next minsu.
Next stop was the minsu at Sun Moon Lake which we packed lunch to eat. We had vietnamese beef noodles and rice.
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| 鹿司岸民宿 |
This minsu was what I had imaged to be. Our room was big and comfortable but there wasn't any washing machine. While the children napped, I quickly hand washed their clothes. Dinner at Sun Moon Lake was the highlight of the whole trip for me.
Driver took us to the old street and the restaurant was owned by the minus's owner. He used to work as a executive chef in a 5* hotel but quitted his job to be with his family. The food was plated fancifully and everything was really yummy.
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roasted black pork
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| grilled cheese with their 白角笋 |
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| 磨菇养颜汤 |
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| 饭饭鸡翅 |
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| lobster salad |
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蕉蕉者
Dessert - banana coated with noodle strips
deep fried
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| stewed clams in wine |
The whole dinner set us NTD 1400 which worked out around SGD 50-60. Definitely worth the price and this is marked as my "must return" place. With the delicious dinner, we ended our Day 3.
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