Day 3 Cingjing 清境農場 on 10-11-2012 Saturday

After checking out the hotel, we took MRT from Kaoshiung Main Station to Zhuoyi (THSR).

We have pre-booked the HSR ticket from Zhuoyi to Taichung

@ early bird fare NT630, ($27) per person

                                                                                        HSR Ticket

From Zuoying to Taichung, one hour journey by HSR

We reached Taichung HSR Station @ 8.00am, we walked to Nautou Bus station, located in exit 5 platform 3 to buy bus ticket to Cingjing.

Nantou Bus Ticket Booth 

We bought the bus ticket depart @ 8.45 am from Taichung HSR to puli to Songgang 松崗, the minsu owner will arrange transport and send us to minsu from Songgang. Ticket cost NT262, ($11) per person.

Bus interval to Cingjing can be found in Nantous Bus website.

If you miss the bus and you don't want to wait, another way is to share a cab with others ( 4 persons/cab ) to Cingjing, cab fare @ NT1700, ($72).

We reached Songgang 松崗 around 10.55am, took 2 hours from Taichung HSR to Cingjing. We called the Minsu owner and 10 minutes later, he came and send us to his minsu.

We need to check-in to the Starry Minsu, we pay NT2500, ($105) for one night with free steamboat dinner and breakfast for 2 persons.

More information on the Starry Minsu.

After check-in the minsu owner Mr. Lee (李大哥) gave us the map and show us where to wait for him after the Cingjing Farm tour. 

The minsu owner alight us at the Cingjing Farm and we decided to have lunch before going to Cingjing Farm. 

Food Stall outside Cingjing Farm

Bamboo Rice

We took fried rice NT 90, ($3.8)  and bamboo rice NT60, ($2.5) for lunch.

We bought the Cingjing Farm ticket ,entrance fee NT200, ($8.5) per person.

Cingjing Farm

Cingjing Farm

Cingjing Farm

Sheep shearing 

 Sheep shearing show was performed by a New Zealander who can  speak Mandarin and the performance only available on weekend and public holiday,entrance fee is more expensive in weekend, NT200 ($8.5) and NT160 ($6.8) for weekday.

Goat Candy from Cingjing Farm

  We bought 2 bottles of goat candy for NT100, ($4.2).

Cingjing

After the Cingjing Farm, we walked around Cingjing for scenery and photography.

                                                    Carton     King- Restaurant

Next we went to Carton King Restaurant, the chairs and tables inside the restaurant are made of cardboard paper.

                                                                          Carton King

 Carton King 紙箱王, there are few Carton King stores in Taiwan. Every items from Carton King is made of cardboard paper.

                                                                               Carton King

Cingjing Small Swiss Garden (清境小瑞士花園), entrance fee NT 120, ($5) per person

                                                                                                                                    清境小瑞士花園  
                                           

                                                                            清境小瑞士花園   

The Small Swiss Garden has been called "Taiwan’s Little Switzerland", but the garden is relatively small.

More information on Cingjing. 

Around 5.30 pm, we went to the carpark to wait for minsu owner to send us back to minsu.

Dinner time, we went to look for minus owner Mr. Lee (李大哥) for our dinner. He told us the kitchen was under renovation, we need to have our dinner at the open space.

                                                                     steamboat dinner

Soup for the steamboat was very tasty, taiwanese style sweet and abit sour ( with tomato ) comes with a plate of vegetable and pork. The set is enough for 2 persons, if you want to add extra pork, they will charge NT100 ($4) per plate, quite cheap. The chilli sauce was nice and they told us the recipe was given by Singaporean tourist. 

Having steamboat under cooling weather was a very good experience.

Back to room for sleep and next day we are going to Sun Moon Lake.

                                                                       our room