Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
With the benefit of hindsight, while we didn’t do the crazy early ascent up Mt. Hehuan (合歡山, or Joy Mountain) for the morning sunrise – next trip maybe?! – the mid-morning drive up the mountain was actually at least as
We decided that an early morning ascent up Mt. Hehuan would be too much for the kids to handle. The drive from Cingjing to Mt. Hehuan would have taken an hour, and in order to make the sunrise timing in
During the planning stage of our itinerary, I did check out the accommodation prices of the Old English Manor, a Tudor-styled English Mansion located in Cingjing that started receiving guests for staying in 2009. One look at the room rates
Sun Moon Lake – the largest body of water in Taiwan, a favorite spot for newly weds (especially from Hong Kong, as driver Kong quipped) to have their wedding photography shoots done or just honeymoon away, and also a mandatory
The first three days of visitations in our Taiwan trip have been, for the most part, kid-centric: including places like Carton King, strawberry and grape picking, Miyahara Ice-Cream, Rainbow Village and Shengxing Station. As we moved to the second quarter
A visit to the grape farm wasn’t on the arranged itinerary with our driver’s company, so this was a really nice and much-appreciated bonus. I was initially worried if we’d actually have enough time for another round of fruit-picking, but
Food next! The 13 minute drive to the Master of Mushroom saw us going uphill for a good stretch to an elevation of 500m+. Though by the time we reached the place, it was solidly during lunch hour i.e. crowded,
There are apparently several places named ‘Carton King‘ on the island. It seems like a chain with several store outlets around the island. The one we visited was a 25 minute drive away and located in the Beitun District, and
Day 02 yesterday was a fairly long one. Not just for us – we were out of home for just over 11 hours – but also for driver Kong, as most hired drivers in the country typically plan work with
It was about 6:15PM by the time we got back to Taichung city. It’d been a fairly long day already and though this time would be just considered late afternoon back at home, it was really early night in the
We stayed at Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market until about a quarter to three. Back in Singapore, the mid-day sun would be at its zenith and warmest at this time. But in Taichung, the sun was already starting to duck behind
The initial itinerary actually placed the Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market on Day 3. But since it was about on the way to Gaomei Wetlands – our last stop for the day – Kong brought it forward to Day 2. This
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