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Showing posts with label taiwan shinshe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taiwan shinshe. Show all posts

Wednesday 6 May 2015

taiwan free and easy: Taichung Xinshe shinse Tour Part 2 新社古堡 shinshe xinshe castle lavendar cottage 薰衣草森林 and food!!


Shinshe cottage
The set mail looks extremely healthy. I thought it will be not good, but it taste quite good. 





              I like the view of the mountains

  The place is not very big. Should b e able to complete within 1 hour. I think it will much more beautiful if the flowers are blooming or leaves are in coloured.
A pretty place to visit.




Even the toilet are nicely decorated


Merchandise are so pretty packaged that I cant helped but to get soon.








The lavendars were not really in bloom so we did not really see a sea of lavendar.


We had free admission for my mum as we went in November and her birthday month is November:D
However, she was not impressed with the place. Think it does not impressed the older generation. My sister and I like the place, because it was pretty and the place is quite interesting to explore.
Entrance fees is nt200 inclusive of nt$100 voucher to spend on items.




This is road side stall which our driver bought us to. The ah po was really good at frying the mushroom. It is crispy on the outside but soft and moist on the inside. REally recommended!!! We ate the same thing somewhere else but it was too hard for consumption.




Friday 1 May 2015

taiwan free and easy: Taichung Xinshe shinse Tour Part 1 fruit/ flowers farm

After settling down at the minsu or the hostel.
We visited some farms.







The rose farm.
The driver shows us to a small local rose garden. 
The good is no gimmick, we had a few stalks of free roses. The tour is very simple without much information, just walk in and take some photos.



This tour is at the driver own private little farm. It was quite interesting, my mum had a lot of fun as there is a variety of vegetables that interest her.








          The grape farm, also a small local farm. Lot of samples to try. Bought some grapes at great price to try. Not touristy at all. However, if you are here for an educational tour for your kids, it is not recommended.






Orchid farm. Same same

Saturday 18 April 2015

Taiwan free and easy : Taichung Shinshe minsu 馨舍民宿





 View from a distance. The location is good as it is 5-10 mins like the flower expo.



Decoration Inside the Minsu

We booked the 4 person room with a view. The good thing is the room is on the first room, don't need to climb up and down the stairs. The room is spacious  but some things looks new as fresh paint has been applied but overall it looks a bit shabby.  The room looks quite plain, like a very simple home. The toilet floor was a bit hard to stand on bare foot as it is a bit rough. 




Although it is supposed to be a room with a view, the plants seems to be growing quite well so this is the view we managed to get.






The breakfast is simple taiwanese homecooked breakfast. Porridge and some side dishes Not fantastic but not bad.

The viewing gallery at the top of the Minsu. The view was much better. There is also a coffee machine for us to make a hot drink. Can just drink coffee and enjoy the scenery.
We did not manage to catch the sunrise as the sun was hiding behind the clouds.













Overall. I did not really have a pleasant stay. I can't really complain about the quality of the room because the price is quite cheap with breakfast.  The view from the room is quite disappointing. The view from the gallery is good but not awesome
However, the room definitely does not look like those in the photos. 

I was quite amazed with the owner's customer service. He was trying to promote another itinerary for our second day with his older brother who is a taxi tour guide. However, he will just leave the conservation half way when he sees another person needing help, without even excusing himself. It really makes me feel like a second-class citizen because he keep getting distracted and I have to sit there and wait for him to just answer any general enquires.

The taxi tour guide is a local and the brother of the minsu's owner so he can brings you to not touristy places, likesome of the smaller farms or food places as he knows the locals there. He speaks Hokkein and Chinese.  He even bought us to his farm and gave us fresh vegetables. However, we know he charge us the normal market price but keep telling us that we are getting such a good deal. He and his brother keep persuading us to do a full day tour on the second day although I told him my elderly parents are not able to do a fully day tour. He was constantly late in picking us up, after we finish touring the place. He did not turn up at the agreed time, we had to give him a call and wait for 10-20 minutes for him to appear. It is quite a waste of time. 

As we were not going to do the full day tour on the second day, they send another local driver to do a half a day tour and send us to Taichung. The rates was slightly cheaper, and the driver is much more accommodating and punctual.


The minsu website