Thursday, January 24, 2019

Day 2 TAICHUNG!!! ZHONG SHE FLOWER FARM,XIN SHE CASTLE AND RAINBOW VILLAGE

I am excited to blog about our day 2 trip because day 2 is all about Taichung and it has 3 of my most favorite places in Taiwan!!! ZhongShe flower farm,Xin She castle and Rainbow Village! I will do my best to keep it as detailed as possible to help you all plan out your itinerary but should you have other questions,Please feel free to leave a comment here or shoot me an email ishilubrico@gmail.com.

I guess you can say that I got extremely lucky cos one of my co trainers Edward,flew to Taiwan months before we did so he gave me tips on where to go,the night markets to check out and the best food to try while in Taiwan!

Since Taichung was also part of their itinerary,he advised me not to travel by land from Taipei since getting there would take at least 2-3 hours.I did my research and we ended up purchasing High Speed Rail Tickets from Klook which is about PHP896 per way.It is a little pricey but the good thing about taking the HSR is the fact that it would save you a lot of time! It took us only 45 minutes getting to Taichung from Taipei vice versa!By the way, If you are to buy the ticket in Taipei Main Station,you will end up paying P1195 per way so it's best to buy it from Klook!You can save at least PHP600!

For our Taichung trip,we decided to book a tour guide since we wanna make sure we get to go in all three places.I consider myself extremely lucky having found our tour guide Jane via Trip Advisor! One of her previous clients highly recommended her because she speaks great English,she's very accommodating and she didn't charge much!

Jane happens to own a RAV4 that her husband drives so we didn't have to worry about commuting from one place to another which is super convenient because there’s no MTR system in Taichung just yet! I also just wanna put it out there that getting Jane is the best decision I made for this trip cos not only were the places far from each other but she is also the best tour guide there is! While on the road,she would educate us about Taiwan's rich history,she was kind enough to prepare chips for us to munch on,tissues to use throughout the trip and unlimited bottled water! She is super patient and she takes a lot of great photos too! She would even suggest poses :P She's super cool guys so i suggest you contact her if you are flying to Taiwan soon!Given all of these things, she also doesn't charge much! She even added another location even if we only asked her to tour us to three places..She took us to Taichung Theatre and dropped us off at a night market in Yi Zhong since we had time to spare before our HSR departs.


I suggest to NOT EVER miss out on going to Taichung if you are to fly to Taiwan because it's so beautiful.We took a lot of photos but i'll just share a few of my favorites.Scroll down below to see the photos we took in Taichung! Let the photos do the promo ;)


Zhong She Flower Farm 


Flowers, flowers and flowers everywhere! Get your best outfit together to create the dreamiest ootd pic ever! Attraction pass is $120 NTD :)


Zhong She Flower Farm


Zhong She flower farm


Zhong She Flower Farm



Zhong She Flower Farm


Zhong She Flower Farm
                                           

Zhong She Flower Farm


Zhong She Flower Farm


Zhong She Flower Farm


Xin She Castle 


This place was initially created to replicate some of the most beautiful sceneries that can only be seen in Europe but honestly though, the changing leaves of the trees will give you all the K drama feels you never knew you needed! Attraction pass is $250 which comes with a $100 coupon that you can use to buy food and drink inside :) It's a must to wear comfy shoes because the size of this place is HUGE!!!                        











Rainbow Sweater Forever 21 ,Knee High Boots from Shopee



           











This tree reminds me of Harry Potter for some reason :P




Rainbow Village (Free of charge)  


Ever since i learned that this super colorful village was single handedly painted by a 90 year old man  (affectionately called Grandpa Rainbow by the locals)  to save their community from being demolished,I  have made this place numero uno in my bucketlist! We were super lucky cos on the day we visited this place, Grandpa Rainbow was there and we got to meet him in person and take photos! It made this trip twice as meaningful just being in the presence of a wonderful, talented and big hearted fella like Granda Rainbow!  Sharing our photos below:



Grandpa Rainbow! He's sooo cute! 


Us Three :)


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Hope this entry is enough to convince you to #DiscoverTaiwan asap! Lemme just remind you guys that it's VISA FREE until JULY 2019 kaya gowraaaaaaaaaaaa na guys!

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3 comments:

  1. hi.. how do we get in touch with your tour guide Jane?? 😊
    we'll be in Taichung on March 18..thaaanks!

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  2. +886 928 906 436 Jane can be contacted via What’s app :)

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  3. Hi! How much is the tour guide?

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