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Checked out two interesting homestays in Shoufeng Township.

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Terrace Resort Hualien
(梯田山民宿)
Tel: 0910-844-018
Add: No. 10, Lane 83, Sec. 2, Shanbian Rd., Fengshan Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉豐山村山邊路二段83巷10號)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terraceresort2016
Website: https://www.terrace-resort.com

Golden Yihe Stronghold
(以合金寨)
Tel: (03) 874-1393
Add: No. 3-1, Sec. 2, Mizhan, Neighborhood 6, Mizhan Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉米棧村六鄰米棧二段3-1號)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yihe.tw
Website: https://www.yihe.tw

Last day of our recent 3-day trip to Nantou County. Places to visit in Jiji. 🙂

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My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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“Yiyi Banana Ice Cream”
(一億香蕉冰淇淋)
Tel: 0988-913-898, (049) 276-1018
Add: No. 468, Minquan Rd., Jiji Township, Nantou County
(南投縣集集鎮民權路468號)
Hours: 8:30am~6pm (until 7pm on weekends and holidays)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yiyiicecream
Website: https://yiyi.okgo.tw (Chinese)

Living Stone Kiln
(活石窯陶藝園區)
Tel: (049) 278-1445
Add: No. 3-21, Caoling Lane, Jiji Township, Nantou County
(南投縣集集鎮草嶺巷3-21號)
Hours: 9am~5pm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingstonekiln

Happy Corner Café
(快樂角咖啡)
Tel: (049) 273-8027
Add: No. 268, Mokeng Lane, Zhuoshui Village, Mingjian Township, Nantou County
(南投縣名間鄉濁水村磨坑巷268號)
Hours: 11am~8pm (from 9am on weekends and holidays; closed on Tuesdays)
Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LwkFqq
Website: https://happycorner.mmweb.tw (Chinese)

After staying at Sun Moon Lake, the previous day, we drove to the town of Checheng, then onto Shuili, and finally to Jiji. I like Nantou, lot of diversity.

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Checheng Wood Museum
(車埕木業展示館)
Tel: (049) 287-1791
Add: No. 110-2, Minquan Lane, Checheng Village, Shuili Township, Nantou County
(南投縣水里鄉車埕村民權巷110-2號)
Hours: 9:30am~5pm (weekends and holidays until 5:30pm)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/woodmuseum

Steam
(隱茶)
Tel: (049) 277-6471
Add: No. 101-3, Minquan Lane, Checheng Village, Shuili Township, Nantou County
(南投縣水里鄉車埕村民權巷101-3號)
Hours: 10am~5pm (weekends and holidays until 6pm; closed on Tuesday)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steam.grove

Shuili Snake Kiln
(水里蛇窯)
Tel: (049) 277-0967
Add: No. 16, Huiyao Rd., Dingkan Village, Shuili Township, Nantou County
(南投縣水里鄉頂崁村回窯路16號)
Hours: 8:30am~5pm (closed on Wednesdays)
Website: https://www.snakekiln.com.tw (Chinese)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sskshop

“Tutu Dessert Shop”
(土土甜品店)
Tel: (049) 277-0967
Add: No. 16, Huiyao Rd., Dingkan Village, Shuili Township, Nantou County
(南投縣水里鄉頂崁村回窯路16號)
Hours: 10:30am~5:30pm (closed on Wednesdays)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tutussk101

“Daguan Erping Ice Shop”
(大觀二坪冰)
Tel: (049) 277-5465
Add: No. 41, Erping Rd., Shuili Township, Nantou County
(南投縣水里鄉二坪路41號)
Hours: 9am~6pm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/takuanice
Website: https://bit.ly/3JXfIH5 (Chinese)

We stayed at one fine place right by the lake and visited another a bit further to the north. Love Sun Moon Lake!

00:30 Hotel Day + Sun Moon Lake
03:15 Song Bo Lun
06:45 Yuan Forest Homestay Sun Moon Lake

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Hotel Day + Sun Moon Lake
(承億文旅潭日月)
Tel: (049) 285-5366
Add: No. 58, Zhongzheng Rd., Shuishe Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County
(南投縣魚池鄉水社村中正路58號)
Website: https://www.hotelday.com.tw/hotel08.aspx (Chinese)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hoteldayplus

Yuan Forest Homestay Sun Moon Lake
(原森林民宿)
Tel: (049) 289-9107, 0978-896-107
Add: No. 39, Wenhua Lane, Zhongming Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County
(南投縣魚池鄉中明村文化巷39號)
Website: https://www.sunmoonlake.com.tw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yuanhomestay

Quick visit to Dajia and Wuqi districts in Taichung

00:20 Dajia Zhenlan Temple
01:35 Turtle Crane Pond
08:30 Wuqi Police Substation

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Quick visit to Tianwei Township in Changhua County

00:10 Tenway Garden
02:00 Taiwan Mingyuan Art of Gardening
03:30 Greenlife Garden
04:15 MMM -- Little House


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Tenway Garden
(菁芳園)
Tel: 0912-243-535
Add: No. 73-1, Zhangcuo Lane, Dalian Village, Tianwei Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣田尾鄉打簾村張厝巷73號)
Hours: 10:30am~5pm (daily)
Website: https://www.green.com.tw (Chinese)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chingfangyuan

Taiwan Mingyuan Art of Gardening
(台灣銘園庭園美術館)
Tel: 0900-338-668
Add: No. 102, Sanfeng Rd., Zhengyi Village, Tianwei Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣田尾鄉正義村三豐路102號)
Hours: 8am~5pm (weekends and holidays until 6pm)
IG: https://www.instagram.com/taiwanmingyuan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taiwanmingyuan

GreenLife Garden
(綠果庭院)
Tel: 0988-968-265
Add: No. 121, Zhangcuo Lane, Tianwei Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣田尾鄉張厝巷121號)
Hours: 9am~5:30pm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLife1945/

MMM – Little House
(小田生活)
Tel: (04) 875-3586
Add: No. 258, Lane 395, Sec. 1, Minguang Rd., Tianzhong Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣田中鎮民光路一段395巷258號)
Hours: 1pm~7pm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smplelife.picnic.store

Old houses and narrow alleys in Changhua County's Lugang Township.

00:10 Heqi Mansion
02:00 Ai Gate
02:35 Lukang Childhood Store
03:00 Flour Tea
04:15 Yi Lou
04:30 Huo Xing Youth Start-up Hub
05:10 Old House of the Ding's
05:40 Osmanthus Alley Art Village
06:10 Hu Sheng Glass Temple

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Heqi Mansion
(鶴棲別墅)
Add: No. 8, Houche Lane, Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮後車巷8號)
Hours: 9am~12noon, 1pm~5pm; closed on Mon. & Tue.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hecivilla

Lukang Childhood Store
(鹿港童年の店)
Tel: 0933-445-959
Location: No. 70, Putou St., Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮埔頭街70號)
Hours: 11am~6pm
Facebook: https://bit.ly/3rPQZ0M

Huo Xing Youth Start-up Hub
(和興青創基地)
Tel: (04) 777-0908
Add: No. 108-8, Zhongshan Rd., Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮中山路108-8號)
Hours: 10am~8pm
Facebook: https://bit.ly/3oQ6aoz

Old House of the Ding’s, Lukang
(鹿港丁家古厝)
Add: No. 132, Zhongshan Rd., Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮中山路132號)
Hours: 9am~4:30pm; closed on Mon.

Osmanthus Alley Art Village
(桂花巷藝術村)
Tel: (04) 777-2006
Location: Guihua Lane, Luojin Borough, Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮洛津里桂花巷)
Hours: 10am~8pm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lukangartistvillage

Hu Sheng Glass Temple (Glass Mazu Temple)
(護聖宮[玻璃媽祖廟])
Tel: (04) 781-1209
Add: No. 28, Lugong South 4th Rd., Lukang Township, Changhua County
(彰化縣鹿港鎮鹿工南四路28號)
Hours: 8am~5pm
Website: https://tw.glasstemple.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glassmazu

Quick visit to a small farm in Taipei's Neihu District

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Nong Yi Jhan Farm (農驛棧農場)
Add: No. 45-8, Bishan Rd., Neihu District, Taipei City
(台北市內湖區碧山路45-8號)
Tel: 0912-472-001
Website: https://lintsuiling.blogspot.tw (Chinese)

Travel in Taiwan 2022/3-4
Visiting the Nong Yi Jhan Farm in Neihu
The strawberry farms of Neihu are largely concentrated in a cirque in the hills known as Baishihu, once known for its rice and tea cultivation, which went back as far as the Qing Dynasty. Over the generations, as the number of local farmers left to seek their fortunes in the big city, the area gradually fell into a kind of decline. When the self-pick strawberry trend took off in the 1980s, however, many of the remaining farms decided to adopt the crop, bringing life and business into the area once again. And, thanks to the amicable climate, including a large temperature drop between day and night these recreational strawberry farms have thrived.
One of the farmers pushing the area's reputation as an in-city agro-tourism destination is Lin Tsui-e, a fourth-generation farmer who, along with her two sisters, operates Nong Yi Jhan Farm, which specializes in small-scale organic production of strawberries as well as other crops such as garden vegetables and honey. “We have been growing strawberries here since the early eighties” Lin says, “but after my father passed away thirty years ago, we scaled back operations and only grew enough produce to feed ourselves.” About a decade ago, after one of her sisters recovered from a serious illness, the three decided to take an extended break to travel the world, during which they discovered the growing worldwide popularity of organic farming. “When we returned from abroad,” Lin says, “we decided to make a go of it. We had this land, we had our health – it seemed like an opportunity to foster a positive relationship with the environment.” Lin, as the eldest, took charge of the business, while her sisters – one passionate about agriculture and the other about food – began researching organic methodology and ways to incorporate their crops into cuisine.
Today the farm is a small but busy operation with a large activity and food preparation area that looks out onto a packed garden full of carrots, scallions, radishes, and a variety of lettuces and herbs, as well as several beehives. During strawberry season, two adjacent greenhouses with growing tubs stacked on racks for ease of picking provide a small but high-quality yield of organic strawberries four times per season.

As the farm has a relatively small yield compared to some nearby operations, U-pick activities are only available on weekends, and those wanting to pick the farm's strawberries should call ahead to make a reservation to ensure that there are sufficient ripe ones available. For those wanting to flex their culinary muscles, a number of DIY activities are also on offer, which include making rustic strawberry jam and vinegar, strawberry-infused fortune cakes and strawberry-flavored tangyuan.
Should you miss the strawberry season, the farm continues to operate year round, offering activities based on whichever crop is in abundance at the time. The roselle harvest, for example, follows closely on the heels of strawberry season, while scallion picking is a year-round favorite. Prices for the activity packages can be discussed on the phone with Lin and vary depending on each group's preferences and requirements.
Nong Yi Jhan Farm, along with the many other strawberry-growing operations in Neihu, is easily accessible by public transport from Taipei. Visitors can take the MRT to Neihu Station on the Brown Line and transfer to the regular Taipei City Bus S2 to Baishihu, roughly 2km away.

Chinese to English
Baishihu 白石湖
Dahu 大湖
jin 斤
Lin Tsui-e 林翠娥
Neihu 内湖
"Strawberry Kingdom" 草莓王國
tangyuan 湯圓
Yangmingshan National Park 陽明山國家公園
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Last day of our 3-day visit of Tainan City. Checked out a few cool places! 🙂

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Qianqi Seed Museum
(千畦種籽舘)
Tel: (06) 236-0035
Add: No. 29-1, Lane 451, Dongfeng Rd., North District, Tainan City
(台南市北區東豐路451巷29-1號)
Prior phone reservation required
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QianQiZhongZiGuan

44 Bit Records
(四四拍唱片行)
Add: No. 26, Lane 85, Sec. 1, Fuqian Rd., Central West District, Tainan City
(台南市中西區府前路一段85巷26號)
Hours: 10am~5pm (closed on Mon. and Tue.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/44Bit

YoYoMei FotoShop
(又又美)
Add: No. 15, Nanmen Rd., Central West District, Tainan City
(台南市中西區南門路15號)
Hours: 11am~7pm (closed on Tue.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoyomei.2020

HuTu Teahouse
(蔛菟)
Add: 2F, No. 67, Lane 293, Qingnian Rd., East District, Tainan City
(台南市東區青年路293巷67號2樓)
Hours: 11am~6pm (closed on Mon. & Tue.)
Make reservation via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/hututhetea

We spent half a day on Yuguang Island in Tainan and enjoyed a great sunset at the end.

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From Travel in Taiwan, 2022/3-4

Yuguang Island
Yuguang Island is today the sole offshore island facing Tainan’s urban core. There is a great deal of silting along the Tainan coast, and over the centuries islands slowly appear – and disappear. This one, locals aver, is just over a century old. Facing the renowned Eternal Golden Castle on the mainland, it’s reached by a short, high bridge just south of the fort. A well-constructed boardwalk network takes visitors through the island’s west-side forest cover to the sandy beach on the Taiwan Strait-facing long, crescent-shaped Moon Bay, where people picnic; soon-to-be-wed couples come for photo shoots and photography enthusiasts come for the glowing sunsets; small sailboats, kayakers, and paddleboarders ply the gentle waters; and fishermen in small craft move about tending their oyster racks on the bay’s outer fringe and open water beyond. The island is just 400ha in size, and has a permanent population somewhere above 200, all living on the wind-protected east side.

The popular Saba Milkfish Theme Museum was moved onto the island just last year. It was previously located beside the Eternal Golden Castle grounds. Tainan is one of Taiwan’s aquaculture centers, and milkfish is king. The museum’s highly engaging and energetic founder, who also leads its educational presentations, DIY sessions, and walking tours, is affectionately known as Taiwan’s “Queen of Milkfish.” She founded the museum as a means to create a wider milkfish-consumer base and help the region’s fish farmers.
Visitors are greeted at the entrance with an aquarium housing milkfish. The interior is adorned with large hanging milkfish models and tongue-in-cheek models of cats, “milkfish’s biggest fan.” There is a large gift-shop area with such tasty packaged goodies as milkfish balls, sauce, and floss, and unconventional creations such as sausage and even ice cream. Tasting samples are liberally dispensed.
During the educational presentation (fee), an overview of the traditional Taiwan milkfish industry and associated farmer-folk culture is provided. Two types of DIY activity (fee) are offered: making (and eating) milkfish balls and making milkfish hand soap (to take home). Also offered is a Yuguang walking tour, a temple tour that takes you to the mainland, and a 3-in-1 Moon Bay SUP/sailing/kayaking session (fee for each). To confirm, the Queen of Milkfish does not lead the last. Call the museum about a week in advance if English is needed for any of the above activities.
On the island walking tour, among other things you’re taken to the founder’s own milkfish ponds (organic cultivation), with herons, egrets, and ducks galore attracted by the healthy environment. If the oyster boats are freshly in at the small north-end fishing port, you might get to do some shucking. A superb view across busy Anping Harbor is enjoyed at the north tip, craft of many types passing directly by. You’re taken both through the forest and along Moon Bay, and shown Yuguang’s premier sunset-viewing spot – the dike at Moon Bay’s north end, hundreds of oyster racks between you and the glowing orb. And you’ll pass the old-timey “Grandma’s Tea Eggs” stand, outside grandma’s simple wood-built bungalow; the full Yuguang community began planting beefwood trees on the then-bare island around the middle of last century, and grandma is the sole survivor from that era.

Sabafish Milkfish Theme Museum
(虱目魚主題館)
Tel: (06) 391-3330
Add: No. 128-2, Yuguang Rd., Anping District, Tainan City
(台南市安平區漁光路128-2號)
Hours: 9am~5pm
Website: https://www.sabafish.com (Chinese)

English and Chinese
Anping Harbor 安平港
Moon Bay 月牙灣
“Queen of Milkfish” 虱目魚女王
Yuguang Island 魚光島

On the second day of our 3-day trip to Tainan we visited the Ten Drum Culture Village in Rende District. A cool place.

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Travel in Taiwan 2022/3-4

Ten Drum Culture Village
The Taiwan landscape is dotted with old, historically invaluable sugar-refinery complexes, built by the Japanese when they ruled as Taiwan’s colonial overlords 1895~1945, that after being abandoned for a time have been rescued and resuscitated – renovated and put to use as time machines for history aficionados while also serving as bases for artists, cultural-arts troupes, and cultural-creative enterprises. What is today named the Ten Drum Culture Village, built as the Rende Sugar Factory, is the largest, most intact, and both the most comprehensively and most innovatively renovated and re-missioned. It’s located in the south of Tainan’s urban center.
The celebrated Ten Drum Art Percussion Group is a performance and educational troupe that combines traditional drumming with modern theatrical elements. It has become an intrinsic part of Taiwan’s modern urban culture, and has performed around the globe. The troupe has three aims in managing the old 5ha Rende refinery complex: presentation of the troupe and its music, preservation of the history of Taiwan's sugar industry, and creation of an ecological attraction. The grounds are gracefully landscaped, bright with floral colors and busy with beauteous butterflies. The village is meant as a full-day attraction for entire families, with something for everyone, as we’ll see. Your ticket brings you free access to everything inside, save for your food, beverages, and retail purchases.

The menu of attractions is far too long to fully address here, so a highlights menu instead:

One large, airy old plant contains the percussion troupe’s state-of-the-art performance theater. Shows are presented daily.
A second large plant is divided into four floors. On the first is a high-ceiling bar, and on the second a pretty-as-a-picture bookstore stocking Chinese-language titles. The third level has a mini archery range (kid-oriented, with soft arrows) amidst the cacophony of pipes, machinery, and other clangy metal things. The fourth is lined with new-painted distillation vats; you can write wishes and blessings on small wooden tablets, Japanese style, place them on a long string, and they’ll eventually be “absorbed” into the vat. At this plant you can even get up outside on the roof’s catwalk, presenting rousing views.
Directly behind the second plant is a line of three monstrous multi-story-high distillation towers. Today, inside one is a swank café, inside another a tall many-turn tube slide, and in the last a small museum exploring the troupe’s history and the refinery’s history, with a focus on the Japanese families whose lives revolved around the complex.
Elsewhere, get up to fun things like going right inside the cleaned-up interior of the 67m-high smokestack, doing some free-falling and ziplining (zipline launch-point just below the catwalk on the second plant), and both learning about Ten Drum’s drums and drumming yourself, with a Ten Drum expert as your instructor.

Ten Drum Culture Village (Rende Sugar Factory)
(十鼓臺南仁糖文創園區)
Add: No. 326, Sec. 2, Wenhua Rd., Rende District, Tainan City
(台南市仁德區文華路二段326號)
Hours: 9:30am~5pm (daily)
Tickets: NT$449 (adults)
Website: https://www.tendrum.com.tw (Chinese)

We recently went on a 3-day trip to Tainan. Here is the first day with us visiting a few places in Guantian District.

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Guantian District

Pheasant-tailed Jacana Eco-Educational Nature Park | 水雉生態教育園區
The Pheasant-tailed Jacana Eco-Educational Nature Park is in a large area of square low-earthen-dike water caltrop fields and rice paddies. Most of Taiwan’s water caltrops are grown in Guantian District, which is also home to the majority of Taiwan’s Jacanas. The bird readily adapts to such manmade environments when wetlands are insufficient. The food-fest provided by this habitat long brought in the Jacanas (and other waterbirds) in great number, but the use of toxins in farming along with other negative impacts such as human-created noise had a deleterious effect. Thus the creation of the conservation zone in 2000, primarily constituted of low-dike plots that are allowed to return to a tree-surrounded wetland state.
Tel: (06) 579-2153
Location: On Yulong Road in Guantian District, 1.8km west of the Prov. Hwy 1 intersection
(官田區裕隆路; 離省道1號十字路口1.8公里)
Website: https://www.jacanatw.org (Chinese)

Chuan Wenshan Forest Ecological Conservation Farm | 川文山森林生態保育農場
The Chuan Wenshan Forest Ecological Conservation Farm covers a hill on what can be characterized as a foothills peninsula that sticks far out into the farm-plot flatlands like a peninsula jutting out into the sea. This is private land, a one-time mango farm transformed by the owner into an enchanted little forest of soaring straight-trunk mahogany with two massive banyans in the center on high points that is interlaced with hard-surface pathways and narrow old roads. The century-old banyans are so large and heavy they must be supported by frames holding up branches.

Guantian Visitor Center | 官田遊客中心
If the foothills landform just mentioned can be likened to a peninsula protruding far out into a flatlands sea, the broad, low mounds dotting the plains just off this peninsula can be likened to islands floating amidst this sea. The expansive Guantian Visitor Center stands on one of these. Its bold architectural design and the inviting landscaped meadow-centered grounds behind it have made the center a tourist draw in itself. This is the main visitor facility for the Siraya National Scenic Area, named for the area’s Siraya indigenous people. Inside are exhibits on area-culture topics and a gift shop selling regional specialty products, especially agri-products. The oversized deer sculptures on the meadow evoke the teeming herds that once roamed the western plains, so intrinsic to indigenous life.
Tel: (06) 690-0399
Add: No. 99, Futian Rd., Guantian Borough, Guantian District. Tainan City)
(台南市官田區官田里福田路99號)
Website: www.siraya-nsa.gov.tw

Hulupi Nature Park
The heart of Hulupi Nature Park is a large irrigation reservoir called Hulupi, which sits amidst a large swathe of flat land neatly cut into a grid-legion of small farm plots. The reservoir was excavated in the 1770s. In more recent times a road was built through its center, in the eyes of locals giving the body of water the look – from a bird’s-eye view – of a giant gourd tied with a ribbon. A pleasant tree-shaded winding pathway adjoins the shoreline, and leaps the reservoir via a photogenic bright-orange pedestrian-only suspension bridge, landing on a peninsula that juts far out into the reservoir. The park has a visitor center where refreshments are sold, notably water caltrop ice cream.

Hutoupi Scenic Area
The Hutoupi Scenic Area, with the large Hutoupi irrigation reservoir its centerpiece, is located where the foothills that rise to the central mountains meet the western plains. This tranquil lake-like reservoir is surrounded by low hills on three sides, thick with forest cover, with numerous bay indentations that foster a sense of seclusion even on tourist-busy weekends and holidays. This was Taiwan’s first reservoir, created in 1846 by building a thick and tall earthen embankment across the hill-opening on the west side. There is a paved road that wends its way around the lake, used both for walks and bike-riding.
Hutoupi is known for its aesthetically elegant sunrises and sunsets, with photos dramatically enhanced by their reflections on the sometimes still, glass-like surface.

Quick trip down south to check out a few places in Chiayi City, including places to stay, cafes, parks, and museums.

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CHAPTERS:
0:10
Slow Down
(嘉義慢漫)
Tel: 0973-067-509
Add: No. 23, Ln. 245, Minsheng N. Rd., West District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市西區民生北路245巷23號)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowdown245

1:30
Song of the Forest (森林之歌)

3:00
Alishan Forestry Village (阿里山林業村) / Chiayi Sawmill (嘉義製材所園區)
Tel: (05) 276-1601
Add: No. 4, Linsen W. Rd., East District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市東區林森西路4號)
Hours: Outdoor area all day; indoor exhibition halls 10am ~ 6pm
Websites: https://bit.ly/3GwA9sh (Forestry Bureau); https://afrch.forest.gov.tw/En (Alishan Forest Railway and Cultural Heritage Office)

4:40
Hinoki Village (檜意森活村)

5:40
Chiayi Park Botanical Garden
(林業試驗所嘉義樹木園)
Add: No. 270, Shanziding, Wangtian Borough, East District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市東區王田里山子頂270號)
Hours: All day
Website: https://cptfri.tfri.gov.tw (Chinese)

7:00
Sun-Shooting Tower
(射日塔)
Tel: (05) 275-1357
Add: No. 46, Gongyuan St., East District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市東區公園街46號)
Admission: NT$50
Hours: 8am ~ 5pm (Sat. & Sun. until 9pm; closed on Mon. & Tue.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunshootingtower

8:30
Jiou Café
(玖CAFÉ)
Tel: (05) 216-2626
Add: No. 387, Yedong Rd., East District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市東區興業東路387號)
Hours: 1pm ~ 10pm (Mon., Tue., Wed., Sat.; until 11pm Sun.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jioucafe

9:10
YouBike ride + bird watching

14:05
Fun Time Hostel
(日光輕旅)
Tel: (05) 227-5858
Add: No. 655, Zhongzheng Rd., West District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市西區中正路655號)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funtimehostel.655

15:55
Ferns Coffee
(蕨醒咖啡)
Tel: (05) 225-8191
Add: No. 138, Zhongyi St., West District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市西區忠義街138號)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FernsCoffee.138

16:30
NCYU Insect Museum
(新嘉大昆蟲館)
Tel: (05) 275-0360
Add: No. 300, Xuefu Rd., East District, Chiayi City
(嘉義市東區學府路300號)
Admission: NT$150
Hours: 9:30am ~ 5:30pm (closed on Mon. & Tue.)
Website: www.newncyu300.com (Chinese)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCYU300

18:30
Lantan and Rippling Moonlight Talk (蘭潭 | 月影潭心)

19:35
Yu Liao Excavation Spot (魚寮遺址)

20:30
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum
(國立故宮博物院南部院區)
Tel: (05) 362-0777
Add: No. 888, Gugong Blvd., Taibao City, Chiayi County
(嘉義縣太保市故宮大道888號)
Admission: NT$150
Hours: 9am ~ 5pm (Mon.~Fri.; until 6pm on Sat. & Sun.); outdoor area 5am ~ 12 midnight
Website: https://south.npm.gov.tw

Short look back at the few trips we made this year. Hope we will do more in 2022!

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

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Two days in Lalashan, Taoyuan City. We checked out a few places to stay, went two the giant trees, and walked through the forest in the valley. Lalashan is great fun!

Sorry for the terrible sound, the mic was not working properly during the whole trip... 🙁

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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No. 36 Farm (36號農場)
Tel: (03) 391-2585
Add: No. 36, Neighborhood 8, Hualing Village, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區華陵里8鄰36號)
Facebook: 36farm.okgo.tw (Chinese)

Goodian Coffee, Bed & Breakfast (谷點咖啡民宿)
Tel: (03) 391-2415
Add: No. 30, Neighborhood 8, Hualing Village, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區華陵村巴崚8鄰30號)
Website: www.goodian.com.tw (Chinese)

Guangming Farm (光明農場)
Tel: 0913-566-218
Add: No. 192-8, Shenmu Rd., Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區神木路192之8號)
Facebook: facebook.com/a033912555

“Lala Renjia Fine Food Restaurant” (拉拉人嘉美食莊)
Tel: 0967-153-876
Add: No. 60-1, Baling, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區巴崚60-1號)
Facebook: facebook.com/lalafmaily

“Yun Xiang Zhan”/“Taoshan” (雲享棧/桃山)
Tel: (03) 391-2045
Add: No. 156-5, Baling, Neighborhood 14, Hualing Village, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區華陵里14鄰巴崚156-5號)
Website: ysz.ego.tw (Chinese)

English and Chinese
Atayal 泰雅
“divine trees” 神木
“Grandpa’s Stone House” 阿公的石屋
Kala River 卡拉溪
Lalashan 拉拉山
Lalashan (Daguanshan) Forest Reserve 拉拉山[達觀山]自然保護區
Shang Baling 上巴陵

Short visit to the Cihu in Taoyuan. The area is actually great for hiking, but we did just visit the Baiji Tunnel, the Baiji Trail, and Back Cihu.

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Short visit to the Shimen Reservoir in Taoyuan. Been there several times, never made a video before. Didn't that there is a cafe with dam view.

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Went for a bike ride at the end of June from Yingge in New Taipei City to Daxi in Taoyuan City. The route is along Dahan River and takes you past a few sites of interest. Took me a bit more than half a day and I enjoyed it. 🙂

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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