Nuya's Travelogue: Taiwan 9–18 November 2012 : Day 4

Day 4 Itinerary
- Checked out of LeParker Hotel
- CingJing (清境)
- Checked in Misty Villa Cingjing
(清境雲濛仙境民宿)
- QingQing CaoYuan (青青草原)

Breakfast at LeParker. Frankly.. it’s kind of sad looking

The good thing is that they make your sandwich only on order.

Checked out from Le Parker hotel. Excited for the next destination! CingJing (清境)!

We took a cab to TongLian Zhong Gang station (統聯客運中港轉運站)
Waiting for E-Go bus to CingJing

The bus departed from Taipei and it was delayed :( We waited 1 hour passed the original boarding time.

Long wait at Tong Lian bus terminal

We bought 2 veg onigiri at the nearby convenient store

Finally boarded the bus! There was not seat number allocated :( We had to seat right at the very last row.

Effect of the 921 earthquake

Sceneries on the way

Finally reached CingJing. Exterior of the e-go bus

We reached CingJing at around noon and have no idea how to get to our accomodation at Misty Villa Cingjing (清境雲濛仙境民宿) :P

The CingJing ‘town centre’

There are a few shops around, including a bakery, Starbucks, souvenier shop and a 7-11

After recce the place and noticed the steep slope, I decided to call up the Misty Minsu staff to come get us. They were really kind to agree.

The driver picked us up at 1.00pm
Friendly Maggie briefed us on the suggested itinerary for the day.

Water is served to us while we wait to check in

Misty Minsu Dining Area

The reception

Outdoor dining area

Very homely feel with a parrot at the lobby n a dog roaming around

View from our room

Interior of the room. Nice and cosy with a great view!

We rested in the room for a while and gathered at the lobby at 2pm to go to QingQing CaoYuan (青青草原)

QingQing CaoYuan entrance

Entrance tickets

Little stamps to play

Nice relaxing place to chill out

We bought ticket from our Misty Minsu for NT140 earlier. Luckily there were lots of visitors on the day we visited. An extra sheep performance is included at 2.30pm. Usually the performance is only available on weekend. I didn’t appreciate some part of the performance especially when the performer made fun of the sheeps.

After the sheep herding performance, we roamed around the surrounding area.

Of course we had to get some fresh milk to try out! Piping hot. Nice on a chilly late afternoon.

After the performance, we walked towards another section of the area to view the horse performance.
It started to drizzle a little.
The show lasted for about 30 min.

After the performance, we took the 499 staircase downhill back to the town centre. It is still quite manageable and it is a nice walk, except that you may have tonnes of people walking in front and behind you on the stairs, especially since we left the place at about the same time after the performance. The walk took about 25 minutes.

Follow this ‘GuoMin BingGuan/7-11’ sign