The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.
It was an awesome stay at Sheep Chimney. First of all, I got to say, it's very-very-very out of the place. It might be easy to find the place if you are a local or a tourist who travel to Hualien on frequent basis. For me, it's my first time there. My bf is considered a a frequent traveller to Taiwan because a part of his family resides at Taipei. Even so, bf did not know the public transport mode to Sheep Chimney. It is definitely not anywhere near to Hualien City area. I strongly suggest that you should hire a cab to the place.
#Wakie wakie
#Dining area
I had a good sleep that night because the room was way too cute for me. I was sleeping in a tent despite numerous occasions when I tripped onto the wooden stand of the tent when I had to pee in the night due to over eating and drinking. It was mad painful but it was absolutely cozy. This was probably one of the best room at Sheep Chimney. I was mad excited when I saw this little homestay online. Despite the expensive cost, bf still booked the homestay because it pleased my mood.
#Yummy breakfast
#Delicious sandwiches
The breakfast was delicious and it was strictly homemade by the owner of homestay. She was pretty observant upon our arrival and served us the breakfast shortly. She even promptly reminded us about being punctual for the train. We were less sensitive and worry about the time unlike her, worrying that we would miss the train. She hired a cab to sent us to the station the night before. It was really nice of her.
#The goats
With the theme of Sheep Chimney, she reared 3 goats in a shed in front of her house. She has a big and beautiful garden that I failed to take a shot of it as we were in a great rush. It would be great if we could stay longer at the homestay. Unfortunately, we had a train to catch.
#Feeding time
#Good bye little goats
We hopped on to the cab and made our way to the train station. Here we boarded a train to Sun Moon Lake. I really dislike travelling with baggages. Fortunately, bf carried every single thing for me except my little bag with tissues. I had a frequent tendency to visit toilet. Subconsciously, I was trying not to visit toilet on trains because it was said to be dirty.
#On the train
#Ticket counter to Sun Moon Lake
Our next destination was Sun Moon Lake and we bought bus ticket to Shueishe where our homestay was located. Worse, the weather was getting cooler each day. Oh my, I did not bring any thick clothes with me. I would have brought them along if I knew it (because bf's friend who met us at Taipei on the first day claimed that the weather was damn hot, sigh)
#On our way to Shueishe
#O.O
#On the bus
#By the lake
#Ferry terminal
Upon arrival, we simply dumped our baggages at the Doris Home (homestay) and left shortly after because we had a ferry to catch. It's the last ferry by the way. I was like.. Oh No!! Fortunately, there was a time schedule for the ferries. I was famish because I had my breakfast too early and we skipped our lunch to catch the train. We bought sausages!
#Yummy
#Famish
There were many flavours to choose from. We had the original, fish roe and squid ones for ourselves. Then the stall vendor suggested taking a photo for us. That's when many tourist came along requesting for the same shot as well.
#The quiet street
Sun Moon Lake is a quiet street. If you are looking for entertainment or shopping loots, this might not be a right place for you. There's nothing there except their quiet street unless you are taking a ferry to tour the lake and a few places of interest like temples or trail walks. It is impossible to walk along the trail in my opinion because the route is really long unless you are riding a bicycle. Get a electric bicycle, it will make your life easier when you are going up a slope. Rofl.
#Red tea
#Red tea and ice-cream
I thought that red tea ice-cream was gonna be good and special. Well, it was just an average, not much to my liking. So, I gave everything to bf and he was forced to finish all the craps.
#Waiting for ferry
#At the ferry terminal
#Await boarding
#Boarding
#Blueish waves
#Upon arrival
#Xuan Guang Si
We arrived at Xuan Guang Si eventually. It is a must to try their tea leaf egg. It was one of the best tea leaf egg I ever had. Instead of using tea or tea leafs to brew the egg, we realised that mushroom was used. Even so, they still called it tea leaf egg rather than mushroom egg.
#Buying egg
I told him about the famous tea leaf egg and bf knew he had to try it. We got 2 more later on and bf finished up the egg yolk for me because I only love egg white. Poor thing, looking back at incidents, I realised I was being tyrannical all the times.
#Sun Moon Lake
#Ah ma's tea leaf egg
#Xuan Guang Si
Seriously, I hated stairs alot after the Taiwan trip. Alright, I hate it even before my trip there. There were stairs everywhere. I took a long walk up multiple flights of stairs before my arrival at the temple. I was gasping for air and the cool air choked my breathe. The air was very refreshing but not when a man is tired. Rofl.
#View from top
#Stairs
#Signature star jump
#Awkward moment
He was about to jumped when the shutter snapped his unglamorous moment. Even since then, I was laughing about his good position that resembles passing motion. He hated me to the max. Being a nice gf, I censored away his 'cute' expression. Nevertheless, good friends are still able to see the original ones from my Facebook.
#Doris Home
#Corridor
#Kitties kitties
#Our lovely room
#Beautiful room for shower
#Little gifts
#Little accessories
#Little bottle of alcohol
You should never fail to stop at souvenir shops everywhere you go in Taiwan because they have signature products from each area. Since it was a rather quiet and peaceful street, there's nothing much we could do except navigating around the area near our homestay.
#Souvenir Shop
#Carton King
#Reindeer
#Mail box
#Beautiful lighting
#The ornaments made of cardboards
#The usual quiet street
I was mad famished by then when the restaurant we intended to patronize was fully booked and packed with patrons. We were told to come back after an hour or so. That's a pretty long wait and we headed back to the dining area of our homestay to have some coffee and fruits.
#Dining area
#Coffee and fruits
#At the restaurant
#Scrumptious dinner
Finally there were seats available for the two of us. We quickly sat down and placed our order. After dinner, there was nothing much to see except pitch darness. Oh no, it was only 9pm or so. Despite so, we headed back to the homestay for an early night so that we had sufficient energy to comb our next destination.
With loves,
Pzy
