怡保的壁画在哪儿呀？

立陶宛画家恩尼斯(Ernest Zacharevic) 在槟城的壁画风靡了整个马来西亚，其中最著名的莫过于三番四次被人淋咖喱汁的〈姐弟共骑〉。话说槟城的壁画现在已经是越来越多了，但是到目前为止我还是没有到访过。

显然这一次《漫无目的的怡保之旅》并不是为了壁画慕名而来，纯粹是来到了，就去看看吧！而且还是临时用手机上网查看壁画的确实地点，感谢Giga Circle - 小雯的分享，我们都是靠这那个地图东晃西晃地去“寻宝”的。虽然我们去的当天是周末，但是人潮并没有很多，还有人盛装打扮特地去拍那个壁画呢 :P

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除了《老人喝咖啡》和《纸飞机》比较偏远以外，其他的壁画都是比较集中的。《老人和咖啡》非常的显眼，基本上可以找到大草场，就可以看到他了。至于《纸飞机》则是和他相隔几个小巷而已，起初还以为很远，加上很多停车位不怕没地方停车，所以我们是开车过去的。

其中最容易看到的就是《大咖啡乌》，在Maybank正对面的停车场里。我们都是把车泊在那儿然后步行地去找其他壁画。

和停车场相比邻的停车场就是《蜂鸟》啦！不仔细找还真容易把它给略过。。

小女孩找东西

找了老半天才找到这个《小咖啡乌》。

这个应该是《环保叔叔》新请来的帮手吧？

最后一个就是我个人特别喜欢的《采锡矿》啦！我在那边拍个不停结果两个要拍照的人等得不耐烦就走掉了。Oopss....

好啦，这就是我的《探索怡保壁画之旅》啦。

现在要去吃芽菜鸡咯 :)

The Banjaran Hotsprings - 贵妇般的享受

从来没有想过在马来西亚也会有那么漂亮的地方。其实之前就有听过这个地方的名字，但就是纯粹听过，加上价位偏高，所以从来都不把它列在 《计划 - 旅行地点》里。但这次就是机缘巧合+贵人相助，就来到了这个自己从没想过会来的地方 - The Banjaran Hotsprings.

The Banjaran Hotsprings 的位置在 Tambun，距离怡保市大概是15-20分钟的车程左右。一路上都会有指示牌，即使找不到，也可以跟着 Lost World Tambun 的指示牌走，因为两个景点其实就在隔壁而已。但是价钱相差可是很大的哟 :)

The Banjaran Hotsprings，顾名思义就是以它的温泉而闻名，加上它隐秘而优美的环境，其实我觉得真的有一种置身于“世外桃源”的感觉。况且，那么大的地方，就只有25间别墅，加上他们限制12岁以下是禁止入住的，所以不必担心会人多声杂。而别墅又分为水上别墅和花园别墅，我们这一次就选择了水上别墅。总感觉住在水上的感觉特别一些。:P

一到达，就会有人出来迎接你，并且帮你把行李拿到接待处，然后就会有服务生把冷毛巾和冷饮料端给你。啊！炎炎夏日，这简直就是享受啊。

接待处

办完入住手续之后，随后就会有人领你坐上小车，沿途跟你解说这里的景点和些些历史。就比如餐厅啊、晚上喝酒听音乐的地窖、温泉、观景台、等等等等。告诉你，基本上进到里面看到那绿油油的环境，可真的是什么都可以忘掉。身心灵的放松也不外如此吧？

冒烟的温泉，解说员再三强调：不能跳下去！

然后就到达别墅啦，对于我是大到夸张啦！一个小饭厅、一个客厅、一个露台、一个温泉、一个游泳池、一间卧室、还有浴室，占地1,667平方尺，都大过我学生时期租的公寓了。。。。舒服、真舒服、超级舒服！

这个湖，不用担心，没有蚊子的

下雨了

介绍完房间后，就是我们的探险时间啦。刚才解说员说的地方，我们都要去看看！下过雨的天气最好，凉凉的，不怕晒！也许我们来的时候不是旺季，人不会很多。。。大爱啊！这里除了天然温泉，也有 Spa & Wellness Package，可以预订他们的按摩啊、Facial那些的，本来想去试试的，最后还是没有 :(

走在乡间的小路上

其实这里最主要的景点就是那个超大的天然温泉，加上群山围绕，那个是叫美仑美奂吗？

效法 #followmeto 的作者 Murad Osmann

这是在吸收灵气吗？

我们的住宿配套是包括了一个早餐的。至于晚餐嘛，你可以选择在餐厅里吃，或者是到市区里，而我们就选择了后者。也只是到附近的餐馆吃而已，因为还想早点回来，然后继续赖在客厅里，吹吹风。。。那灯光、那音乐、那景色、那环境。。。。况且屋子里那温泉和游泳池，不用就真的是太对不起自己了！

而基本上隔天就是吃了早餐就要退房了，没什么时间瞎晃。让我顿时有一种意犹未尽的感觉。。。真应该住个3天2夜！

适时候地逃离喧嚣的城市，到这青山绿水的地方沉淀一下自己，我就这样在这里，当了一天的贵妇，到了五星级的地方，彻底地放松自己，然后再收拾心情，重新出发！

The Banjaran Hotsprings 官方网站

http://www.thebanjaran.com/

参考其他：10个马来西亚温泉好去处

Day 3 : Sun Moon Lake 日月潭

So fast it's already day 3 in Taiwan. Today we will be visiting Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) and Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village (九族文化村). We had our early breakfast in Star Villa and we gotta depart to Sun Moon Lake at 9.00am by the shared transportation service.

Luckily we had a valid SIM card to make calls because we almost got left out by the driver. Thank God it is all good and we head on to Sun Moon Lake and reach there in around one and a half hour. Carrying our luggage to travel from one place to another has made easy by this shared transportation service. Even though public transport is quite convenient here, yet by paying a little bit more to ease your burden, why not? By the way, it is only TWD 300 per person.

This is the love with his luggage upon our arrival.

There are altogether three jetty in Sun Moon Lake which are Shueishe (水社), Syuanguang (玄光寺) and Yidashao (伊达邵). So we are staying at Shueishe tonight at MeiJen House (美真馆). MeiJen is very helpful and you can contact her through WhatsApp if you have any queries. She helped us a lot in solving our transportation queries. We were a bit lost when we reach the Tourist Centre, and then we started to look for our "home", and then here we are <3

Note: We took the room photo after we check-in in the evening.

It is too early to check-in (their check-in time is 3.00pm) and MeiJen was asking about our itinerary. She gave us a few suggestions. There are two ways to reach to the cable car station, either by ferry or by bus. Due to time limitation, we choose to go by bus and have our lake tour tomorrow by ferry. We waited for the bus for around 15mins and the journey took another 15mins to reach the cable car station. The bus will alert you the next station and the driver will also inform you when that is the cable car station. 

Formosan Village tickets includes free cable car service. So if you have bought the entrance ticket to Formosan Village, you are not required to purchase another tickets for cable car. Luckily it is not very crowded so we got one cable car for 2 person only :) Doesn't need to mix with others <3 

I forgotten how long the journey takes because we were busying "whoah" on the scenery. Hahaha... The last cable car to go back is on 4.30pm which is kinda rush for us. So we had decided to take bus after we finish our visit which MeiJen has already told us where and when. Good service :)

This is the main entrance after you come down from the cable car. The friendly staff will remind you that their last fetch is at 4.30pm. We were a bit lost and don't know where to go because we saw another cable car station @.@ We thought it is the same but in fact it is not. This area is the village, sort of museum type.  

So this cable car actually leads you to here...

Hahaha... we got bit excited even though we are not familiar with this series :P The love immediately bought one souvenir from the shop. Upon purchasing, the cashier gave us a little pamphlet. We are required to collect the character stamps from different station, collect 7 stamps and above to get a mystery gift. We managed to get 6 only :( Just one more to grab the mystery gift :( 

This blog post will be flooded with many many photos because it is kinda hard not to take photo here :P You will definitely go crazy if you're a One-Piece fans. Just the weather is not so good because it was raining and we have to carry the umbrella all the way :(

So we went to watch this 3D animation, saw a lot of people queuing and we just join the crowd. There are only selected time to watch the animation and they can take up to 300 audience for one show. 

After the show, following the map and we enter this thing call One Piece Memorial Log. I'm not quite sure what is the theme like but there are a lot of One Piece character inside which you can take photo non-stop @.@ We are glad that the crowd was not the bad and we still can easily squeeze ourselves in for photo opportunity.

The below photo was taken at Straw Hat Crew, Play Play Play (草帽海贼团). This is more of an interactive museum with a lot of props for you to take photo. You can see all the props are in tip-top condition despite their huge crowd over the days. Look at the photo on the bottom right corner, can you see the big hand?  

You definitely don't want to miss this before you leave. These are located at the Europe Garden (欧洲花园). By the time we visited the garden the rain has stopped. Perfect weather to marvel at this wonderful scenery. 

It is a beautiful garden. It is HUGE and filled with Lavender. Lovely!!!

Two ways to go back to Sun Moon Lake Tourist Centre:-
(1) Nantou Bus (南投客运) -> Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
     The last Nantou Bus to Sun Moon Lake Tourist Centre is at 5.30pm. So make sure you're at the bus stop on time because if you missed this, your only choice is Taxi. It is only TWD 26 per person. Do make sure you have enough small change before boarding.

(2) Taxi
     There will be taxi driver who approach you offering you TWD 400 to the Tourist Centre. Since we're not rushing so we choose to wait for the bus. There are plenty of them so no worries if you want to stay a bit latter. The price are all stated on the carving board on top of the bus stop.

This ends our beautiful day at this beautiful place. Tomorrow we need to wake up early to catch a boat to visit the spots around the lake and we gonna depart to Taipei!

Stay tuned~

Where to stay in Sun Moon Lake?
(1) MeiJen House 日月潭美真馆
     Website: http://www.mayzen.com.tw 
      Address: 南投县鱼池乡日月潭中山路125号
     Contact: 0922 203 830 (Can Whatsapp / LINE)
     Email: am11262000@yahoo.com.tw

Where to visit?
(1) Sun Moon Lake 日月潭
     Website: http://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw

(2) Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village (九族文化村)
     Website: http://www.nine.com.tw 

     Address: 55544 南投县鱼池乡大林村金天巷45号

      Contact: 049 289 5361
     Operation Hours:
     Normal Day: 9.00am - 5.00pm
     Holiday: 9.00am - 5.30pm

Day 2 : Cing Jing Farm 清境农场

Day 2 in Taiwan, our planned itinerary is to go CingJing Farm by our pre-book shared transportation service, which we will share the car with other people but to the same destination. It is quite convenient for us and we do not have to travel by bus with our bulky luggage.

Well, we got the shock of our life thought that we overslept and missed the car cause when we woke up, the sky is so bright like 8.00am in Malaysia. In fact, it is only 6.30am @.@ 

We jumped up from the bed and I keep asking "What is the time now? What is the time now?" and the love is too gan-cheong and he read the watch upside down. 

He told me it's already 12.30pm @.@ I was like "shit, we missed the car. How are we going to CingJing today then?" 

I then grabbed my phone and notice that the time is only 6.30am. To further clarify, I even search for World Clock from my phone to double-check on the time. So the conclusion is that we didn't miss the car, we just need to wake up and get ourselves ready. What a way to start our day @.@ 

So this is me waiting for our car to arrive, it is really 8.30am in the morning :D Besides shared transportation service, you can also reach CingJing Farm by taking bus. 

The driver is quite punctual to reach right in front of our hostel at 9.00am as scheduled. It's a Volkswagen van and there are only 5 people inside the car. It's a 2-hour journey and the driver also explain to us about the history of Nantou (南投) district. 

Along the way we can see a lot of paddy fields, just like my hometown Alor Star. According to the driver, Nantou district is famous with three things; (i) Paddy (ii) Wine and (iii) Pretty Girl :D 

The driver will send you right to your hotel/hostel doorstep. See, here we are at our "home" for tonight at Star Villa. We reached at 11.15am and it is too early to check-in because their check-in time is 3.00pm. We settled our final payment and the boss asked whether we had our lunch yet. He showed us the map of the place and explain to us on how to get the journey done. They will send us to the tourist hub at that area and we can get our way to Evergreen Grasslands (青青草原), a must visit if you're here. Admission ticket is needed and we got ours from the hotel because it is slightly cheaper :) By night time if we want to come back, just give them a call and they will pick us up. Convenient huh :D

So we dropped our baggage and the owner send us to the tourist hub, where we can have brunch now and dinner later. It is a 2-storey building with different shop lots which consists of 7-11, MOS Burger, Tourist Centre and others. Tourist must take photo with the beautiful scenery first :)

These are all 7-11 outlets available in this area. 7-11 is one of our favourite place in Taiwan, easily access and loads of interesting stuff in there. Awww... I miss their 7-11 now. :( So we shop for our disposable raincoat because it might rain today according to weather forecast. 

We were looking for places for our brunch and we end up here :P The another available restaurant is for steamboat and we afraid that we might get smelly so we choose this. Hot burger plus perfect scenery = Blissful! One set of 2 person set meal cost us at TWD 299 only.

To cut the story short, we waited for the shuttle bus at 1.00pm, estimated to reach Evergreen Grasslands at 2.00pm to catch the show. Remember to have small change with you because we don't have enough and have to walk up all the way to the shop lots to change. The bus fare is TWD 20 per person. Around 10minutes journey and you will reach the main entrance. Ta-daa :D

Remember to stamp your hand with the stamp provided as you will go through few gates later and they will only recognized the stamp on your hand.

It is not very crowded and most of them are local Taiwanese. The view is amazing and you feel happy when you see the sheep. Meh... I think this is the first time I see so many sheep around on a green green field. Although I expect them to be a bit whiter :P There are few vending machines along the pathway where you can buy food for the sheep, it is TWD 100 per packet. Just put the food on your palm and the sheep will come to you. Do not feed the sheep with your MOS burger okay? :P

Well, you will feel just so relax when you're here. How often can you have this in the city? There's a sheep show at 2.30pm and we were finding our ways to the place. Directional signage are all around, do not have to worry that you might get lost in this huge green field :P This is the stage and this farm is managed by a man from New Zealand who can speak mandarin :)

As you can see it's raining and people are carrying umbrella so did not managed to catch any photo during the show. Raining actually spoil our mood a little bit and it is freaking cold and I only wear shorts on the day *padan muka* Remember to wear a pair of good shoes when you go to CingJing, the weather is unpredictable. The trail gets slippery when raining, so a good pair of shoes is needed :) 

Aren't you amazed? I'm totally in love with this beautiful place <3 

When we finished the whole area after walking down from this Great Wall Track (步步高升) which is 1.8km in length and has a total of 487 steps. I was complaining while walking down because it seems unending. Of coz we made it at the end but we didn't track how long does it take to complete this track. Our next stop is Little Swiss Garden (小瑞士花园).

What welcome you is this :) This is not the actual garden yet. There are some shop lots around which includes 7-11 (yes, they are all around). We decided to have our dinner settled before we visit Little Swiss Garden. There isn't much choices so we settled down in Carton King Creativity Park (纸箱王主题餐厅创意园区). If you're guessing, yes, everything inside is made by carton. Up to the curtain and the bench, everything is made by carton. Can you imagine? It is quite hard to believe until we see it with our own eyes. Unbelievable!! Check out the restaurant and the settings.

We were holding a cup, mine is paper cup with a "carton stand". The love is drinking his drinks from the box. Yes, it is a sealed box. Hahahaha... it looks very funny when you drink from a box right? 

The environment is perfect. The food is so-so if you asked me :P There's a minimum spend of TWD 80 per person which it can easily exceeded when you order one set meal. Had our early dinner and let's go to Little Swiss Garden. Maybe we reach a bit late and the scenery was not seem to be nice, probably because it is dark :( So please have Little Swiss Garden arranged in day time if you plan to be there.

This marks the end of the itinerary because there's nothing much to do in CingJing during night time. You can lepak in Starbucks or 7-11 if you do not want to go back to your hotel/hostel so early. We stay at the building for another half an hour to shop for souvenirs because we really do not want to go back so early, like 8.30pm? So we called our hotel guy and they pick us up in 5mins time (super fast). Here ends our wonderful day in CingJing. A super nice place <3

How to go CingJing from TaiZhong?

(1) Shared Car (共乘车服务)
     Website: http://blog.yahoo.com/_4BCDUVV6XOXAUE7V3YISTMA5FQ/articles/10193/category/%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B4%26%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%AD%E9%AB%98%E9%90%B5%E7%AB%99+%E7%9B%B4%E9%81%94%E6%B8%85%E5%A2%83
     Email: h790310@gmail.com

(2) Nantou Bus (南投客运) 
     Website: www.ntbus.com.tw 
     
Where to Stay?

(1) Star Villa 清境摘星花园山庄
     Website: www.starvilla.com.tw
     Address: 清境農場仁和路 Renai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan 546
     Contact: +886 4 9280 2946
     Email: star96669@yahoo.com.tw 
     

Where to Visit?

(1) Evergreen Grasslands (青青草原)
     Website: http://www.cingjing.com.tw/mien 
     Operating Hours: Daily 8.00am - 5.00pm
     Admission Fees: TWD 160 / Adult (Normal Days) / TWD 200 / Adult (Holidays)

(2) Little Swiss Garden (小瑞士花园)
     Website http://www.cingjing.gov.tw/mien/index2.php
      Operating Hours: Daily 9.00am - 9.00pm
     Admission: TWD 120 / Adult