日月潭-> 阿里山 Sun Moon Lake -> Alishan

從日月潭是暫時沒有共乘車到阿里山 (有一家阿里山全方位旅遊的網頁上說有但是其實沒有，可以問問), 所以我們決定搭公車﹣員林客運﹣去阿里山. 3.5 hrs. 哈哈去之前聽朋友說會坐得很不舒服，但是我覺得還可以，起碼常暈車的我居然沒嘔！應該是中間有休息的地方跟一些景點吧，而且由熟路的司機載我們好像會更安全

從水社旅客中心出發, 每天兩班 (8am & 9am), 建議前一天先在水社旅客中心買票 (TWD350) 因為容易滿座

There is no carpool service from Sun Moon Lake to Alishan at the moment (one of the carpool companies "lets-go-alishan" mentioned on its website that there's such a service but there's none in reality when I made enquiries... can enquire with it again to see if there are any updates), so we decided to take public transportation - the Yunlin bus - to Alishan which took 3.5 hrs.  It's not that uncomfortable as my friend said probably because there are many rest points on the way, and it looked safer to have a driver who's familiar with the area to drive us there.

The bus departed from the Shueishe Tourist Centre at 8am &9am everyday.  It is better to purchase the tickets (TWD350) from the Shueishe Tourist Centre a day before as it gets full pretty easily.

Shueishe Tourist Centre

就是這台車, the bus from Sun Moon Lake to Alishan

第一站：梅子酒莊
stop one: the plum factory

第二站：夫妻樹- 原來被火燒後已經不會在生長了
Stop two: couple tree - no longer alive after some fireburnt

第三站: 塔塔加
Stop three: Tataka

Day 3: 日月潭 (員林客運)->阿里山-> 九九九餐廳午餐-> 阿里山森林遊樂區步道-> 山芝鄉風味館-> 新順利民宿
Day 3: Sun Moon Lake (Yunlin Bus) -> Alishan-> lunch at 999 restaurant-> Walking trail in Alishan Forest Recreation area -> dinner at the "Shanzhixiang" restaurant -> Xinshunli Minsu

朵麗絲的家 Doris House + 日月餐坊 Sun Moon Restaurant

這次在日月潭住在朵麗絲的家民宿，到處都是貓咪的裝飾而且很整潔。民宿主人小游一家都很好客，晚上有生果、早餐是自家製的，也可以借單車遊湖，可惜這次只留了一天左右，下次可以踏單車去伊達邵碼頭那邊，應該很不錯！

地點也很方便，離水社碼頭﹠水社旅客中心大概３分鐘路程，就在旁邊有一家日月餐坊，我們在那兒吃了晚餐很好吃！

朵麗絲的家只有３間客房，所以要碰碰運氣跟提早訂。小游很快回覆的 :)

We stayed at the Doris Home in Sun Moon Lake.  It is clean and full of cats decoration.  The host is very friendly and provided us with fruits at night and handmade breakfast in the morning.  You can also borrow their bicycles to tour around the lake, but since we stayed for only one day in Sun Moon Lake this time, would like to travel to the Yuchich Township Pier side next time!

The location is very convenient with only 3-min walking distance from the Shueishe Pier and the Shueishe Tourist Centre.  There's also a Sun Moon restaurant right next to our minsu and we had dinner there - delicious!

But there are only 3 rooms for booking in the Doris Home, have to act quick! and the host will reply you rather quickly :)

 連露台的房間 our room with balcony

我也想擁有一間這樣的民宿..! wish i could have such a minsu someday

休息室 common area

小游媽媽煮的早餐 breakfast cooked by our host

好吃！taste good! 

吃飽後去了梅荷園看日月潭的夜景
a short walk to the Meihe Garden (?) for a night view of Sun Moon Lake

Day 2: 青青草原->紙箱王午餐-> 小瑞士花園快逛->(共乘車)日月潭->雲品酒店high tea->日月餐坊晚餐-> 朵麗絲的家

Day 2: Cingjing Farm -> lunch at Carton King-> quick visit to Swiss Garde -> (carpool) Sun Moon Lake-> high tea at Fleur de Chine Hotel -> dinner at Sun Moon restaurant -> Doris Home

日月潭雲品酒店下午茶 High tea at the Fleur de Chine Hotel

住一晚雲品酒店很貴不過下午茶還可以！在酒店大堂旁邊，食物很精緻也是觀賞日落的好地方！
可以坐環湖巴士在文武廟附近下車就可以 (時間表: http://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/TravelInfo/TrafficInfo/trafficinforound/Businfo.htm)

It is pretty expensive to stay at the Fleur de Chine Hotel but the high tea was acceptable! the restaurant is located next to the hotel lobby, food looks nice and you can view the sunset from here as well

can travel there by the Lake Tour Bus and get off near the Wunwu Temple (bus schedule: http://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/English/TravelInfoEng/LakeTour/LakeTourBus.htm)

吃很飽然後利用環湖步道走回水社碼頭，原來需要35-40 分鐘同埋有點暗，不過可以欣賞日月潭的風景很好

We walked back to the Shueishe Pier using a "lake walking trail", took us 35-40mins in the dark.. but is a pretty good way to enjoy the scenery of the Sun Moon Lake

Day 2: 青青草原->紙箱王午餐-> 小瑞士花園快逛->(共乘車)日月潭->雲品酒店high tea->日月餐坊晚餐-> 朵麗絲的家
Day 2: Cingjing Farm -> lunch at Carton King-> quick visit to Swiss Garde -> (carpool) Sun Moon Lake-> high tea at Fleur de Chine Hotel -> dinner at Sun Moon restaurant -> Doris Home

青青草原(綿羊show) - Cingjing Farm (sheep show)

清境的重點！就是照片上看到很美的地方，驚喜是可以看到以為沒得看的綿羊show :) 因為我們聽說只有週末才有但我們星期５去...
我們是坐民宿的車去(一般都應該有專車因為比較遠), 大約15 分鐘就到了！
入到去記住打手印，那麼到其他的園區就不用在買票，真的很大很大！

Highlight of Cingjing with picture-like scenery, and to our surprise we could watch the sheep show that is supposed to be shown during weekends only (we went there on a Friday)!
We went there by car service provided by our minsu (took around 15mins)
And remember to stampchop near the entrance then you won't have to pay when you visit other areas of the farm, it's a really big place!

心情很好！detox

綿羊show

哈哈少不了的喂綿羊 XD 飼料 TWD 40 feeding the sheep with TWD 40 animal feed

可以用步道一直步行到小瑞士花園 can walk all the way back to Swiss Garde using the walking trails

可以玩大半天！風景很美 :)  can spend over half a day here with the beautiful nature!

Day 2: 青青草原->紙箱王午餐-> 小瑞士花園快逛->(共乘車)日月潭->雲品酒店high tea->日月餐坊晚餐-> 朵麗絲的家
Day 2: Cingjing Farm -> lunch at Carton King-> quick visit to Swiss Garde -> (carpool) Sun Moon Lake-> high tea at Fleur de Chine Hotel -> dinner at Sun Moon restaurant -> Doris Home

兩人輕鬆遊 2013 ﹣台中/清境/日月潭/阿里山 Trip to Taichung/Cingjing/Sun Moon Lake/Alishan 07-11 Nov

真係好耐無見！其實係因為好少自由行既旅行 lol 

今次係同朋友2人去台中, 為免麻煩但又想慳錢, 所以找了共乘車＋公車作主要交通。4人以上包車當然係最方便同容易就時間，但2人包車會有點貴，所以有這些共乘車公司真的很好！除了遊客，台灣人也會搭 (不過溫馨提示一下：台中既的士司機話這些共乘車公司雖然是合法但未必有為客人買保險）

大概行程：

Day 1: 香港 - 清境 (住明琴清境山莊)
Day 2: 清境 - 日月潭 (住朵麗絲的家）
Day 3: 日月潭 - 阿里山 (住新順利民宿）
Day 4: 阿里山 - 奮起湖 - 台中 (住新驛旅店) 
Day 5: 台中 - 香港

看起來很趕吧？不過還好，因為其實中間的行程好 hea hahaha
特別留意從日月潭去阿里山既那一程係沒有共乘車的，但相反方向既有，所以如果會在嘉義那邊住一晚可以從阿里山出發。但從因為到達台中的時間是下午1 點多不想浪費一晚，所以先去清境 :D


This time I went to Taichung with my friend (only 2 of us) so we thought it would be better to "carpool" for most of the time to save money and time.  Of course it will be the best to rent a taxi with driver if there are more than 4 people, but that would be pretty expensive for the two of us.  So - a great thanks to these carpool companies! (but a gentle reminder: the taxi driver in Taichung told us that these carpool companies are legal but they might not have bought insurance for their customers)

Itinerary: 

Day 1: Hong Kong - Cingjing (stay at Ming Ging Farm)
Day 2: Cingjing - Sun Moon Lake (stay at Doris House)
Day 3: Sun Moon Lake - Alishan (stay at Xinshunli Minsu)
Day 4: Alishan - Fenqi Hu - Taichung (stay at CityInn Hotel Plus)
Day 5: Taichung - Hong Kong

The schedule is not that rush actually lol 
And since there was no carpooling service from Sun Moon Lake to Alishan, we took public bus instead.  However, there's actually carpooling service the other way round from Alishan to Sun Moon Lake, so if you plan to stay in Jiayi for a night, you might consider starting from Alishan.  Yet as our plane arrived Taichung at around 1pm and we didn't want to waste the day, we decided to head up to Cingjing first.