清境民宿 ﹣明琴清境山莊 Ming Ging Farm

清境有好多不同特色既民宿，選擇之前可以先參考清境的官方地圖(http://www.cingjing.com.tw/map/map_08_trip.asp) 因為清境交通不是很方便，如果住得遠要計劃好交通

我們住的是明琴清境山莊 (http://www.mg.com.tw)，地理位置上不是很近觀光地點，不過民宿有安排特定的專車送住客出觀光地點都okay 可以問問職員

明琴清境的面積很大！分A,B,C,D 棟
A棟是check-in 的地方和餐廳, 大堂有沙發可以稍作休息
B棟是從A棟往上走約3分鐘, 門口有很大一隻的彼得兔 
C&D棟是從A棟往下走約5分鐘, 詳細可看民宿 website hahaha 因為沒有參觀

我們住在B棟，房間沒看到甚麼風景，不過房間很大很漂亮，所有淋浴用品都有齊而且乾淨

另外我們剛好在民宿看到日落！雲霧中看另有風味 :) 

第二天在A棟吃早餐，還可以吧！他們自製的燈籠果醬很好吃！
在早上8 點也可以參與農場主人的農場 tour hahaha 很多不同的花跟植物，農場主人很熱情地不停送我們植物

戴黑超的就是農場主人，大家都拿著大包小包 XD

也偶然地看到紅葉 :D 

Ming Ging Farm

There are lots of pretty "minsu" in Cingjing and could refer to this website (http://www.cingjing.com.tw/map/map_08_trip.asp) in your planning as the transportation is not very convenient up in the mountains... 

We chose Ming Ging Farm which has a great scenery.  Location-wise it was not close to the "centre" of Cingjing such as 7-11, Little Swiss.  However, it offers shuttle-bus service to the main tourist spots so you can ask the reception for the details. 

There are 4 blocks in Ming Ging Farm: 

Block A is where the reception and the breakfast area are

Block B is around 3 min-walk uphill from Block A with a huge Peter the Rabbit at the doors

Block C and D is around 5-min walk downhill from Block A... we didn't visit those so pls refer to the minsu's website! 

We stayed in Block B this time.  Not much scenery but the room is cozy and clean! 

Also just in time for the pretty sunset :) 

On the next morning, we joined the farm tour organized by the Minsu at 8am (can walk-in!).  The farm was really huge and the owner was super kind to offer us and teach us about different variety of flowers, herbs and stuff -- nice walk to start the morning! 

Day 1: 台中機場 (共乘車)->明琴清境 -> 小瑞士花園-> 紙箱王博物館-> 雲濛仙境晚餐->明琴清境

Day 1: Taichung airport (carpool)->Ming Ging Farm -> Swiss Garde ->Carton King museum -> dinner at Misty Villa-> Ming Ging Farm

台中機場 ﹣清境 Taichung airport to Cingjing [共乘車 Carpool]

搭 11:30 香港快運去台中清泉崗機場, haha 好彩沒有delay, 準時1點多到達
台中機場不是很大而且在山上，所以附近沒有甚麼好逛的
出閘之後會開到右邊有換錢的櫃位，左邊有旅客中心（可申請免費30天wifi 在機場／高鐵站使用), 前面有橙色的homee kitchen餐廳 - 不過要留意全部7 點多就關門! =.= 

在餐廳前面的等候區等共乘車就可以了！他們會拿著你名字的banner

我們預訂了e-go 清境觀光巴士 (http://www.cingjingbus.tw/), 其實從清境去日月潭那一程也是用他們的服務 

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跟據航班時間有不同的共程車班次，我們那一程是9 座的小巴，同行都是香港人 XD 
車程大概1個半小時，很舒適。在中途埔里有停一下休息吃東西再開往山上的清境！

Carpool from Taichung Airport to Cingjing
We chose the e-go Cingjing bus carpooling to travel from Taichung Airport to Cingjing ((http://www.cingjingbus.tw/).  The departure times are planned according to different plane arrival times.  They will carry a banner with your name to pick you up from the waiting area (in front of a restaurant in orange colour) in the airport.  It took around one and a half hour to get to Cingjing with a rest stop in Puli on the way.  Ours was a nine-people van with all the passengers from Hong Kong XD It's pretty comfortable and fast!  

*we also used their service for the ride from Cingjing to Sun Moon Lake. 

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.