Taiwan Road Trip Day 2 Taichung - Miaoli - Taichung

The map below gives an idea about the counties/provinces within Taiwan.

Here's a comparison between Singapore and Taiwan in terms of land size and population.
http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/taiwan/singapore

Land Area: ~697 sq km (Taiwan is ~52 times bigger than Singapore); see the picture comparison below Singapore is represented by the triangle
Population: ~6 million people (18 million more people live in Taiwan)
Etiquette: In Singapore, "Cheers!" = "Gan bei!"

This Taiwan road trip will be covering only the top half of the island. Mainly, Taichung, Nantou, Hualien, Yilan, Keelung and Taipei & New Taipei.


For today, we will travel north to Miaoli county. Some of the places that we can visit..



ChungShe Flower Market
No. 469-13, Sanfeng Rd, Houli District, Taichung City, Taiwan 421
http://www.flowerjs.com.tw/flower.asp



Longteng Bridge (aka Yutengping Bridge)


Chateau in the Air (天空之城) is a castle with unique architecture with garden and restaurant.
Entrance Fee: TWD100 (include TWD100 voucher)
No.33, Shifen, Dahu Township, Miaoli County 364, Taiwan; Tel:+886-37951815
http://www.chateau-in-the-air.com.tw/


Dahu Wineland Resort & Strawberry Farms 大湖酒莊
Miaoli County, Dahu Township, 富興村八寮灣2-4號
http://dahufarm.org.tw
Tel: +886 3 799 4986



Green Ark 綠葉方舟
367, Taiwan, Miaoli County, Sanyi Township, 勝興村12鄰綠舟路1號
http://www.greenark.com.tw
Tel: +886 3 787 5868


GaoMei Wetland 高美自行車道
Qingshui District, Taichung City, Taiwan 436



Carton King Creativity Park 紙箱王
台中市西屯區西屯路3段281巷1號(中科店) No. 1, Lane 281, Section 3, Xitún Rd, Xitun District
Telephone : (04) 2461-8553
http://www.cartonking.com.tw/



Luce Memorial Chapel
No. 1727, Section 4, Taiwan Blvd, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan 407



and finally, FengJia Night market again for our dinner. Alternatively, go eat Korean food at Samwon Garden or dumplings at Joa Jan Feng Dumpling (beside McDonald's).

Samwon Garden
No. 252, Section 3, Taizhonggang Rd, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan 407
tel: 04-23594066
http://www.samwon.com.tw/

Joa Jan Feng Dumpling (address below indicates vicinity of McDonald's)
No. 189, Youyuan South Rd, Longjing District, Taichung City, Taiwan 434