Here our Taiwan itinerary for 18 Oct …
Our Itinerary:
18-Oct [Sun]
0800 - check out from 會館 at 南庄
0830 – have egg salad & coffee (NT$39) as breakfast at 7-eleven, coffee taste not bad alike like our MAcafe’s coffee, after finished drive to 南投
(actually want try 道地的 breakfast but those stalls 8.30am not open yet, we need to proceed on our journey as need time to drive up to Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) through 山路)
1130 – on the way, passby the famous 埔里酒廠 at 南投.
It’s a 酒文化館」that introduces history of all type of 酒 …
Taking the lift up, leads us to a “exhibition hall” that displays
anything about 酒…its history, making of different types of 酒 (such as 糯米酒、米酒、太白酒、清酒,『女兒紅』酒, so on….)
& anythings related to 酒… (such as “ingredients” or 壺 used to 酿 or store the 酒)
After walking through the 埔里紹與酒挖甕隧道 at 2nd floor,
there is 整車的酒甕 besides it, we go pull to experience, pretending we are the old times 酒 workers, quite fun....
After that, we take lift back to 1st floor, it sells many foods that are made with 紹興酒 there , eg 紹興冰棒、水果酒、紹興巧克力軟糖、香腸、蛋捲, 紹與酒蛋 etc
We have try some of the 紹興酒 products as below,
(a) 酒庫冰棒(花生favour), (b)酒香紹興香腸,
(c ) 紹與酒蛋
All taste not bad, especially the egg (紹與酒蛋) is yummy, the yoke is very 香醇 with the 紹興酒 taste, 讓人回味 …
1230 – Proceed to Wen Wu Temple at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭文武庙)
It’s very 華麗, nice carving
& the architecture of the temple has the palace style of northern China……
Saw this “golden boat” inside the temple…
going to the top of the temple, able to view the whole scenery of the beautiful Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
(However, it’s quite misty & cloudy that day, photo taken would be nicer if the sky is clear…. )
1330 – Drive to 德化社碼頭, buy four 日月潭 boat ride tickets for each of us
1330 – take pictures nearby at 德化社碼頭 while waiting for boat to board….
1400 – been “sabotage” by the boat ticket seller, keep changing boat til the 4th one then finally start our boat ride of 40mins. Heard from Cody last year when he came, the boat ride duration was longer at 1.5hrs, think the boat ticket seller want to earn more so they keep accumulate more people before starting the boat ride & they drive faster to loop around the whole lake.
it’s quite frustrating as many unnecessary times been wasted here, morever we have booked the high-tea which start at 3pm at The Lalu Hotel (涵碧樓) so quite rush…
During the boat ride, there is a guy talking, introducing about the lake, surrounding, history & the people staying around, suppose to be able to capture many nice pictures of the Sun Moon Lake on the boat, but too bad the sky still misty so the pictures turn out abit blur & dull colour ….
Can see many "水上度假屋" on the Lake…
Close up of one of the "水上度假屋"…
saw this two friendly foreigners riding boat on the lake & enjoying themselves….
view of some of the hotels at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), one of it is the 豪華的涵碧樓 (the brown building at the centre), heard that one nite cost around US$1000 for its president suite!
view of 日月潭缆车 station from boat…. 
view of famous 日月潭玄光寺 on the boat, wah, very crowded with people …
somewhere near the 德化社碼頭….
1440 – Once boat ride is over, drive to rush to The Lalu Hotel (涵碧樓), hungry & excited as we are looking foward to the “sumptuous” high tea & its classy grand Hotel
----------------To be continued on next blog---------------------