1st Sunday in Taiwan~

Mission: Joining another one day trip around Jiuqiong Lake

Goal: Know more about Jiuqiong Lake

Travel route: Golden Valley Farm金谷农场, Recreation Shed休憩小栈, Jiu Fu Road 九福路, Farmers’ Market农夫市集, and Chen’s Farm陈家农场

You all sure will feel weird~

Why I join another trip around Jiuqiong Lake since I already joined the trip before~

Then why I need to write this trip that alike with my last trip?

Relax~ I will write about other spots which are totally different~ So won’t be bored~Haha~

In this post I will just pass Jiu Fu Road and Farmers’ Market because not much differences with yesterday trip~ hehe~

I will straight away write about my 1^st spot~ Recreation Shed~

Recreation Shed is a farm planted with lots of crataegus仙楂 and has a small shed for tourist to rest, drink crataegus tea and eat some desserts made by crataegus~

The most special thing is the part of crataegus konjac DIY仙楂蒟蒻DIY~ we can try to make the crataegus konjac by ourselves~

Let’s start~

Ingredients~

Put the dried crataegus into boiled water

After that pour the Konjac flour~

Pour into cup~

Done!!!

Same with the aiyu jelly~ we need to wait around 30 minutes to let it become konjac~

So we walk around the farm to take some photos~

Dried Crataegus~

Beautiful Flower~ 

Flowers of the Crataegus~ I like it ^.^

Fresh Crataegus~

Ru Nan Tang~ 

This house was built over 100 years~

Is time to eat our handmade crataegus konjac~

Before eat crataegus kanjac~ we drink crataegus tea first~

Wow~ Look delicious~

Taste nice~

Next station~ Chen’s Farm~

Chen’s farm~ A bit far away from others farm~ we need to walk about 15 minutes to reach ~

Chen’s farm has many special places to visit~ but we have no much time to walk around because the main purpose we come here is doing seed DIY. This activity is making a small furnishing by ourselves using the seed of Pongamia pinnata水黄皮.

Process~

Butterfly before gum~

Butterfly after gum~

Is it beautiful??? Sure :P

A nice auntie~ Take care of me for whole trip~

Last station~ Dyeing Bag by using the dye made by the Persimmon, persimmon branches and persimmon leaves. As I know~ This dye just have three colors~

Sorry to tell that I had forgot to take photo because of busying dyeing XD

Before~

After~

The trip was finished~ 

Meet different tourists and go different spots~

Another experience another feelings~ :D

A little knowledge:

The fruits of Crataegus are tart. They are used to make many kinds of Chinese snacks, including haw flakes and tanghulu (糖葫芦). The dried fruits can used to make tea and traditional Chinese medicine. 

1st Saturday in Taiwan~

Mission:  Joining 1 day trip around Jiuqiong Lake.

Goal: Know more about Jiuqiong Lake.

Travel route: Golden Valley Farm金谷农场, Bei Tang Wo埤塘窝, Jiu Fu Raod九福路, 

Farmers' market农夫市集, Aiyu Jelly DIY爱玉DIY, Happy Farm双喜农场.

Ok~Let start my journey~

Tourists need to register at Golden valley Farm during 9am-9.30am and the trip will start when all the tourists had came~

While waiting for the trip start~ I had took few photos~

Register Time~

A cute dinosaur~

Ready to GO~

Is time to start my trip lol~  Took bus to 1^st spot – Bei Tang Wo~

The bus we took~

Not much differences with Malaysia's bus~

Bei Tang Wo is a very beautiful ecosystem garden~ 
This garden has a complete planning system which each area has their own theme (told by the tour guide)~ 
I can see different plants at different theme area and a lot of trees and flowers which I can’t see at the gardens that I had been before~

When I walk along the path of the garden~ I had saw many special plants and insects~ Haha~ Nice and of course beautiful too~

The environment of Bei Tang wo really fresh and relax~ 
I can’t put all the plants and insects that I had saw because too many~ So I choose some photos which I think it is special~ :D

You know what is this? This is water chestnut 菱角~

This is Pepper Wort Herb田字草 not Four Leaf Clover四叶草~

Butterfly~

One of the ponds of Bei Tang Wo~ Is it Beautiful? 

The path is paved with wood chips~ Creative~

Yellow Water Lily (scientific name:Nuphar shimadai)台湾蓬萍草

Spider~

Butterfly Pupa~

Caterpillar~

Earthworm~

A brave boy~ catching the earthworm~ Bravo~

  

After Bei Tang Wo~ The second spot is Jiu Fu road and farmers' market~

Jiu Fu road is the main road along Jiuqiong Lake~ Many Golden Shower Tree and Jatropha curcas were planted on both sides of the road.

The yellow flowers of Golden Shower Tree (Scientific name: Cassia fistula) bloom in late spring. Flowering is profuse and trees will be covered with yellow flowers. The Jatropha curcas will bloom with white flowers in May. If we come during May to July, we can see the road full of white and yellow flowers. Unfortunately, I can’t see this fantastic view because now is November L

The road without Flowers~

Farmers' market has many stalls selling vegetables, foods and drinks~ They will give you test the product they sell no matter you want to buy or not~ When I finished walked farmer’s market, I felt a bit full because I had tried many foods~ haha~ 

Third spot~ We back to Golden Valley Farm to do our Aiyu Jelly DIY~ Aiyu jelly actually is a type of vegetarian gelatin~ 

This is my 1^st time make vegetarian gelatin~ feel excited~:O

The process was simple. I will explain it in the photo I share below :D

Aiyu~ The only ingredient~ 

Put the aiyu into a bag~

Wash it in the water until the water become thicken~

Pour into the cup~ Done!!!

We need to wait for almost 45 minutes to let the liquid become gelatin~ So we continue with our next destination which is Happy farm~

We go there to experience how to take water from a well, how to cut wood with saw, and the farmer will explain to us how to cut banana from banana tree. I think the main purpose is let the new generation to experience the life of our ancestor, hehe~

This trip has ended up with the aiyu jelly that made by ourselves~ :O

A little story during the trip~

I had met few tourists during the trip^.^

A graduate student from Chiao Tung University~ A nice girl~

A pair of tourists~ a guy and a girl~ they very talkative~

Because of them, my trip become more excited~ :D

Thanks~