Woke up to a nice sunny day, that was cold too.
We went to the 清水地热公园, a geothermal park for onsen eggs, corn and sweet potato.
It was quite an experience cooking our food in the super hot water hub.
There was a onsen foot bath as well, but there were so many people using it. Didn't think it was very clean, and couldn't bring myself to do it!
Next, we went to Kavalan Distillery. Established only in 2005, Kavalan has produced a number of award-winning whisky. We're not whisky fans, but it was quite educational to learn the process of making whisky, and about the many different types and taste of whisky.
By the time we finish our tour at Kavalan, it was almost 2pm, and apparently in Yilan, most eating places do not stay open throughout the day. They open for lunch, then close for siesta, the open again for dinner.
Tim brought us to 阿娘给的 for garlic meat soup.
It's sort of similar to lor mee - noodles of our choice in starchy soup with pork. The adults were ok with it, but the kids didn't like it very much. Thought Aaron might like it, since he loves lor mee. But no.
The restaurant doesn't sell any drinks, but cleverly tied up with a fruit juice shop opposite to offer discounts for their customers! Their papaya milk was awesome!
After lunch, we told Tim we'd had enough for the day, and would like to go back to the farm to chill. He was so surprised. Guess most tourists want to see as much as possible, and we came across as really slack.
But it was a good decision to go back to Shangrila coz the place, surrounding and view were really beautiful.
The kids were not so keen to explore though, so only the adults, minus Daddy, went out to the fruit orchard. It was a huge place, with swings, benches, look-out points, bridges and mini obstacle courses.
We got there in time to see the sunset. Beautiful and very serene.
Then it was time for dinner. The farm is quite far from town, so we decided to stay in and have dinner there, and join in their night activities after that. Bad decision, coz dinner was so lousy!
The starters were probably the best of all the dishes. After that, it just went downhill.
Daddy was so unhappy with dinner, and so cold, that he refused to stay on for the night activities.
The night activities were started off well. The kids played "gasing" - spinning top. There was a group of Malaysians there too, and the Gan boys and the Malaysian kids started competing.
The rest of the activities were explanation and role-play of carrying 妈祖, whom a lot of people in Yilam worship, in a carriage, and making 汤圆. We stayed for a little while more, then decided to retreat to the warmth of our rooms - kids play their gadgets in 1 room, while the adults chit chat in another.
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