Driver Lin was to pick us from the 民宿 at 9am. Bfast was supposed to be provided. All we had to do was to call the resturant / shop but it didn't make sense to do IDD call to order bfast, which would likely end up being more expensive than the bfast. Daddy Lim and I braved the cold in search for bfast. The room was still freaking cold. *shivers*
Food was everywhere once we walked to the main road. We got authentic Taiwanese bfast - egg roll, dumplings and such. The kids had enough food and started sliding again. While waiting for Driver Lin, they were happily playing in the living room though I was sure Zaky was way too old/ big for that car.
Driver Lin came to pick us at 9am sharp. To avoid the same unhappiness, we agreed with her that we would stick to the agreed itinerary before we start the day, which was 南方澳海灘、宜蘭餅、彩繪館、虎牌米粉、順進蜜餞工廠、結穀倉稻農文化館、廣興農場、羅東夜市. If you asked me, it seems like a lot to cover but I didn't want to argue. Zaky had been reminded to behave and I even devised a plan to reward him if he sits properly in the car today.
Off we go to the 1st stop, it was supposed to be some 南方 beach, which means South but when we finally reached the beach, the place was called 北滨公园, which means North. Well, not that it matters; what we cared was that we were at the beach, one of the kids' favourite places.
Accordingly to Driver Lin, we were at the further place possible in Taiwan that faces the Pacific ocean. While on the way, we came past a fishing port.
Most interestingly - this sign. It is a blur bcos the car was moving. It says "偷 丢垃圾有神在看", which basically warns people not to throw their garbage here bcos the God is watching. Wah, what a serious threat.
We saw many of these similar signs in Taiwan as they had to pay for their garbages to be disposed off and many attempted to dump their household wastes in public bins. Luckily we didn't have such rules in Singapore or I would have paid through my nose for the amount of plastic bags and papers that Popo uses and throws everyday.
Back to the beach.
We strolled along, trying to find a way to get nearer to the waters. The waves were huge and of course very windy.
As we walked, we came across many warning signs. There had been significant number of drowning cases for the last 5 years and the seabed suddenly dropped, which is invisible to the eye, creating a dangerous backwash that goes out to the sea. Basically, it is not safe to be near the waters and we had to constantly make sure that the kids were not too close.
We did find interesting flat pebbles that I supposed had been washed out by the waves.
I rushed the kids off in case we "overrun" again bcos we were supposed to be controlling our time.
Next, we headed off to the Lucky Crayon.
The tickets were at NT$200 each for 4 DIY activities and we get NT$100 from each ticket to shop for mechandises at the end of the visit. It did sound like a good deal to me.
The 1st activity was marble painting. I hoped the kids' Chinese would have improved by day 6 to understand the instructions given.
Basically, we colour our painting by rolling this marble covered with paint.
Our master pieces. I called this abstract art.
There was a huge student group before us and we had to wait quite a while before we moved to the next activity - magic ink making. This was interesting, we got to make from scratch and assemble a magic ink.
Daddy Lim had as much fun as the kids. I gave my materials to the kids but Daddy Lim was happy working on his.
See how happy he was!
The 3rd station was crayon making. The kids got to pick their colors.
Again you can tell how enthusiastic Daddy Lim was. The colors were compressed using a machine. Woohoo! Our own colourful crayons!
The last station was face/ hand painting. Look at the nice kitty I drew on Lil Shauna's hand! All thanks to Google.
Zaky drew a snowman on his own hand.
Daddy Lim also did a bunny on his own hand. He was obviously enjoying himself in Lucky Crayons. After that, the kids decided to work on the parents.
We definitely made very good use of the NT$200, half of which, was spent shopping. Unfortunately, mummy misplaced the whole bag and it didn't come home with us.
The day proceeded well so far. I told Daddy Lim that if we continued to feel good, we could continue with Driver Lin for the 3rd day itinerary.
We left Lucky Crayon to some biscuit place, largely for pictures taking. It was lunch time and the kids were more interested in lunch than biscuits making. We did try some sample in attempt to fill our tummy, particularly Zaky. I had never seen him so interested in samples before.
Driver Lin helped us to take so many pictures. We rarely had so many family pictures when we travelled. It did get slightly burdensome as the day proceeds, to be constantly posing for Driver Lin to take pictures, which isn't our style.
It was midday and we had covered 4 out of the 9 activities.
Mummy Lim
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