Sunday, November 13, 2011

Taiwan Trip 2011 Day 5 Part 2 (Lavender Cottage!)

Lavender Cottage (薰衣草森林) is in a hidden corner of Shinshe (新社). Without cab it's quite impossible to go there.

There's a story how this place come about:
Fulfilling their dreams, two young women came to the lush environs of Xinshe to create their own ideal world, turning a plot of betelnut trees into a lavender garden. Combining herbal agriculture with a perfect escape, the two women have found their establishment especially popular and famous amongst the many notable surrounding cafes and resorts. Visitors go to Lavender Cottage to experience a retreat of simplicity, herbs and nature.

In my own words, it's a quaint, cozy, dreamy yet casual place for a relaxed outdoor afternoon tea. It's also a place where you can take a lot of nice photos and play with those interesting props they have!

I shall let the pictures do the talking:

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Nice fluffy cheesecake and raspberry lavender tea!

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The wishing tree! We wrote our wishes too =)

Carousel!!!
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He realised my pose is nicer. hahaha~

The service staff there is very friendly and initiative. We were walking out of the place when this staff saw us and immediately asked if we would like to have our pictures taken. We did not even ask them for help!

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Me feeding the bear!

Love this place!

Must come!

I did a fotojournal from fotohub for my Taiwan trip till here (Lavender Cottage).

If you would like to see the photos can ask from me and I will bring the 2 books along =)
Gonna start forojournal 3 on my Kenting and Taipei journey!