Hello Everyone,
as mentioned in our last blog post about our Taiwan Holiday 2012, Baby and I have spent two days in Central Taiwan and in order for us to cover as much attractions as possible, we have hired a driver whom brought us around to the different places that we wanted to go.

Getting Around In Central Taiwan:

Though utilising the public transportation is rather direct and straightforward, it is extremely difficult to move around with big luggage and cover a number of attractions in a short period of time. Moreover, travelling time via the public transportation can take extremely long. Hence, we decided to hire a driver that took us around in a Toyota Wish for 2 full days at a price of $7000 TWD [approx. $297.49 SGD].

On the first day of our Taiwan Holiday 2012, we spent the first day in CingJing and we visited several tourist attractions such as the Old England Manor, Carton King, Small Swiss Garden, and Green Green Grassland.

As we have tons of photographs to show, we will be blogging about the Old England Manor and the Carton King in this blog post; and we will be blogging about the Small Swiss Garden and Green Green Grassland in the next blog post.

Old England Manor

The Old England Manor is a really luxurious accommodation and a night’s stay on a weekday would cost you at least $16,500 Taiwan Dollars [TWD] which is equivalent to $701.23 Singapore Dollars* [SGD]. Hundreds of millions Taiwan Dollars have been pumped in to construct this property that took 9 years to complete. Most of the furnishings and constructs are imported from England and if you’re planning to check out the property’s interior, it would not be possible unless you’re a staying guest. Alternatively, if you wish to enter the building, you can pay $450 TWD [approx. $19.12 SGD] for an afternoon tea. Well, since we couldn’t really afford to stay here, we stopped by to take some really beautiful photographs of the place and its surrounding scenery. By the way, its free to enter the exterior of Old England Manor to take photographs.

A Short Video Introduction of the Old England Manor

The Old England Manor at Cing Jing

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

Closed-Up View of the Old England Manor

The Fabulous Mountain View from the Old England Manor

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

The Old England Manor was so WOW!

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

Baby posing for some photos with the England-Style Street Lamps

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

Baby standing in front of one of the guestrooms in Old England Manor

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

High-Tea at Old England Manor cost $450 NT [approx. $19.12 SGD]. Pretty worth it if you’re looking to relax and just chill out.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

Parting Shot at Old England Manor

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

Carton King

Carton King is a small retail shop that sells a wide variety of souvenirs made from paper and everything in Carton King [such as ceilings, tables, chairs] is made by corrugated paper. A souvenir which we found really unique is the leather-like paper bag that can be washed using machine!

Carton King Post Shop is where you can find tons of postcards to purchase as souvenirs. In fact, you can mail a postcard back to your home country too.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

Some rather unique postcards that we saw.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

DIY Cardboard Souvenirs

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

A rather fascinating Cardboard Structure

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

The Big Fat Me was able to go into the Cardboard Structure

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

Some other rather fascinating paper souvenirs that are lighted up with LED bulbs. We bought one of these to bring home to decorate my new room.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]
From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]

and yes, they have larger ones as well. Pretty cool to have it as a form of decoration at home.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective]
From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

DIY Paper Train

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

DIY Cardboard Plane

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

This is too kiddy for me but I just couldn’t resist sitting on it. In fact, this cardboard horse can take weights up to 100+ KG!

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

There are some really interesting cards that are being sold at Carton King and we bought some of them at a really good price. So, if you’re a pretty close friend of ours and your birthday falls in the remaining months of this year, expect to receive an interesting and unique birthday card from us.

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

Some Parting Shots at Carton King

From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]
From Day 1 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective]

*Assuming exchange rate of $1 SGD = $23.53 TWD

So that’s all for the Old England Manor and the Carton King. Check out our next upcoming blog post on the Small Swiss Garden and Green Green Grasslands!

Stay tuned to more updates from us!

God Bless!

Author

Melvin is an Entrepreneur, Life Coach, and Chinese Metaphysics Practitioner. He holds an EMBA and he is a passionate and engaging teacher, known for his unique combination of science, research, and spirituality.

20 Comments

  1. Ashleetan@yahoo.com.sg Reply

    Hi, may I ask how did u get to cingjing from Taipei? May I have ur driver contacts? Is he good, as in accommodating and informative? How many days did u stay in Taiwan? Can I have a copy of your itinerary? Yours look so fun and not so rushed as my initial planned itinerary. Sorry for the trouble.

  2. Ashleetan@yahoo.com.sg Reply

    Hi, may I ask how did u get to cingjing from Taipei? May I have ur driver contacts? Is he good, as in accommodating and informative? How many days did u stay in Taiwan? Can I have a copy of your itinerary? Yours look so fun and not so rushed as my initial planned itinerary. Sorry for the trouble.

  3. jeannie_see@hotmail.com Reply

    Hello MelvinMay i have the driver contact to cingjing and taichung.
    And which month of the year did you visit?
    Thks Jeannie

  4. jeannie_see@hotmail.com Reply

    Hello MelvinMay i have the driver contact to cingjing and taichung.
    And which month of the year did you visit?
    Thks Jeannie

  5. zoey11809@yahoo.com.sg Reply

    Hi Melvin, how did you go about making reservation for tea @ Old England Manor? Do you make reservation only when you are there or you make advance booking while still in Singapore? Thank you/.

    • Hi Zoey,
      I am sorry for the late reply as I just returned from work. You can make an advance booking while still in Singapore; that would be the safest bet. Hope this helps!

      Best Regards,
      Melvin Lee

      • zoey11809@tahoo.com.sg Reply

        Hi MelvinThanks for your advice. I am having trouble locating the link to make reservation for tea only. I keep getting connected to reservations for rooms. Do you have any email contact of the Manor that I can connect with. Thanks much in advance for your help ! Have a nice week ahead.

        • Hi Zoey,
          you can try calling them directly via this telephone number: +886 049-2802166. I have a hunch that they might not accept reservation and might only accept walk-ins on a first come first serve basis but nonetheless, do give them a tinker and see if they do accept advance reservations.

          Cheers!

          Best Regards,
          Melvin Lee

          • zoey11809@yahoo.com.sg

            Hi Melvin, thanks so much for your help. Have a good week ahead!

  6. zoey11809@yahoo.com.sg Reply

    Hi Melvin, how did you go about making reservation for tea @ Old England Manor? Do you make reservation only when you are there or you make advance booking while still in Singapore? Thank you/.

    • Hi Zoey,
      I am sorry for the late reply as I just returned from work. You can make an advance booking while still in Singapore; that would be the safest bet. Hope this helps!

      Best Regards,
      Melvin Lee

      • zoey11809@tahoo.com.sg Reply

        Hi MelvinThanks for your advice. I am having trouble locating the link to make reservation for tea only. I keep getting connected to reservations for rooms. Do you have any email contact of the Manor that I can connect with. Thanks much in advance for your help ! Have a nice week ahead.

        • Hi Zoey,
          you can try calling them directly via this telephone number: +886 049-2802166. I have a hunch that they might not accept reservation and might only accept walk-ins on a first come first serve basis but nonetheless, do give them a tinker and see if they do accept advance reservations.

          Cheers!

          Best Regards,
          Melvin Lee

          • zoey11809@yahoo.com.sg

            Hi Melvin, thanks so much for your help. Have a good week ahead!

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