Cycling Formosa - Day 3 - From Taichung to Changhwa

See Video: Golden Tunnel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22rPfvCC6wM
See Video: Progress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPOFmfCu1Pw
See Video: Gastby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOWVUHZwK4Q
See Video: Golden Frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb8Y_kE2TK4

On the Day 2, we lived in a horrible hotel. Although it was closed to the famous Dajia Mazu Temple, it was so awful. Its wall started to peel off, and all the device were like antique. What’s worse, it had time limit. At 11 pm, the door would close. No one could go out or come in. It meant after 11 pm, the horrible room was the only place where we could stay. We extremely did not like this feeling. Two of the dreamers choosed to another hotel. For me, slept early is the only thing that I could do.

On the Day 3, we went to Dajia Mazu Temple for formal worship, and went some shops to buy some necessaries. Today our goal was Changhwa. Day 3 was smooth, we even had extra time to visit Taiwan Glass Museum. However, people who arranged this museum were careless. Some routine were inconvenient. And the sign of the display which was used to describe the work was unclear. Nevertheless, I still found out some work which I feel interested such as Silver Parrot and Symphony. In addition, I was impressed by a fun tunnel called Golden Tunnel. It was decorated with a lot of glass. Walking in it, people would feel walk into a maze. I could not imagine that glass could be built as this kind of atmosphere.

In the afternoon, our rest point was another Mazu temple, the Queen of the heaven in Lugan Port. It was another famous Mazu temple. However, people used business way to manage this temple. In it, you could find out many souvenirs such as Mazu T-shirts, toys, hats and so on. I thought that it was really interesting.

After about 80 kilometer by road, we succeeded in arriving tonight’s hostel. The owner liked to wear a bamboo hat. The owner and owner’s wife knew that most of us were students. They supplied orange juice to us for free, and offered us a discount to our meal. The owner said that managing a hostel was his dream although its business still was in debt. He was addicted all his spirit and mind to his hostel. Sometimes people need to throw away everything and then gain what you thirst.

Horrible Hostel

The Queen of Heaven Temple

Daja Mazu Temple on the Day 3 morning

Matchmaker

Commercialized Mazu

I like this work.

Taiwan Glass Museum's Glass Building

I just stood under the windmill.

GPS of the Day 3 (Provincial Highway No.17)