香林薇拉民宿

竹崎親水公園重新開放囉

裡頭有盛開的花旗木
粉紅色的花朵綻放美麗
從天空步道可以看到特別的景觀，
還有繽紛色彩的體健設施可以使用

The National Palace Museum

Chinese history is a subject that is both intimidating and fascinating due to its vastness and complexity. It tells of a civilization that spans over 10,000 years, one that is rich in history, art, and culture, and has been one of the greatest influences on early technological advances.  

I have now had the privilege of visiting all three of the Palace Museums. There is one in Beijing, Taipei, and, as of 2015, Chiayi. As is true with most museums, since there is a vast collection of artifacts, each location tends to rotate out the items on display. There even was a special item at the Chiayi location that I was surprised to see there…

As I said before, the southern branch opened to the public in 2015, but it is still under construction at the moment, as you can see by the cranes on the side.

The Chiayi location is about a 10-minute bus ride from Chiayi Train Station. I rode a motorcycle about an hour from Village Villa. I used Google Maps and I’m not convinced I took the fastest route, as it was taking me all over the place. It normally takes 40 minutes to drive there, or you could take a bus/train into Chiayi and then take the shuttle from there.

民雄熊大庄

熊大庄是個位於民雄的很可愛的森林主題觀光工廠。 那裡會賣什麼呢?先給你看可愛的東西再說。

歡迎光臨！

有點像迪士尼樂園的樣子。 但是我感覺有一點失望，因為這些南瓜不會動。

這個可愛的小屋建築是銷售飲料和點心的咖啡廳。

民雄鬼屋+鬼屋咖啡  

這裡的故事是什麼?真的有鬼嗎?

我跟老闆聊一下，也有在網上看一下它的故事。 這棟房子是90幾年前建的，可是已經過了好幾年沒有人住。 為什麼呢? 有兩個傳說。

第一個傳說是:

有一個劉姓家庭，他們住在這棟三樓蠻大的房子，過著很愉快沒有鬼的生活，家裡也雇了幾位婢女和長工來幫忙做家事。 可是有一天主人開始對一位婢女有意思，然後他們兩個開始談戀愛。 當女主人發現的時候，她生氣起來了，開始虐待那個婢女。 虐待她到受不了，她就跑到外面院子的井跳進去而自殺。 以後，大家睡覺的時候，那個婢女每天晚上都會在女主人的床邊出現。 之後他們搬家了，以後就沒有人住那邊了。

民雄-彩繪牆

我第一次看到這兩個字就感覺很奇怪！ 為什麼要寫「打貓」呢？！ 原來民雄的名字是「打貓」。 為什麼呢？ 本來它的名字是從平埔話之台語近音譯字翻過來的。 但是後來日本人覺得這個名字很不雅，將名字的漢字改成「民雄」。

來來來! 別害羞！ 這些貓不會跑，所以你可以儘量地跟牠們拍照。

好像很想去玩的樣子。

哎喲。 看牠的臉。 快要融化了。

國家廣播文物館

建于1938年，這棟建築物原來是為了當中央廣播電臺而建造的，可是後來（1999年左右）成為了臺灣第一座廣播文物館。

我遇見的最大麥克風之一。

風景很漂亮,天氣還也很好。

一樓有比較多可以玩的，例如：可以互動的展示與體驗活動。 然後二樓有比較多可以參觀的，比廣播麼文物，展示室廣播電臺的一些儀器等等。

Pronunciation Guide

Before we start, a quick pronunciation guide for the name "Min Hsiung" for any non-Chinese speakers:
"Min" is pronounced like the word "mean" in English.
"Hsiung(Taiwanese spelling)/Xiong (standard romanization "pinyin") " is pronounced similar to the -cion/-tion ending found in Spanish and French respectively (not English). Just add a "g" to the end of that sound and you should be pretty close. If you don't know how to pronounce those sounds, take the "-cio" sound from the word "sociopath", and add an "ng". Try to make it into one syllable.
That should help you not look silly when you tell people where you went/want to go. 

About Me

Hello everyone, my name is Garrett. I'm an American college student doing some traveling in Southern Taiwan this summer, and I wanted to share some of my experiences with you. I hope my posts about my experiences can encourage you to come to Taiwan, and help you decide where to go, what to do there, and how to do it (or maybe how not to do it).

If you have any questions about traveling in Taiwan or anything else really, there's a comment section at the very bottom of the page, I'd love to hear from you! I'll also be writing a Chinese version of all of my posts, which I will also provide a link in each respective one. The information will be relatively the same for both versions, so choose whichever is easier for you to understand. 
如果要看中文版，請按到這裡.

Village Villa B&B 

No. 1, Ln. 6, Zhongshan Rd. Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County 604, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

village.villa2@gmail.com    http://www.vivilla.com.tw     +886 0988-771-923 

About Us

Village Villa is a Bed and Breakfast in the quiet little town of Zhu Qi, Taiwan.  Zhu Qi can be found in Chia Yi County in Southern Taiwan, located at the foot of Ali Shan (Mountain Ali). Despite its size, Zhu Qi has many scenic spots in the area such as Alishan National Scenic Area, Fenqihu (Fen Qi Lake), Ruili Scenic Area, and many more. The B&B is next to the Zhuqi train station and very close to Zhuqi Water Park. The city’s slow, relaxed-pace allows visitors to experience the local Taiwanese lifestyle, away from all the commotion often found in larger cities.

自我介紹

大家好！我是Garrett。我的中文名字叫溫懷仁。我是一位來自美國的大學生。我今年夏天會在臺灣的南部旅遊一下。我想跟大家分享我在臺灣旅遊的經驗。我希望我的部落格能夠鼓勵大家來臺灣玩。而且還希望大家能夠更深地瞭解在臺灣要去哪裡玩，要玩什麼，還要怎麼玩。

如果你對在臺灣旅遊有任何問題或者有什麼其他的問題，請在最下面留一下評論。我很期待看到大家提的問題。我也會寫這些部落格的英文版。內容是差不多一樣的，可是要看哪一種語言對你來說比較方便。 To read the English version, click here。