Yunjianan Travel Notes

        Although my daughter went abroad for a year to work and vacation, and this year's Spring Festival is not around, we still need to plan our nine day vacation well. At least we need to take a detour on the highway to maintain the festive atmosphere.

                This year, we chose to travel to the Yunjianan area, and the first attraction of the entire itinerary was the "Tainan Yuguang Island Small Tour" guided by the milkfish themed museum.

        Nowadays, most of the introductions on the internet are about the Fucheng Pavilion across from Yizai Jincheng. In fact, as early as March 2019, the milkfish themed pavilion had already moved to Yuguang Island. Unlike typical museum formats, it is a small sales outlet where the curator introduces the company's brand story and the milkfish industry story. The curator claimed the local primary school, which was originally sparsely populated and close to being abandoned, but gradually began to thrive. He used a small trip to Yuguang Island to promote the milkfish industry, hoping that everyone would consume more farmed fish and not overfish for sea fish, so that future generations would have the opportunity to continue seeing big fish in the sea.

        Perhaps because winter is not the peak season for Yuguang Island, or perhaps most people choose to travel independently and do not participate in the guided tours of small trips, the number of people on that day was not large. In addition to introducing Crescent Bay and forest secrets, the curator also took us to the villa area of Yuguang Island. You can see buildings with clear water patterns everywhere here, and most of them are translucent villas. When taken in a photo, it feels like walking into Kyoto in an instant. It is also because of going deep into the community that I have learned about the local customs, seen fish ponds, and experienced the way residents fish online.

        The second recommended itinerary is Dongshi Fisherman's Wharf and Waisandingzhou. The boat ride on Waisandingzhou is located at Fisherman's Wharf, so the two attractions can be planned together. The colorful houses at Dongshi Fisherman's Wharf are very new, with a 23.5 degree longitude and latitude tower next to them, as well as landmarks along the Tropic of Cancer and installation art that resonates with each other. Walking onto the wooden boardwalk of the sea observation platform, overlooking the installation art under the bridge, the light blue color scheme combined with a hint of hazy beauty makes the bridge look like a painting, breathtaking.

        On that day, we boarded the Triumph, with a ticket price of NTD 650, which included eight dishes, one soup, and a guided tour along the way. The tour guide's elegant and humorous style of guidance made the ship laugh incessantly. To reach the Outer Umbrella Island, it is necessary to prepare sturdy slippers. Due to tidal issues, cruise ships usually do not approach sandbars to avoid grounding. Passengers must disembark slightly away from the sandbar and step into knee high seawater, so slippers must be prepared. Outer Umbrella Peak Island has nothing but sunshine, sandy beaches, an endless sea, and footprints of varying sizes and depths, leaving the mark of 'visiting here' on the beach.

        The third recommended itinerary is the Tainan Anping Canal Cruise, known as the "Taiwanese version of the Seine River". We originally planned to take the 5 o'clock Anping Canal cruise, but due to traffic congestion, we arrived in Anping almost 6 o'clock and had to switch to the 6 o'clock Starlight Cruise - Golden Watershed route.

        Along the route, there are guides and musicians performing. Passing under the Anyi Bridge, Wangyue Bridge, and Lin'an Bridge, one cannot help but think of the Gondola boats in Italy before. There are also river tours, shuttle under the bridge, and musician performances. The name of the Golden Watershed is mainly derived from the sunset casting a golden glow on the river surface. This time we are swimming at night on the river. Although we cannot see the sunset, the street lamps and neon lights of businesses along the line are reflected in the water, with colorful lights one after another, looking spectacular like a rainbow waterfall. The tickets for the boat with musicians performing are NTD 200 more than those without musicians. However, if the economy permits, I am still willing to give some encouragement to these free performers. After all, in the dim night, riding on a cruise ship, enjoying the breeze brushing my face, with lights shining in my eyes and the scenery of Tainan's once popular Fish Head Lord, how could this romantic canal trip be without the accompaniment of elegant violin music?

        The fourth recommended itinerary is the "Chenglin Agarwood Flavor Forest Museum" in Yunlin, known as the "Taiwanese version and six gardens". Inside the museum, there is Sumirin Biomedical, which specializes in fragrances and health food, Japanese courtyard scenery, heart-shaped Matsudaira Lake, kimono experience, coffee shop, and cute animal area. The admission fee is NTD 250, which can be used to offset expenses such as park consumption, animal feed, and kimono experience. When we visited, it happened to be the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, and the park held an event to exchange stamps for small gifts. The shop owners gathered must see and play attractions in the area, allowing tourists to search for stamps in the vast garden. In this way, it can also avoid tourists missing the attractions in the park and causing the regret of lost pearls. In the ecological pool within the park, there are koi, mallard ducks, geese, turtles, as well as cute animal areas such as rabbits, goats, and deer, all of which can be enjoyed and fed by tourists. Occasionally, there are also chickens, ducks, and geese strolling in the park for close contact with everyone, making it a suitable attraction for parent-child travel.

        In recent years, Taiwan's tourism has been doing well. It is recommended that everyone spend more time exploring the beautiful island, which has too many secrets and emerging tourism methods waiting for us to discover and experience.

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