From CingJing, we opted to pre-book the E-go bus to Taipei.
For this trip we did not choose to go to Hualien after taking the travel time into consideration. (Hualien is actually worth a day in itself to visit, as it is home to the famous and gorgeous Taroko Gorge.)
For TWD 780, a comfortable bus ride is provided from Cingjing to Taipei. The journey takes approximately 5 hours and stops at Puli Brewery.
Taiwan produces beer and wine. Puli is famed for beer and rice wine production due to the great quality of spring water and crops.
Puli Brewery is part tourist stop, and part brewery. There's a beer brewing demonstration found on the upper floor. We didn't manage to see the actual brewing process as there wasn't enough time.
The ground floor is occupied by food and souvenir stalls. Free tasting is offered and we enjoyed ourselves sampling the tidbits on offer.
Most of the snacks here are liquor flavored.
You have Taiwanese sausage, herbal tea eggs, ice cream, cakes, pastries, preserved fruits etc. Pretty interesting and a nice place to shop for snacks to bring home.
Of course, being a tourist stop, do expect the prices to be a tad more expensive.
We were unable to overcome the buying temptation, and came away loaded with liquor flavored goodies :P
It's always my travel philosophy: When in doubt, just buy. You might not get a chance to later.
Next, we settled down for a long ride to Taipei.
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