12 Days in Taiwan – Day 02 – Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market

The initial itinerary actually placed the Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market on Day 3. But since it was about on the way to Gaomei Wetlands – our last stop for the day – Kong brought it forward to Day 2. This place seems more like a Flower Expo than Market in that it’s more exhibition than an actual seller’s market. Nonetheless, it’s also another popular spot that is on most tourists’ itinerary, and saw throngs of tourists milling about the area. Thankfully, the general site is sizable – 6 hectares from what someone else wrote, and you can get really lovely pictures from the numerous and very colorful flower beds that fill the place… though the very large number of visitors made framing a real challenge! I had to employ every trick I knew in my arsenal to craft pictures that try as far as possible to drop all traces and hints of crowds.

Or maybe it was just the weekend.

Admission charges are NTD120 and 60 respectively for adult and child. Peter couldn’t enter this park for free though.

Alright: selected pictures of the flora first. Several of the pictures are at flower level; one trick to give the illusion of absence of crowds. The later pictures in this series – specifically the two sunflower shots – are further into the park where crowds are a little thinner.

Ah!!! What is the grey spot there?!?!

And of our kids in the area:

A tractor in the middle of a flower field, but could only sit one. P wasn’t too pleased about that!
There’s no barrier on the little jetty leading out to the pond, but the pond itself is at most going up to Peter’s ankles – so pretty safe even if he’d wanted to take a dip haha.
Very picture-seque with hills in the backdrop.
I’m carrying a full-frame MILC, three lenses, a range of filters for the lenses, a 360 camera, a 1″ compact camera for quick shots, and the Note 9. The wife only has her S8+ phone to worry about. LOL.
H was a little grouchy at this point. No idea why. Little girl temper?!
P on the other hand was in pretty good spirits. Quite unusual as he’s normally the more cranky of the two kids by far. He’s obviously happy about something here.
And here.
That cheeky smile is innocent now yes: but in a few years time, we’d be wondering what is he up to when he grins ear to ear!
Location!

Our last stop for Day 02: Gaomei Wetlands!