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"I thank God every day, I wake up feelin' this way."

Recently I have been unwillingly involved in so many unnecessary drama in life. I do not understand why people just want to poke me when I am just trying to live a peaceful life without offending anybody. But, I suppose maybe by being me, I offend someone somehow. One thing that I know for sure is I cannot stand faking. And I don't think I should change myself for anyone else ever. So yeah, if you don't like me, too bad. But if you keep poking me, I bet deep down you'd wanna be me too. Hahahaha.

Okay enough about this drama, let's continue our adventure in Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung. I'm surprised this location alone is taking 5 posts to tell story. We are now at the ending chapter of this saga and oh my gawd, the paper lamps sold at Taichung's main branch of Carton King really looks fantastic.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung Part 5

These beautiful lamps can be found at the one dimmed room at the souvenir store in Carton King. They are not cheap though and quite troublesome to carry around in your luggage. But if you don't mind these nitty gritty, I think they are really a good buy and can make a good display in your cozy bedroom. Especially when you don't feel like sleeping yet at night and you just want to lie down and nightdream away.

Nice souvenirs from Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung Taiwan

We got pretty tired after wandering around taking pictures and checking out stuff at the souvenir store, so it's time to find somewhere to sit and chill. We were considering between resting inside the restaurant or the cafe beside the souvenir store. But the cafe is not equipped with air-conditioner and the weather was kinda hot that day. So let's just rest at the restaurant. Hahaha.

Food menu from Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

Thankfully there is no minimum order imposed at this restaurant. We only wanted to utilise the NTD 100 voucher for drinks because we are saving space in our tummy for the famous Miyahara's ice cream. Yup don't lose the admission ticket to Carton King Creativity Park because the NTD voucher is attached to the admission ticket.

Food voucher at Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

I really love this concept of paying admission fee + food/beverage voucher or souvenir store voucher. It kinda helps to justify the admission ticket price when you make the ticket multi-function in a way although it may be just another marketing gimmick. Maybe all of this lies in the psychology of consumer-buying. Hahaha oh my gawd, what am I talking about? I suppose I really need a drink since I started to talk rubbish.

Restaurant at Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

All drinks in Carton King will come out...well, inside a carton box. There is a hole meant for the straw so you don't have to un-box your drink. But at the same time you cannot really see your drink and end up with a picture of a mystery box. I did not even remember what I ordered but I think it has something to do with Honey. Probably Honey Aloe then. All I could remember is that the drink feels so refreshing on a hot sunny day in Taichung.

Drink from Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung

Carton King Creativity Park is located at:

No.2, Aly, 2, Sec. 2, Dongshan Rd.

Beitun District

Taichung City 406

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 9PM

那一年我们望着星空

nà yī nián wǒ men wàng zhe xīng kōng
That one year, we looked at the starry sky

有那么多的灿烂的梦
yǒu nà me duō de càn làn de mèng
There were so many splendid dreams

When the weather is hot and you feel like sheltering yourself with a full-blown air-conditioner, it's time to go into the souvenir store at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung. I do recommend you to check the souvenir store nonetheless because they have so many cute and interesting products made from carton and cardboard. Just like this cute newly wed paper couple which seriously looks pretty similar to their Japanese cousin, Danbo.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung Part 4

There's an arcade game which is made from paper from the targets to the guns. I'm gonna shoot all of you, nuisances with these...uhh, paper mini guns on my both hands. Bang bang bang!

Shooting paper at Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung

If you doubt the quality of the material of the carton used by Carton King Creativity Park to make their products, you should try riding the toy horse which is 100% made from carton. My friend was kinda worried she's gonna spoil the horse but I wonder if her worry is a fake because at the end, she decided to ride on the horse anyway (while I was preparing myself to flee in case the worst happened to the horse). The horse was perfectly okay. Phew.

Riding paper horse at Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

If you want to wear the paper, you may be interested in these paper shoes. Not sure if they are made to withstand the rain or the puddle though. So maybe it's best to wear these shoes on dry and sunny weather.

Paper shoes from Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

Alternatively, you may want to go for the paper sling bags or paper hats instead. These three paper dudes look pretty good wearing them.

Paper dolls from Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung

But the best products which I saw in the souvenir store of Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung is these night lamps. They look so beautiful in the dimmed room, I was quite tempted to buy one to be honest with you. But the price and the weight of the good made me think twice before buying it. After all, I was lazy to drag my luggage all around the station and the lamp will put a lot of weight to my already heavy luggage.

Paper night lights from Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

Carton King Creativity Park is located at:

No.2, Aly, 2, Sec. 2, Dongshan Rd.

Beitun District

Taichung City 406

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 9PM

"It's just another day, nothing in my way. I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay."

Sunday is officially over now and I feel so emo knowing that it's already Monday again. Sigh. But the sermon today was so good, it kinda gives me hope and strength to face the uphill battle. Hopefully, there are not many giants for the killing this week. After all, life would be so much easier if we all can live peacefully without killing each other. Hahaha.

Since it's gonna be awhile before the next holiday, let's just continue filling in the travel journal back from Taiwan trip last spring. The last time we were at Carton King Creativity Park, we were checking out the place from level 2 of the park. And that's when we saw so many places of interest from around the world which are all made from paper.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung Part 3

Other than those world famous places, there are some fun structure too like this I Do wedding bell. Where's my prince by the way? Is he coming on a white horse? Or paper horse? Hahaha.

Fun day at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung

Beautiful gate surrounded by paper tulips. Yup, these flowers are made from paper too. Pretty, eh?

Nice gate at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung

The moon is strong enough for me to lay on it thankfully. Otherwise, I would be in for another round of humiliation. Or worse, charged for destroying Carton King's property. XD

Paper moon at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung Taiwan

Love is high when you are on holiday. Tralalala~~~

Love in Carton King Creativity Park Taichung

The Colosseum at the top of the restaurant completed with the paper-made Roman soldiers. They look so cute from down here.

The Colosseum at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung

Turns out I could travel to Paris while visiting Taichung. Never know Eiffel Tower does come in white and shorter. It will even look way shorter if other people taking picture beside it because I consider myself...uhm...petite?

Eiffel Tower at Carton King Creativity Park Taichung Taiwan

Travel buddy exercising a lot of strength trying to prevent the leaning tower of Pisa from falling down. She does not have to exert so much energy though cause anyway this version of Pisa Tower is made from paper.

Pisa Tower at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung

Oh right, did I tell you I found a man here and we spent a lovely time reading book together? I had totally no idea why there is a random statue of man (and he's not even made from paper, mind you) but it's fun to play around with him since he does not say a word. Travel buddy said we do look good together. =P

Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung Taiwan

Carton King Creativity Park is located at:

No.2, Aly, 2, Sec. 2, Dongshan Rd.

Beitun District

Taichung City 406

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 9PM

"Everybody's changing and I don't feel the same."

It has been a while since the last time I listen to Keane. I fell in love with this English pop-rock band in my last year of undergraduate study in Newcastle and it is a pity they are not making songs anymore. Their songs kinda make me wanna travel back to the UK too but since I need to save more dollars to travel there, I decided to start the year 2017 by travelling to somewhere nearer to Singapore. =P

The last time we were at Carton King Creativity park, we have explored the mini zoo section since it is located on the way from the entrance of the park to the main attraction at the centre. We are now exploring the second level of the park by climbing up this flimsy-looking white structure. Thankfully the white structure pathway is not as flimsy and unstable as it looks, they turn out to be quite stable so you don't have to worry so much when you are climbing upstairs.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung Part 2

From upstairs you can see many paper creation of something which looks like a fairytale kingdom. Paper queen, paper king and paper fairies complete with the paper white castle. They kinda look like Lego in a glance.

Paper fairytale at Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung

There is one corner that you should not miss at all at level 2 of Carton King Creativity Park. It is the corner dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki's creation, My Neighbour Totoro. You can take picture with the papermade Totoro, blue Totoro and white Totoro complete with the paper black shoots. These Totoro(s) and black shoots are so cuteeeee. <3

Paper Totoro from Carton King Creativity Park at Taichung

You can also see a lot of paper structures which are inspired from the world's famous buildings such as Big Ben, Pisa Tower and the Colosseum. This park start to resemble Window of the World from Shenzhen in China. Quite clever way to decorate the park I feel. After all, tourists love to take picture with these iconic places and to make it special, these structures are all made from paper. Awesome feat.

View from the top of Carton King at Taichung

If you are honey lover, you should visit the Cookies & Honey Ice Cream store which is also located at level 2 of Carton King Creativity Park. I was not in the mood for honey ice cream that day because I was keeping space in my tummy for Miyahara's ice cream, which is our next destination after Carton King Creativity Park.

Cookies & Honey Ice Cream from Carton King at Taichung

Hmm that kinda looks like Danbo in a glance. Taiwanese Danbo and the bees. The bees look pretty realistic up to the point that I got a bit freaked out.

Honey from Carton King Creativity Park at Taichung

There are so many type of honey products that you can find here at Carton King Creativity Park from honey cookies to honey drink. These products are packaged nicely so you can consider buying them for gift too. Although to be honest, I seldom receive honey as gift from whoever travelling to Taiwan. Hahaha.

Bottles of honey from Carton King Creativity Park at Taichung

Carton King Creativity Park is located at:

No.2, Aly, 2, Sec. 2, Dongshan Rd.

Beitun District

Taichung City 406

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 9PM

"Everything that kills me makes me feel alive."

I suppose the pain from all those struggles make my life even more alive. Okay, no idea what I am talking about at 20 minutes after midnight, but I has just gone through an annoying moment in the office so I suppose I deserved some nonsense-talk timing after enduring such asshole treatment. Hmmph. I wanna share what happened but just recalling the memory of it makes me damn annoyed. So yeah, let's just go back to the past when all those bitches seem so far away.

Where were we again? Oh right, we had just finished touring the mushroom farm and finally, we have reached our next destination in Taichung, the popular Carton King Creativity Park. There is an entrance fee of NTD 200 but you can use the entrance fee to purchase your meal/ souvenir from Carton King.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Carton King Creativity Park, Taichung Part 1

I had actually visited Carton King but turns out Carton King has so many branches in Taiwan. The branch that I visited before is located at Cingjing Farm. If I recalled correctly, the Cingjing Farm's branch of Carton King is way smaller and it's just a restaurant and a mini souvenir store located right beside the restaurant. I did not recall that there is a Dracula made from carton at Cingjing Farm for sure.

The Dracula was so random to be honest with you. But after passing by his house, my travel-buddy and I were welcomed by a lot of animals made from carton.

Animals made from carton in Carton King Taichung

It is practically a mini zoo here at Carton King Creativity Park. Some of the animals look pretty close to the real animals because the papers used to create them are coloured.

Even without the color, we could guess what kind of animals they are from the detailed shape of each animal. The kids are having fun guessing and touching the paper animals here.

Paper animals from Carton King at Taichung Taiwan

After passing through the mini zoo section of Carton King Creativity Park, we have realised that the Taichung branch of Carton King is actually the biggest (and the original) Carton King in Taiwan. The park is really huge and it will take you at least one hour to wander around and take picture. The white structure here may look fragile but visitors can actually climb them to go to the upper level of the park.

Inside Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung Taiwan

Just like all other branches of Carton King, there is a souvenir store at Carton King Creativity Park in Taichung as well. The store here is bigger than any other stores and it has some interesting paper items which I had never seen before. But first, let me greet Whitey first.

While posting as if I own the place and Whitey is my loyal favourite dog. Do you realise that the two white dogs, the red dog house and the yellow bird are all made from paper? The carriage that I sat on is obviously not made from paper, otherwise, I am quite sure I would have made a humiliating scene of myself destroying Carton King's property with my weight. Hahaha.