Claudia and Emily flew in from Hongkong on 3/18 to help with the preparation. Couldn’t have done it without their loving attention and help.

We had so much fun preparing the gift bags, which will greet the guests when they walked into their room.  Imaging the surprise! Wish I could be there to capture that surprise moment on their faces. We also added a welcome mesage (written on stone) and a giant size custard apple 釋迦, which is the specialty produce of this area.

The paper bag is made by 南頭埔里廣興紙寮, an entrepreneur supported by Taiwan Lovely Foundation (台灣好基金會)

We also decorated the reception area with the help of the proprietor’s mother, who kindly chopped some small traveller’s palm leaves for us.