Hualien Tourism Sugar Factory — Attraction in Guangfu

Kind of a typical Taiwanese tourist place. The tacky usual with loads of local Taiwanese people. There is a tacky pond with some fish to feed and some shops around to buy some traditional aboriginal clothing. The gift shop had nothing interesting to buy but at least it had some normal snacks for you to pick up for the road trip. Can't really call it a destination, it's more of a rest stop. The ice cream was.....interesting. I got the moon light one which had yolk in it with vanilla and peanut pieces. I thought the yolk would be like a hardened yolk but no..it was actual runny raw yolk. Tip : let it stay on the ice cream and freeze before eating it. I did not get sick from that so that was surprising. 😜 Other Taiwanese flavor ice cream got raving reviews from my friends. Old...

The Hualien Tourism Sugar Factory is big and hard to describe, so we will list pros and cons and get to a final result.

Pros: The ice cream may be more expensive than before, but still is relatively cheap ($50 a cone) and still tastes great. Many objects that were used in the factory are in display in the museum. The railroad tracks and the train is outside the area and make great pictures.

Cons: You can’t get in the actual place and only get a bad view of the factory. There are many many black mosquitoes but this cannot be blamed on the owner. There is no air conditioning so I would not recommend it in the summer

Final result: 5-.5 (mosquitoes)-.5 (air conditioning)-1(no...

The place is buzzing with activity, loads of people are going in line for the famed ice cream/popsicles they sell here. Other than that, there’s also sausage stands, music, and pretty good scenery. Overall a great place to eat and rest, even though seats can be a bit hard to find with the tourist activity. Generally a good place to stop by, if you don’t mind the people there. If you come here to feed the fishes, make sure to come early as later in the day they grow tired of the food and don’t eat...