南島騎行的第一個晚上，我們在非常棒的天氣下入住位於Hanmer Springs的Alpine Lodge Motel，它的入口不位於主幹道上，轉彎之後，在一片草坪的後方。
The 1st day on our trip is a sunny day and we stayed at the Alpine Lodge Motel in Hanmer Springs. Since the time we arrived is already late, after 6 o'clock I remembered, we don't have a chance to go for the hot springs.
由於我們有三十餘人，圍繞著停車場的房間幾乎被全我們全包，房間裡的設備也是非常齊全，附了張沙發的客廳，廚具齊全的廚房，甚至還有張餐桌可以用餐，另一側還有個小庭院，如果要在這兒下廚，真的很方便。
The room is big which should be good for a family of 4 people. It includes the a sofa for living room and kitchen stuffs which is good for people who may want to cook.
Motel也有個洗衣間，洗衣機記得是要一個兩元銅板才能驅動，如果還要烘衣服，那就要再兩個兩塊錢，還好我都習慣自然陰乾，而以紐西蘭的天氣形態，基本上一個晚上衣服就乾了。
The model also has laundry, you may need one two-dollar coin to wash your clothes. For the dryer will need another two two-dollar coins.
飯後，自己一個上街走走，這是我第一次來到這個小鎮，自然想要走走看看，運氣不錯，正好找到一個不錯的，拍攝星空的角度，獵戶座正好就出現在教堂的上方！
After dinner, I took a walk to visit this small town. I was lucky that I found a good angle to take photos with the stars (the Orion) just above a church.
Alpine Lodge Motel:
1 Harrogate St, Hanmer Springs 7334
幾天前，女友傳了一則新聞給我，就在內湖的樂活公園有夜櫻季，可以去賞夜櫻，正好今年春節的天氣非常好，就找了一天的黃昏，與家人一起來到其實位於東湖的樂活公園賞櫻；到了才發現這兒有塊告示牌，說明整個樂活公園有種了哪些櫻花樹種，及各自的花期，原來這兒的櫻花，可以一路從一月底一直觀賞到四月初，真是多樣化！
Few days ago, my girl friend sent me a news which introduce the sakura in Lohas Park is really glamorous. Especially they turn on the light, the visitors can enjoy the sakura at night. So I came here with my family one day during the Lunar New Year, and wait for the light to be turned on.
There is a sign mentioned that because there are different kinds of sakura in the park, you may come here from the end of January to the beginning of April to see the sakura.
今天來，開得最好的櫻花，是位於第一區的寒櫻，寒櫻據推測是臺灣山櫻《緋寒櫻》與日本山櫻混合衍生的品種，由於是最早開的櫻花，故取名為寒櫻，台灣的陽明山平等里，新店花園新城，與這兒並稱為北部三大觀賞寒櫻名所；這次來的時機算是有點晚，一整排中有些花況沒那麼好，可能是已凋謝或是尚未開花，至少有三五株盛開，滿滿的櫻花，同時也有滿滿的人潮！
Today, February 18th, the focus is at Zone 1, the Cherry Tree. There are three to four Cherry Trees which have a lot of flowers on them, that's the most crowed area in the park. Everyone wants to take photos there. Most of above photos were taken at one of them.
樂活公園基本上是沿著內溝溪而建，櫻花樹便種在河堤上，因此人們可以走在河堤上，親近一旁的櫻花樹，拍照的角度非常好，難怪大家喜歡來；除此之外，步道另一側有大片草坪，也可見到許多人在此野餐，或許天氣再熱一點時，就會有人搭帳篷了也說不定。
The Lohas Park is along with the Nei Gou River and there is a large lawn in the Zone 1. There are people picnic here not because of the sakura, I believe they just do it on the weekends.
在第一區與第二區之間，河堤上鑲了幾幅內湖的古地圖，挺有趣的，可以花點時間，慢慢看著過去一百多年來的變化～
Between Zone 1 and Zone 2, there are old maps for this area which is interesting. You can see the history how the government manage the place.
進入第二區之後，主要就是八重櫻了，八重櫻是八重開的櫻花的總稱，並非特定的品種名，亦稱牡丹櫻，重瓣緋寒櫻或八重緋寒櫻，是山櫻花的改良種，顏色與花形都和山櫻花(下垂吊鐘形)相似，花瓣多層繁複，14-15瓣，落花時全花落下。
Zone 2 is for seeing Taiwan Cherry.
接下來以一座小橋做分界，主要栽種的是昭和櫻，由於花形漂亮，花期長，且低溫需求不高，適合平地栽種，很會開花，在台灣被大量繁植；最大特色是五瓣分離，花瓣有凹形切刻，落花時花瓣單片落下。
Then cross a small bridge for the Cherry Tree.
在樂活步道的另一側，也別錯過相同花期的花朵，另有一番滋味。
On the other side of the 3rd area, the Lohas track also have some other flowers. Don't forget to stay and take a look.
走到此處，也差不多下午六點，太陽下山了，準備回頭，看看打光之後的「夜櫻」。
Here is the end I arrived. Since it's almost 6 o'clock, I went back to see how the sakura shows with lights.
沿路走來，黃色光從下往上打，帶來另一種不同的感受，有種暖意；也有不少團體來此拍照，正巧被我補捉到上面的畫面，自拍神器已經不止拿來自拍了，也為了拍攝更漂亮的櫻花！
You can easy to tell from the photo that the selfie stick can not just using for selfie, it's also a good tool to take photos closer.
這張想練習路燈下的櫻花，覺得角度不錯，只是構圖上似乎應該再濾掉一些前景的櫻花，仍然覺得有點太雜亂了。
It looks nice to take a photo of sakura with the street light, although I guess there may be too much sakura which makes it a little bit messy.
大家圍繞在開得最好的櫻花前搶鏡頭，哈～
There are more people near the one with a lot of sakura, and also more cameras.
這就是2018年春，樂活夜櫻季！
This is the Lohas Cherry Blossom Festival in 2018 Spring.
樂活公園：
114 台北市內湖區康樂街61巷
