Two houses, same alley
Light Stays Hengchun is the shared name for two whole-house B&Bs that Chen Jie runs side-by-side in downtown Hengchun — both are rented out as a single property for one group at a time:
- The Light House: the long-established one. Push the door open and you meet a Texaco pump, wood-carved animals, Venetian oils — pieces Chen Jie has been collecting for years. A family drops their bags, and somehow grandpa is already calling a grandchild over to look, an aunt is photographing in the corner — half the night could disappear into stories about a single painting. Living room large enough for three generations, dining table long enough for everyone to gather around at once. → See The Light House in full
- Nandou Light: bright, spacious, en-suite in every room. Two booking sizes — the full five-room house for fourteen, or three rooms for a smaller group of six to ten (the other two stay closed). Late-night peanut shells on the table next to a beer, someone slicing fruit and putting the kettle on, kids screaming in the inflatable pool, sausages sizzling on the BBQ outside — the whole property and every facility for your group alone, and everyone finds their own corner. → See Nandou Light in full
Thirty seconds between the two houses on foot. One house sleeps 14 — plenty of room for three generations; both together sleep 28, and your whole stretch of the alley belongs to you — loud living room one side, mahjong table the other, kids running between, anyone you want to find is just a walk away.
What the two names mean
The Light House (輕輕旅行) — the "light" carries a wish from Chen Jie: that travellers who walk in slow down, ease up, take their time.
Nandou Light (南兜輕旅) — "Nandou" sounds, in Taiwanese, exactly like guán-tau: our home. When returning guests message Chen Jie to book, the line is often a single sentence: "Sis, we're coming back home this week to stay." That's the feeling we want you to walk into — not checking into a B&B, but coming back home.
Why "gathering"?
Hengchun has plenty of romantic weekend spots for two — this isn't one. Light Stays Hengchun guests come as groups, and often as three-generation groups: grandparents, parents, and children all on the road together. Family year-end reunions, alumni meetups twenty years late, company retreats, multi-family trips — all common here.
So the houses are built for it: large living rooms, long dining tables, inflatable splash pools, mahjong tables, karaoke, BBQ pits, a kids' play zone — and a living room comfortable enough for grandparents to settle in. Kids busy, elders comfortable, parents finally off their phones.
Bring the people. We've got the rest.
