Hiking to Hot Springs


From 2010-03-11

From 2010-03-11

From 2010-03-11



We've been pretty spoiled this week to get to go on a different adventure every day since it's our week off. The highlight of our week was going to the wild Ba Yen hot springs in Yangmingshan National Park. Most of the hot springs that we've heard about or visited were these bizarre little outfits that just had private rooms with hot spring water flowing into the bathtubs.
2010-03-11
I found out about this place from a local blogger's website of hikes, which has been an excellent resource for our adventures. Lara's family was visiting from the States and were the perfect excuse to chase down these fabled hot springs. We left on a miserably wet and cold morning and drove an hour to the location. After a 30 minute hike along a sulfur-stained river, we finally came to a red sign that warned us of a $17000 fine for trespassing. Sounds good-Let's DO IT! We walked through the fence and to our utter astonishment, there lied a beautiful series of gray-blue pools of hot glory. A stream ran alongside these steamy pools and we all but threw ourselves into them to cure the cold that had soaked into our bones.
From 2010-03-11

From 2010-03-11

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