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Leading river traces regularly on my Meetup or Instagram 12 seasons a year.
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Jay
River:
磺溪 / Huang creekArea:
TaipeiRegion:
NorthStart:
25.20195,121.59217Bayan is in Yangmingshan National Park. The hot spring pools are well maintained by the local. Pools are made out of sandbags and rocks by them, and there is a wide selection for water temperature. The hot spring water is milky white and very sulfery. Its pH is 2~3, the same acidity as lemon juice or dilute sulfuric acid; It is recommended to take o ... ff all metal wearings before the hot spring bath. The hot spring pools exist all year long. All creeks and hot springs in Yangminshan Park are banned by YMS headquarters, yet Bayan Hot Spring is very popular on weekends. Sometimes police officers come and you might get fined for 1500NT dollars. -
River:
芃芃溪 / Peng peng creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.611926066082667, 121.52661869238717The outcrops along Peng Peng Creek are hundreds of meters long. The hot spring pools’ locations are different every year. But the pools gurantee steady temperature from 38 to 45+, though not hot enough for eggs. Peng Peng Hot Spring is very popular in hot spring season, and tents are often seen. Peng Peng Hot Spring disappears every year after a t ... yphoon. Around November or December, the local villagers use an excavator to dig for the hot spring pools. Peng Peng(芃芃)or Fan Fan (梵梵) are both said for the very same place, and the former was the original name. Pengpeng, or Bonbon, means the bubbling sound in the hot spring. In 1970, a local administrator mixed up two different Chinese characters(梵 for 芃) on a document, which is the reason of the two different names for the one hot spring. -
River:
嗅水溪 / Xiushui creekArea:
HualienRegion:
EastStart:
23.24725,121.33443Dongli Hot Spring No. 2 東里溫泉二號 Temperature: 40 degrees. Mostly hiking. You only need to cross the very shallow stream for 3 times. Walk up the abandoned farm road along Xiushui Creek to the end and walk down to the stream. Walk up the stream for 50 meters in distance and turn right. Walk up the slope and you'll see the hot spring. (Don't walk on th ... e abandoned wood bridge; It's not the way.)
