Jay
Leading river traces regularly on my Meetup or Instagram 12 seasons a year.
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Jay
River:
樂樂溪 / Lele riverArea:
HualienRegion:
EastStart:
23.32648,121.24685Kakalang Hot Spring locates in Walami. The name Kakalang means "the place with a lot of crabs" in Bu'nun. (23.341685,121.222860) The water flow in Lele River is as strong as it is in Jianianduan, so this river trace is definitely an expert's route rather than a beginner's one. The outcrop is 58 degrees Celsius, but a pool for at most two people is o ... nly possible with a very big tarp and great effort for half a day, probably not the best wild hot spring in the world, or far from it. There is another pool in the sand with slightly warm hot spring water, one hundred meters from Kakalang's main outcrop--so little warm that it is even kind of chilling on a winter day. (23.34174,121.2237) -
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.
