Two-day Tour of Dongpu Hot Springs

     This weekend I visited Dongpu Hot Springs (東埔溫泉) scenic spot with my coworkers. We departed on Saturday afternoon from our hospital and arrived at the Sha Li Shian Villa (沙里仙溫泉渡假村) at three o'clock. It was cloudy while we began our tour to go to the Ts'ai-hung Suspension Bridge (彩虹吊橋). Ts'ai-hung means rainbow in Chinese. The view from the bridge was pretty impressive. However, it rained as we went through the bridge. Since Dongpu is in the mountain area, it rained cats and dogs. My sneakers were totally wet after the walk. Fortunately, I brought my sport sandals with me in advance, so it didn't bother me a lot.

     We had dinner in the villa. The rooms of the villa are cabins. Each room has it's private outdoor hot spring bath, so my roomate and I enjoyed the hot spring bath nakedly. I guess it would be a great experience for couples to have sex there. What's even better, the villa provides the guests with free WiFi connection. Therefore, I was able to use my iPad to surf the net. (Yes, I took my iPad with me during the trip.)
     As our schedule, we gathered in one cabin for night recreation, which means drinking beers, eating snacks, and playing board games and mah-jong. One of my coworker introduced us an interesting and creative board game named "Dix it." The game consists of  different cards. Each card shows a delicate picture with fantasy. The players act as the storyteller in turn. The storyteller has to describe one of his card while the other people choose one of their cards that corresponds with the storyteller's description. The storyteller will collect all the cards and display them to all players. Then everyone except the storyteller votes for one card to guess which card belongs to the storyteller. I've fallen in love with the game because it is filled with imagination and art. It was over midnight when we finished several rounds of the game. Thanks to the game, I really had a good time.

    The next day we woke up at seven-thirty. After a savory breakfast, we went to the Ts'ai-hung waterfall(彩虹瀑布). The trail to the waterfall was so steep. I was thoroughly exhausted walking to there under the sun, thus I rested for several times during the course. When I finally reached the waterfall, I thought it deserved the effort we put into. The flow of water was tremendous, maybe due to the rain of yesterday, which made the waterfall imposing. We could even see a rainbow near the waterfall. That enable us to keep in good mood and forget about the toil of the walk.

      I felt refreshed to go into the Nature. The air, the sun, the trees, and the water are all unpolluted and instrumental to our health. And most important, to be together with my friends is precious. It's another memorable summer memory in my life.