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ting. Excellent homemade breakfasts are included and the
East River Spa Garden
(Dōngjiāng Wēnquán)
hot springs (under reconstruction at the time of writing and slated to
open in 2014) are just a 100m walk down the road.
To get here, take the Tourism Shuttle Bus from the visitor centre heading to Xiangtan
Lake and get off at the Dongjiang He Tribe bus stop. You can also walk here from the
visitor centre in about 20 minutes.
Getting There & Around
A superb area for biking or driving, Nanzhuang is now also easily visited by bus. It's best
if you visit here from Shitoushan, but if you want to come directly catch a
Nanzhuang
Route Tourism Shuttle Bus
(
www.taiwantrip.com.tw
)
from Jhudong train station.
Buses (NT$91, one hour) run hourly from 8.30am to 5pm. The last return bus is at
6.40pm.
To get to Xiangtan Lake and the campground, catch the Xiangtan Lake Route bus from
the visitor centre. Buses (NT$44, 30 minutes) run about every hour from 9.30am to
5.30pm. The last bus leaves the lake at 6pm.
There's also a bus line that runs from the visitor centre down the scenic Penglai River
to the giant Xianshan Temple.
Scooters (per day NT$500) can be rented on the main street in Nanzhuang with just an
international driving permit.
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Taian Hot Springs
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There are hot springs all over Taiwan, and beautiful mountains for hiking too, but we still
think Taian (Tàiān Wēnquán) is special. For one thing, it has hot-spring water so good
that 100 years ago the Japanese built an officers' club here.
In a remote mountainous corner of southeastern Miaoli County, just on the boundary
of rugged Sheipa National Park, Taian is not precisely defined on most maps, but is more
or less the region that County Rd 62 runs through. Beginning just outside the town of
Wenshui, County Rd 62 runs for 16km alongside the Wenshui River before ending in a
car park just below the Japanese Police Officers' Club. Most visitors stay within the last
3km stretch, in an area known as Jinshui Village (Jǐnshǔi Cūn; population 200).
