Thursday, January 3, 2008

Ramble in Beitou

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Today we got together with Tom and Molly, two friends we don't see very often. They live in Beitou, Taipei's northwestern-most district. We met them at the MRT stop and then took a nice long stroll through the Guandu Plain, the only significant expanse of farmland remaining within the city limits of Taipei. It had an old-time feel to it.

Afterwards, we went to one of the many hot springs that Beitou is famous for. The water is pungent and acidic, piped in from sulfur springs on the mountainside.