Hot Springs

So, our Hot Spring Adventure started off taking the bus. Amariah didn't like the seats that Patrick and chose to sit in, so he got up and walked himself to the back of the bus 

and sat there.

The Hot Spring was in a small town called Cong Hua about an hour and a half outside of Guangzhou. The small town was a refreshing experience away from the busy city life. There were fewer people and life seemed simpler and more relaxed.

The Hot Spring had many different kinds 

of pools for us to enjoy. Some were were too hot to put more than our toes in, some were so cold it took our breath away and others were like the perfect bath water. These were the kind that we spent most of our time in. Patrick and I did understand that you were first supposed to imerse yourself in the hot water, then quickly plunge into the cold, then relax in the warm. A cycle, that we understood, was to be repeated several times since it was some sort of cleansing process. The few times that we did do the cycle it did feel really good. It felt as thou

gh it energized us. Many of the pools had names such as Papaya, Tea, and rice wine. The pool that Amariah and I are enjoying in the picture is the milk pool. The water was actually milky like. 

Here Patrick and Amariah are in the Coffee pool. IT very much smelled and looked like coffee. Unfortunately we didn't venture to taste it to see if it really was coffee. 

Here was a cool looking sculpture that very hot water came out of. We wondered if this was where one of the springs came out. 

This is one of the many gorgeous flowers that surrounded the pools.