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Hotel. Hakoune Onsen (a hot spring hotel) 箱根溫泉生活館
Hakoune Onsen (a hot spring hotel) 箱根溫泉生活館
,
Taiwan
2007-07-18 19:10. BA
2007-07-18 20:23. Went to try the hot-
Spring
water area, which had series of gradually hot to cold wading and waist high pool areas.
2007-07-18 23:54. Room, getting to ZZZ
It was the best hot-
Spring
hotel, stayed for two nights. The Taiwan Tourism sign of approval was seen at this hotel.
箱根溫泉生活館
Hakoune Onsen (a hot
Spring
hotel)
南投縣埔里鎮中山路1段62號
Puli Township, Nantou County
http://www.hakoune.com.tw
Crazy hard to plot this mountain hotel, but yahoo tw map seems to have it.
Yahoo map seemed consistent with the bad map and first hand experience- it seemed deep in the mountains.
http://tw.lifestyle.yahoo.com/biz.html?bizid=7d87d6ae44ee5245
Horrible hotel map just indicates 64.5 Km more from a reference point
http://www.hakoune.com.tw/MAUN/f.html
Better map
http://www.hakoune-onsen.com/main/location/images/map02.gif
http://hakoune.nantou.com.tw/?ptype=info
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The past few weeks have passed by in a blaze of , well blazes for one. Barbara decided that the Calabroni (aka big fucking hornets that are creepily smart) had lived in the big stump by the house for too long and set the whole thing ablaze. It smoldered throughout the day, and come evening it was still going. To attempt and get water into the centre of the stump the guys tried standing it up and it proceeded to roll down the hill taking out several small trees and landing just a few feet away from the field of dried grass. For obvious reasons this wasn't a good home for the giant flaming log. Never fear, Barbara has a big tractor :P Everyone pitched in to get it back up the hill and onto the gravel drive in a position where it could be properly hosed before we all turned in for the night.
James trying to calm the flams inside the stump
James and Ugo playing with the flaming stump
James unearthed a nest of baby lizards in the process of hatching too, arnt they cuties?
Baby lizards hatching
A day or two later there was a wine tasting in Montepulciano of local wines. Local wines here means the rather famous Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Rosso di Montepulciano., yummm.
Wine tasting in Montepulciano
Ugo and Barbera chatting ing during the wine tasting
We met two friends of theirs in Montepulciano, Leslie (who is their colleague as well) and Karla (who also does tours back home in Czechoslovakia), and had a lovely evening sipping good wine. On the way home we saw this little cutie hanging out by the road...
Little fox we saw on the way home from a wine tasting in Montepulciano
That weekend Leslie and Karla came to stay at Trove and Saturday Ugo took us on a little sightseeing day trip. One of our first stops of the day was at the monastery where some of the movie The English Patient was filmed. It boasted some wonderful frescos and views of the surrounding countryside.
Frescos in Sant'Anna in Camprena Monastery
Frescos in Sant'Anna in Camprena Monastery
View of the Tuscan Countryside
After leaving we drove through the countryside for a bit, just enjoying the stunning senary.
Freshly mowed wheat fields
Close up of wheat fields in Tuscany, loved the lines
Grapes ripening in Tuscany
Ugo suggested we go to the little village of Lucignano d'Asso, so we could take a walk through it. Honestly I think he just wanted an excuse to visit the little grocery/deli that was there. He orded us a bottle of wine and we thought some light nibbles of cheese and what have you. We got a bit more then we anticipated but out of courtesy to the hostess couldn't do anything but eat the juicy fresh cantaloup, tantalizing slices of local dried meats, and cheeses. The meats we superb, I think Beth might have cried tears of joy had she seen those plates coming out ;)
Leslie enjoying the lunch we were suprised with in Lucignano d'asso
Eventually we ended up at the hot springs on the side of Mont Amiata. We swam in a modern swimming pool which has several sections of varying size and temperatures, all fed by thermal waters heated by the volcanic activity of Mont Amiata.
Hot springs bath on MontAmiata
Ancient baths constructed for the hot springs
Have I ever mentioned how much I love bathing in really hot water? Like hot to the point it chases James out of the shower. I could really do with a hotspring in my backyard...would certainly lower our electricity and water bills :P Of course I would also need a backyard again to have a hot spring in it.
We also visited one of my new favorite places again, the garden Bosco dela Ragnaia. This time it was a whole diffrent experiance having Ugo there to play the guide and tell is the meanining of all the words inscribed around the place. I swear this guy reads Conversations With God, and must have a lusty obsesion with good philosiphy.
Leslie and Ugo enjoying the garden
This sign points to a stone with a circle carved in it, you trace the cirlcle three times then sit on the nearby bench to let what ever your own oracle tells you float to the surface of your mind
Sculpture of Pan and a rabbit, Pan looks remarkably like the gardens creator
We were luck enough to meet the creator, and he is the most unassuming guy youd ever meet. There he was just working away on a flower bed in his beat up denim and floppy wide brim hat, humility and warmth eminating from every gesture. He stopped his work long enough to have a quick chat and then politly excused himself and got back to it, he is obviously not a big socializer but still makes you feel welcome.
It's finally cooling off a bit and we've enjoyed several dinners outdoors in one of the courtyards. Nice breeze, good vino, good company...
Ugo and Karla enjoying a drink after a hard day of touring Tuscany
I think I might have mentioned this before, but just in case....
Sunset from Montepulciano
View from a cafe in Montepulciano
I DONT EVER WANT TO LEAVE!
Love you all!
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