The smell is disgusting - it's like lots and lots of bad eggs T_T
throw in a coin for good luck!
A lot of Beppu has random steam spouting out and there are animals that can live in the 90 degree celcius environment. This Hell had a kinda zoo with it too.
... And here are some examples:
Duck-chan!
Hippo-chan!
Monkey-chan!
Lama-chan! (I think...)
Elephant-chan!
Rat Monkey-chan!Some random scenery photos before we get on to the next onsen:
Some neat water-lillies that can hold up to 20kg.
Next up the Sea Hell - it's artificially blue but tis very pretty ^^ :
ironically they're boiling eggs in the onsen - it's like they just thought omg it smells like eggs - i'm hungry i'll go boil some!
girls chucking pebbles on top of the shrine thingo...can't remember the name - i assume it's for good luck or you can make a wish or something
pudding made from steaming them in onsen... yuuuuummyyyyyyyyy
Then we visited the Mud hell
It's so gross looking... watching a grey thing bubble up
Hot Spring of a leg??? WHAT??
Oh right... foot bath! must be nice...
more festiness
Then there is this one where the force of the steam is so much it can power 2.5 trains or something.
The Cooking Pot Hell
hmmm onsen steamed fooood
By this point we're pretty tired and a little sick of it all, so we decide to stop at a hot spring to relax by following a map you can get... however it was terribly unreliable scale wise... we walked uphill FOREVER, we manage to catch a taxi about 40 minutes of walking to get to this place:
Beppu Onsen Hoyoland - as recommended in Lonely Planet lol. We wanted to come here cos there are mud baths here.
We had no idea what was going on! Bianca and I wondered off to the girls change rooms where the first thing we see is naked bodies - i wanted to turn back but mud bath!! After a few minutes standing around awkwardly we slowly undress, Bianca and I are clutching our tiny towels (it doesn't cover much) - fortunately there was a sign telling people which er...'part' to cover so it wasn't...AS awkward? - anyway we go wash ourselves at the liddle taps and seats they have then we hop into a normal hot spring bath where you can sit and soak - it was hot!
Bianca and I are hanging around each other looking lost... unwilling to sit up (the bath isn't very deep). We look around looking for this mud bath - we find it and make our way into it.
For me it wasn't what i expected, i expected it to be more...well, muddy - but it looks like grey water. And because it's all natural there's like silt all over the floor of the bath is it's all grimey and gross. The mud bath was lukewarm so it's not as enjoyable... even though it's supposed to be good for the skin.
Bianca and I pop out, shower and then peek out the curtain things to the outdoor area... there are already a couple of girls peering out... in the end when we saw all the naked butts of middle aged men we chickened out and left.
It was a truely tiring day, so we run back to our hostel where there's a normal hot spring bath:
Stay tuned for other hells in Day 4
2 comments:
That rotten egg smell is hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic if you are exposed for too long. We actually learned about this gas in one of my chemistry subjects.
Girls could you explain the mud bath thing a bit? Was it mixed or did you have a separate mud bath for the girls and guys? You said you saw naked middle aged men so I am confused.
Rob
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