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In Quest Of: The healing power of Taiwan’s hot springs
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The onsen at The Gaia Hotel, a 48-key hot-spring hotel.
PHOTO: THE GAIA HOTEL
Mavis Teo
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TAIPEI – With small squares of wet towels placed on their heads, two elderly women chat softly inside the steaming pool. Next to me, a middle-aged woman and her daughter scrub themselves briskly while seated, before rinsing under a shower.
We are a group of strangers in our birthday suits, performing our ablutions before entering pools of misty water, in scenes reminiscent of a Japanese onsen.
