Today, we went to the Jinquashih Settlement and went treasure hunting! These weren't typical "treasures" but we were on a mission to find varying points of interests in the area. In the above picture, we found the Jinquashih waterfalls. The water and surrounding rocks were yellow due to the minerals of interest in the top of the mountain. Other treasures we found were temples, special buildings in the area, and even a Allies POW camp during WWII. But the true treasure we found today were the people living the area. Since the settlement is in a hilly remote area, we had to ask some native people in the area for directions. We were so touched by their willingness to help us and even offer us car rides down the mountain. Even though we were complete foreigners, we felt right at home.
After our treasure hunt, we went to the Gold Ecological Park where Taiwanese miners used to work in damp conditions underground to look for gold, similar to the gold rush period in California. It was very cool to walk into the still-exisiting cave and look at the same conditions and surroundings the gold used to be extracted from. Overall, today was a great experience in finding treasures ourselves and understanding how past Taiwanese looked for their own treasures at the Gold Ecological Park.
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