Ever Wonder Where the Nongfu Springs Water Comes From? (Heyuan-2023)

 Guangdong is the home to many interesting secrets and fine details of Chinese life and culture in the twenty-first century. Being someone who participates in a great amount of outdoor recreational activity, I drink a lot of water and being someone who often appreciates the legitimacy of "don't drink the tap water", I often drink NongFu Springs water. The springs, I found out this year, are actually located in a water conservation park called outside of the city of Heyuan. interestingly enough, the park is open for visitors and is actually quite nicely put together and surprisingly clean for how many tourists were coming through the area. I also reckon, the lack of tourist items available deterred people from disposing of garbage in a poor manner because there was not much in the way of garbage for them to dispose of. 

Interesting thought, if tourists can't buy things that make garbage, would tourism still lead to an overwhelming acucmulation of plastic pollution?

Here, sharing with you this wonderous find by my wife as we took a National Week holiday to Heyuan (rather than a ridiculously busy area).

The main Wharf is about 20 minutes (driving) out of the city, most any cab can find their way there if you have a card/title. You can order a cab using a ride share application as well.

The entrance ticket and wharf ticket are the same thing, there are different prices depending on times/and which stops you are looking at going to, generally speak, the wharfs are on islands, the most interesting is the main attraction (thus the busiest) - Dragon and Phoenix Island. Not to be confused with the Mekong Delta's various islets/riverways. This is very much an upbeat, foot path and quadricycle area that people usually come to and rest, enjoy the veiw, woo a partner or just simply have lunch. 









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