Kate and I are now luxuriating in the town of Baños, where the baths are hot and the dogs are friendly (they´ll literally follow you around and be your buddy all day). The food is suprisingly good here as well. I´m still getting used to the prices, but Kate has no problem saying a restuarant is ¨too expensive¨ if the meal is over $5. We´re staying in a great place named Plantos y Blancos, and our third story window looks out on the town cathedral and a nearby waterfall that falls into the hot spring pools that Banos is famous for (one pool is around 72 while the other is claimed to be 117).
We attended said pools this morning, and I´ve sworn to do it every morning we´re here. We also hiked up the Volcano just above the city today, and I could swear that I could hear some rumbling up there. The volcano has actually been active since around 2001, and we´ve been told that the city has a fabulous evacuation plan where everyone will peacefully ¨walk¨ to the nearby bridge that crosses the local river and calmly walk up the other side while the volcano erupts behind them.
Here´s to hoping we don´t have to see this in action.
The high country was great (aside from the case of Atahualpa´s revenge that I endured for a couple of days). The crater lake (the result of a volcano going pop) was beautiful and the local native people were great. When we get home remind us to tell you about the bus ride...
p.s. I guess that they don´t celebrate 4.20 down here exactly the same way, since when Kate commented on this man´s 420 shirt he turned beet red.
2 comments:
Please tell me you're bringing that cute doggy home with you!
That night photo is incredible. I just unearthed my old hotmail account and was glad to find this blog address from Kate and suddenly it's like I'm there
(except I'm a giant.. and it smells like LA... and the trees are flat.. and LCD...)
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