Because of all the volcanoes around here, in certain areas
around the country, there have been little pools that have formed or been
created with naturally hot water from these mountains. They are known as hot
springs (or Aguas Terminales) and are basically just a source of naturally hot
water. Some of the host families had taken their trainees to visit these places
so word had spread around or Omni of this cool attraction to check out. Shelley
and I decided after visiting the Teliferiquo that we wanted to visit the hot
springs together next. She mentioned it to her parents to get a little more
information on it and they offered to take us both. The particular springs we
went to are called Papa Yata and are about an hour or so from Tumbaco up a
windy (and a bit dangerous) mountain road. Needless to say, we were glad we
opted for the family car option and not the public bus route! In this area (I
didn’t catch the name of the town) it is actually winter there when it is
summer where we are (so strange, I don’t even know how to explain it). So
basically the air outside was freezing! But fortunately the water was quite hot
enough! It only cost a few dollars to go into the area and there were several
different pools and environments all around (regular pools, showers, a pool
with a slide, a Jacuzzi, and one ridiculously freezing cold pool you apparently
are supposed to jump in and then get right back into the warm pool immediately
after…yeah, no). While we both enjoyed this new environment (and for me, it was
nice to just get back into water again!!), I think we had our fill for a little
while. Here are a couple pictures from this adventure:
The freezing cold pool! (All the rest were hot)
The hot pool
The water was feeding in through this tube. It's green from the minerals (we think/hope)
They convinced me to try the cold-hot method...
Shelley's mom showing me how it's done
Sooo cold!!!
This is good right? Cuz that's as far as I'm goin!
Eso!
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