Sunday, July 25, 2010

Panchamama's bathroom

Monday, July 19th
Today was mostly a travel day. Ecuador is an awe-inspiring country. The country is teeming with forests of eucalyptus trees, rolling green hills, giant snow topped active volcanoes, rivers and lakes, fields of fresh produce, and farms of pigs, horses, and cattle. My destination was to the majestic town of Baños. Yes...the town is called bathrooms, but I tell ya what...if this was a bathroom it would be mother nature's powder room because the town is gorgeous!  Baños is surrounded by luxuriant green peaks and is blessed with medicinal thermal baths and beautiful waterfalls. It is known as the city of adventure and tranquility. If you seek adventurous thrill seeking sports - You can do whatever your heart desires here from white-water to bungee jumping to canyoning to trekking. If you wanna be spoiled and pampered - there's loads of spas here to satisfy your everyneed from massages to accupunture to colon cleansing. My mission was to go white water rafting and horseback riding. When I arrived into town I found an amazing hostel and made buddies with my new roomie - Stephanie from England. I wandered around town, ate dinner, and booked a rafting tour for tomorrow. I took it easy today since I was still feeling a lil under the weather.      

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