ahhh!!! pretty... our 5km walk back. sucks doesnt it?
climbing the waterfall
so they decided to jump in. not like it wasnt a moutain lake that was freakin freezing...wait..yes it was. silly kids.
it was 6am and very very coldat the end of our trip to tena not a single one of us wanted to go back to quito because, well we dont really like quito. so we had our prof drop us off at a little mountain town called papallacta that is know for its hot baths. image a sound of music setting and that is almost how beautiful this place was. we were starting to run out of money so instead of taking a taxi truck to the hostel we walked the two km up hill. this town is higher than quito so the attitude is killer going up hill with a pack, not mention i am kinda out of shape. the first hostel we looked into we stayed at. we had to take there “simple” rooms cause they were the cheapest. $10 a night, included the thermal pools. another gorgeous hostel. it was much colder here than in tena so the hot baths were awesome. there were three to choose from. one outside where you could see the stars, a lager indoor one, and another indoor one that was really warm and a more romantic setting. haha
we spent most of our night relaxing in the hottest bath.
we woke up at 530 the next morning to go on a hike in la reserva cayambe in el paramo, which is at a very high altitude. i am glad we went in the morning. it was a a lot of hiking and cool enough to not sweat buckets. we also got a beautiful view of a snow covered mountain. we hiked to the lagoons and a waterfall. to get to the water fall we had to go a little off the path and the land up there acts like a sponge so we got pretty muddy. the did little rock climbing to get the waterfall.
again we did not want to pay for a taxi back to the hostel so we waked the 5 km from the nature reserve. luckily it was down hill most of the. we got back to the hostel by 1010 am ate breakfast and waked to the the highway to catch a bus back to quito. i got home and crashed a 7pm. now i am back in quito writing papers for a fews days. thursady i am heading to the coast.
we spent most of our night relaxing in the hottest bath.
we woke up at 530 the next morning to go on a hike in la reserva cayambe in el paramo, which is at a very high altitude. i am glad we went in the morning. it was a a lot of hiking and cool enough to not sweat buckets. we also got a beautiful view of a snow covered mountain. we hiked to the lagoons and a waterfall. to get to the water fall we had to go a little off the path and the land up there acts like a sponge so we got pretty muddy. the did little rock climbing to get the waterfall.
again we did not want to pay for a taxi back to the hostel so we waked the 5 km from the nature reserve. luckily it was down hill most of the. we got back to the hostel by 1010 am ate breakfast and waked to the the highway to catch a bus back to quito. i got home and crashed a 7pm. now i am back in quito writing papers for a fews days. thursady i am heading to the coast.
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