After hiking up (and up and up and up) a mountain on the side of Baños. Can you believe people live up here? There were some kids going home after school that weren´t going much slower than us, only they had much shorter legs (oh, btw, I´m normal size here, it´s great, all the chairs fit me).
This is the waterfall that feeds the thermal baths (the cold supply). It´s gorgeous, falling right next to where you lounge. This picture doesn´t quite do the height of it justice, but it shows how beautiful it is. The water then heads in multiple directions: the baths, the communal area where the women wash clothes, and underground where I think it supplies the city (or at least part of it).
This is a great pic clay took of the beach we stayed on for our last day in the Galapagos. It´s amazing that this place is a short walk from the major city, Puerto Ayora. This little bay was totally calm with waves breaking like a kilometer out. It was ridiculously sunny all day long (you can see the clouds parting for us) ... I would lie and read my book for an hour, then hop in the water, repeat until thoroughly cooked. On the right hand side of this picture is an area that was filled with white tipped sharks (they´re veggies). You could walk in and have them swim right over your feet. They liked their corner, though, so we didn´t swim with them.
I look hot. I had to add it. This is the same beach on the Galapagos but on a sand dune behind it.
The walk back to the town on the way out. An awesome way to spend our last day in Galapagos.
OK back to Baños. In our bike trip down the Av. de las cascadas we rode tram cars over several waterfalls to scout them out (such as this one).
Mr. Clayton Hiles! Again, this is over a waterfall just outside of Baños.
Another waterfall outside of Baños called the devil´s something or other, can´t remember. Quite impressive, though.
Looking away from Baños from the top of a surrounding mountain. In the distance is the Chimborazu volcano which is still very active. A friend of ours asked a local how you could get up it to see the lava flows and the local replied ´what, you don´t like your life?´
After hiking up (and up and up and up) a mountain on the side of Baños. Can you believe people live up here? There were some kids going home after school that weren´t going much slower than us, only they had much shorter legs (oh, btw, I´m normal size here, it´s great, all the chairs fit me).
This is the waterfall that feeds the thermal baths (the cold supply). It´s gorgeous, falling right next to where you lounge. This picture doesn´t quite do the height of it justice, but it shows how beautiful it is. The water then heads in multiple directions: the baths, the communal area where the women wash clothes, and underground where I think it supplies the city (or at least part of it).
This is a great pic clay took of the beach we stayed on for our last day in the Galapagos. It´s amazing that this place is a short walk from the major city, Puerto Ayora. This little bay was totally calm with waves breaking like a kilometer out. It was ridiculously sunny all day long (you can see the clouds parting for us) ... I would lie and read my book for an hour, then hop in the water, repeat until thoroughly cooked. On the right hand side of this picture is an area that was filled with white tipped sharks (they´re veggies). You could walk in and have them swim right over your feet. They liked their corner, though, so we didn´t swim with them.
I look hot. I had to add it. This is the same beach on the Galapagos but on a sand dune behind it.
The walk back to the town on the way out. An awesome way to spend our last day in Galapagos.
OK back to Baños. In our bike trip down the Av. de las cascadas we rode tram cars over several waterfalls to scout them out (such as this one).
Mr. Clayton Hiles! Again, this is over a waterfall just outside of Baños.
Another waterfall outside of Baños called the devil´s something or other, can´t remember. Quite impressive, though.
Looking away from Baños from the top of a surrounding mountain. In the distance is the Chimborazu volcano which is still very active. A friend of ours asked a local how you could get up it to see the lava flows and the local replied ´what, you don´t like your life?´
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Amazing Pictures as always! I swear I can smell and feel and hear some of the places you have been through these pictures! And South America is certainly agreeing with you, Dawn you are quickly becoming my far more attractive look-a-like!
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