Lets see, there are a few things we have done since being here that have not been touched upon yet. One of the most memorable for me was taking Sofie and Grace to an area of Cuenca called Banos where they have warm mineral spring water pumped into several pools. This looked appealing to us since they have a few water slides and the kids love pools... well, we boarded the number 12 bus as instructed by our wonderful hosts here at Hotel Otorongo and took the 35 minute ride to the outskirts of the city where we were dropped off at the end of the line in front of a really beautiful church with an outstanding view, photo op..
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| View from Church! |
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| Church! |
The pools with the water slides are at a nice resort called Hosteria Duran... we walk to the resort and pay our 5 or 6 bucks to get in… that's 5 or 6 bucks for all 4 of us to access any of the pools we want... good deal...
"Hey Craig, should we take towels?" Ily asks
"Nooo.. don't be silly. This is a nice resort, they must provide towels." comes Craig's reply.
They don't provide towels. Towels cost $13.00 each. For those of you who know me, you also know that I am relatively frugal (read: cheap) and it pained me to pay this much for one towel… it would have killed me to buy more than one. We can all eat a nice meal out for less than this. So we all used the same paper thin pink towel. Overall, great trip…
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| That fast one is FAST. The slow one is... well... slow. |
The other cool thing we learned on this trip was that they roast pigs in little stands throughout the city! Those of you who know I am cheap, also know that I love to eat. Mostly, I love to eat good meat. Pork cooked over a fire is good meat… We did not try this, but I can assure you that it is on my radar. Will let you know how it is :) Here piggy piggy piggy. (sorry to offend those non meat-eaters out there)
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| Meat |
Sooo, we enjoyed the swim. Enjoyed the slides for the most part. The small pool with the slides was about 3/4 full…
painful entrance the first and last time the fast slide was used.
The curvy slide was the one for us… so we thought. Turns out that the slide was apparently not designed in such a way that gravity overpowers friction. One comes to a halt about 1/2 way down and must shimmy, or if you are 4, run the rest of the way. Great laughs were had by all.
This fun filled morning was just the beginning that day. We left the pools, boarded the numero doce, and headed for home. Once the bus gets back to where we got on, we will simply get off. Good idea in theory, not so good in practice. Luckily, since the church is one end of the bus route, we managed to get seats and did not have to stand the entire ride. Kids fell asleep on our laps and we enjoyed a 2 hour $0.25 tour of Cuenca. That towel cost us 52 bus rides. Live and learn.
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| Oh yeah, we got this. |
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| "Daddy, can I crawl in your lap and sweat for 2 hours?" "Of course you can, Sweetheart, of course you can." |
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Hi guys! Eat the pig!!!! love reading how the adventure is going. Great details Ileana. Love all the pictures. What is the temp?
ReplyDeleteOHSU is still here. Erin
Glad you like it, Erin! The mornings are cool (50s), warms to the high 70s during the day, then cold at night (40s). When are you and the family coming for a visit?? Tell everyone there I say hello!
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