I love when crazy things happen. There was a parade my last night in Baños. I'm not sure why, but there were school kids, women dressed in what looked like clogging outfits, a brass band. Just out of the blue, just outside our hotel. I had been talking about parades earlier in the day with Ben (the Aussie I met in Quito), so, of course, a parade ended up rolling down the street right in front of us on the way to dinner.
Before dinner we went for a dip in the official baños of Baños. There are three pools with varying degrees of water. One super hot, one mildly hot and the other freezing! The whole town pretty much comes to these baths to soak, seems to be a daily town event. For about an hour afterward, my skin and body were still red and hot.
We ate dinner at Buon Giorno--pizza and pilsener. Cocktails and dancing followed. Nancy, the owner of a cafe called El Jardin who I met in 2005, and 3 of her friends also joined in the fun. I danced the night away with Alejandro de Colombia. What a wonderful man and even better dancer. It made me believe in the goodness of people. Not that I didn't believe before...I guess he just helped reaffirm that notion. That things do work out and that you can laugh and dance and share moments with people you may never see again who wish you nothing but good things.
2 comments:
Hey Anne babe, great to hear from you. Enjoying the blog, it sounds like you're having a wonderful experience. Whilst in Ecuador are you going to try out Ayahuasca - the Vine of Souls? In case you don't know what it is, it's a powerful hallucinogen and illegal in the States (schedule 1 I believe). But in Ecuador and other countries bordering the Amazon basin it's legal as it is protected under laws of individual religious freedom. The indigenous Indians have been taking it for thousands of years. Apparently, it transports you to the spirit world or a parallel universe (depending on what you believe). If you do do it though, be careful and take it in a controlled environment with experienced locals. Don't take it with Jamesons. Looking forward to reading more about your adventure. Love and kisses, Ronnie xx
Where are you now that you have left Banos?
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