Volcano and Thermal Baths

There is an active volcano here in Baños.  It is the one in the background with the snow on top.  It always has clouds around it, but, some of that is the smoke from the activity.  They just had some explosion 2 weeks ago.  Yikes!

We then went over to the Thermal Baths that Baños (bath) is known for.  We were very confused as we thought they told us to take a shower with caps before getting in.

What they really meant was that everyone is required to wear caps in the thermal bath area!  When in Rome...

Then we took the cool dunk (freezing really).  My kids kept asking me why this was healthy.  I told them, "it just is, so do it".

They became happy participants.

There was a beautiful waterfall that fell just next to the thermal pools.

So, another way to do the "cool down" was to get under the diversion tubes set up directly from the waterfalls.  It was especially, delightfully, cold.

Well, this is goodbye to Baños.  Tomorrow, we head up to Mindo Cloud Forest - yes - on the bus - but, during the day!