We took a trip inland to experience Agua Caliente, a hot spring that waterfalls into a cold, clear river. We took the reliable local public transportation inland for about an hour and arrived at Finca Paraiso.
An adorable man greeted us and asked for a park fee of 10Q ($1.30 USD) per person and then pointed us down a beaten path into the jungle. After a easy walk we arrived at a small pool with rocks on all sides and a steaming waterfall cascading down one of the rock walls. Another local man checked our tickets, smiled and simply said, “enjoy.” We dove into the refreshing, cool water and made our way to the waterfall. I could feel the heat coming off the water well before I actually got close enough to touch it. As I let the almost too hot to touch water run through my fingers, cold water was swirling around my toes directly beneath me. I could just imagine the ancient Mayan's believing this place as magical, a spiritual connection to another world. I ducked under the waterfall and it felt as if I was in a sauna. The rocks above me radiated heat and the stones I was stepping on were smooth and round from the force of the waterfall. Ted started banging these gigantic, smooth rocks together underwater and we all exclaimed we could feel the vibration of the two rocks in our belly buttons. This may seem like a random thought to share, but weird, right?
We swam in and around the merging of the hot and cool waters, did some jumps from the rocks, and then decided to explore where the source of the hot spring was coming from. We scaled the rocky sides and found ourselves following a increasingly smaller stream of hot water into the jungle. It ended at an unimpressive little bubble of water surrounded by hot, volcanic mud. So, obviously, we covered ourselves and each other in this sulphur scented mud, carefully using sticks because the water was practically boiling at this point. We took some “savages in the jungle” pics and headed back to rinse off. We swam around a bit more and then called it a day. A very good day.
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| Agua Caliente |
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| View from under the rocks and waterfall |
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| We grabbed those vines and climbed up the rocks to find the source of the waterfall |
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| Trying to find the best volcanic mud to cover ourselves in |
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| Mud covered jump shot |
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| Each jungle mud person with their weapon of choice Conor: small, smooth stone Uses: he pretty much copied after Shannon, see uses below Meg: green branch with leaves. Uses: tickle opponent into submission and could possibly give opponent rash from unknown jungle leaves Shannon: big rock Uses: hitting opponent with rock and she had stubbed her toe on this rock so it was like her weapon picked her Ted: pointy stick Uses: Poke opponent in various areas of the body, most dangerous in the eye area |
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