Splish Splash
My camera broke in Colombia- so photos will be scarce and stolen for the next 5 weeks.
Part of my study abroad program includes one trip worth $100.
Setting Colombia aside, I have yet to spend that amount of money on any weekend trip since I've been down here. My most expensive trip in Guatemala was a Q400 ($50) for 3 days on Lago de Atitlan- when i think i came home with Q100 in my pocket and $60 when i spent 4 days on the pacific coast of Ecuador in Montanita.
Our UW trip consisted of a 24 hour trip to Puerto Quito. A lot of people bitched how 100$ should go a heck of a lot further than only 24 hours doing nothing but staying in a lodge and hiking to a waterfall. I wasn't too worried since it was already paid for and their was nothing much we could do about it- i was just excited to swing in a hammock in a tank top and shorts sweating from humidity with a lemonade in my hand- a scene you would never find in Quito.
So how did they spend a 100$? On luxury. After traveling weekend after weekend for 6 months living of 5$ hostels; you forget what its like to be pampered. Personal cabanas with 5 individual beds, beds with down pillows and heavenly mattresses. Clean bathrooms with over sized fluffy white towels, shampoo, conditioner, soaps, lotions, toothbrushes, annnd toilet paper included. Delicious three course meals, hammocks, couches, clean chlorinated pool, direct TV....the list goes on.
It wasn't the Direct TV that made me happy, it was the bathroom with toilet paper and towels included.
The trip turned out to be enjoyed by all, even those who started it off a little bitter.
Favorite part? Hoping on top of a bus (chiva) 20 minutes down the road to start a 20 minute hike to a beautiful cascading waterfall into a beautiful green lagoon with warm(ish) water. The lagoon was enclosed by tall viney green rock walls and nothing but nature. I enjoyed myself climbing the walls, jumping into the pounding waterfall, and swimming in the crystal clear fresh water pool.
What the heck am i going to do when i get back to Wisconsin.
Part of my study abroad program includes one trip worth $100.
Setting Colombia aside, I have yet to spend that amount of money on any weekend trip since I've been down here. My most expensive trip in Guatemala was a Q400 ($50) for 3 days on Lago de Atitlan- when i think i came home with Q100 in my pocket and $60 when i spent 4 days on the pacific coast of Ecuador in Montanita.
Our UW trip consisted of a 24 hour trip to Puerto Quito. A lot of people bitched how 100$ should go a heck of a lot further than only 24 hours doing nothing but staying in a lodge and hiking to a waterfall. I wasn't too worried since it was already paid for and their was nothing much we could do about it- i was just excited to swing in a hammock in a tank top and shorts sweating from humidity with a lemonade in my hand- a scene you would never find in Quito.
So how did they spend a 100$? On luxury. After traveling weekend after weekend for 6 months living of 5$ hostels; you forget what its like to be pampered. Personal cabanas with 5 individual beds, beds with down pillows and heavenly mattresses. Clean bathrooms with over sized fluffy white towels, shampoo, conditioner, soaps, lotions, toothbrushes, annnd toilet paper included. Delicious three course meals, hammocks, couches, clean chlorinated pool, direct TV....the list goes on.
It wasn't the Direct TV that made me happy, it was the bathroom with toilet paper and towels included.
The trip turned out to be enjoyed by all, even those who started it off a little bitter.
Favorite part? Hoping on top of a bus (chiva) 20 minutes down the road to start a 20 minute hike to a beautiful cascading waterfall into a beautiful green lagoon with warm(ish) water. The lagoon was enclosed by tall viney green rock walls and nothing but nature. I enjoyed myself climbing the walls, jumping into the pounding waterfall, and swimming in the crystal clear fresh water pool.
What the heck am i going to do when i get back to Wisconsin.
posted by Katy @ 12:21 PM
1 Comments:
At 11/18/07 6:26 PM ,
SarahEliz said...
look at that beautiful picture. why would anyone NOT want to go swimming?
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