Our first real “free day” couldn’t have come any sooner! About 9 of us decided to be a little adventurous and go zip linning to Cuenca Canopy, I’m not a fan of heights so I thought trying new things might have been a good thing to start doing. Zip linning was probably one of the coolest experiences I had, aside from being whacked in the face with a tree branch while being upside down. But after the only incident I couldn’t help but only take in the views or hillside houses, beautiful mountain views and amounts of vivid green everywhere I looked. I was pleased to say that I think I made the best decision by joining the rest of the girls in this choice. After the vigorous hike we had made from one of the lines back to our starting point, we were welcomed to hot chocolate and an Ecuadorian corn tamales. The most delicious Ecuadorian tamale I had even tasted.
After zip lining a few of us got to go to Piedra de Agua, which was basically a spa with mud pools, massages, steam rooms and other soothing pools, it was beautiful in the pamphlet we had gotten. It was surly created to cater to tourist. When we arrived we were greeted by a woman and spoke in English. It was nice to have after traveling for so far to having a familiar language welcome me to a relaxing area. We didn’t really end up staying very long after a while, maybe 45 minutes tops due to in climate weather.
Overall even though we were only allowed to pick one activity, getting to experience both options was really cool. Now I can say that I’ve zip lined and visited a hot springs in Ecuador!
