Día de Descanso

Saturday found us traveling south to Balzapamba, a little subtropical town two hours south of Guaranda with the sole attraction of a waterpark. For the entry price of $3, one could bounce between two slides, a wave pool (though the wave pool and slides alternated: when the wave pool was on, they couldn't run the pumps for the water to the top of the slides, and vice versa), a hot tub, and a steam room. The time wearing a bathing suit and soaking up the sun was unimaginably wonderful, though some of us soaked up more sun than others. (Note: sunscreen at the equator-always necessary.) Besides the vitamin-D synthesizing, the slides were a lot of fun, until Robert and I managed to run into a poor unsuspecting girl at the bottom at top speed, submerging her all the way to the bottom. I also witnessed a classic "child at the bottom of the slide, can't swim" scenario; I got halfway across the pool to her before the lifeguard and bystanders got her out. Pictures of the fun will be featured as soon as I swipe them from my colleagues.

A few pictures from the day:

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