Well last weekend was our first official weekend excursion. The other 7 SNC girls and I went off to the city of Baños. We hired a tour guide to help us out and to keep us safe, he and his assistant? came and picked us up after classes on Friday and after a three hour drive, a bathroom break, and a stop for some famous ice cream we checked into our hostel. It was more like a hotel, we got breakfast every morning and there was even a pool. Friday night we went out for pizza (I voted for anything except for rice). The pizza was delicious and fairly inexpensive. After dinner and some freshening up we decided that we were going to go out to the bars. Our quote to live by for the weekend "when in Ecuador". Our guides came out with us to keep tabs on us and scare away creepers. The plan was to tell all the bartenders that it was Willow's birthday to get free drinks, us not only being poor but also poor and in a foreign country. The first bar was awesome with a camp fire and a mini waterfall in the back. After we left the first bar we decided that at every bar we would claim it was two different girls birthday so that the drinks could be shared. This plan was amazing and worked flawlessly. We went from bar to bar on the street and only got turned down only 2 times making a total of 15ish bars with only spending about $2 each at the first bar. There were a few run-ins with a couple of weird guys, one I told that my name was Stephanie and to another I said that our group was form California. After all I was never going to see them again. At about 1am we headed home.
On Saturday we started the day early at 8am and headed off for our day of adventure. First up, zip-lining (canopying). Each girl got to do this one and heading into the activity we all thought we would be able to sit in out harnesses but instead we had to fly on our bellies with arms extended like a bird. This made us all very nervous but it was well worth it and I would do it again any day. Next up was puenting (jumping off a bridge connected to a cord). Only 4 girls did this one and the other 4 (including myself) stood on the side lines. I wish I could have done it but there was no way I would be able to jump once I got up there. After this we all went rafting, and this was much more fun than I thought it would be. Our rafting guide was awesome. We all got briefed on what to do if we flipped or someone fell in and then we were off. We made it through all the rapids without falling in... accidentally. About 10 min into the workout we all got pushed in and had to pull each other back into the raft. About 5 min after this it started pouring, imagine 8 girls in the middle of no where in a raft. Could be a TV show or something. The rain although did not ruin our time but more enhanced it with our crazy jokes and voice impressions. After rafting we were all wet and needed to get into dry clothes, being that there was not a bathroom in sight we walking into the forest and changed. After going to the hostel to fix our faces and hair we headed off to glide past a waterfall in a basket. Once on the other side we hiked down the mountain. On the way I was the only one to fall and beat up my legs, good thing people don't wear shorts here! Getting to the bottom was an amazing view and I took a million pictures. Then to all of our surprise we hiked back up, talk about a workout. Not being able to breath at the top we headed to a smaller waterfall to cool off. Saturday night we spent relaxing in the pool and going to bed early.
Sunday was another early morning and 6 of us went horseback riding... for two hours. It was well worth it but my horse was sassy and kept stopping for treats on the side of the road (grass). On Sunday we went home and dreaded going back to school and instead of doing homework we uploaded pictures and videos to share with the world of our amazing experience
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