Morning hike! - Day 2

We had signed up for the short hike around the property at 9.40am. So we got up, got into our hiking gear and went downstairs for breakfast. After breakfast we went to the lobby and waited for Miguel, our guide.

The tour started in the hotel- Miguel was explaining that the hotel had been built 100 years ago during the height of Argentina's wealth. The hotel was one of the Trans-Andenian railway's favorite stops, and was allegedly only for the elite. Originally, there were over 150 rooms and 150 pools, but rises in the river and a tragic glacier rupture 500 miles into the mountain washed most of it away. Reminds me a little of the Titanic- how pride indirectly sank the boat. According to legend, the spirit that's supposed to roam this area is particularly cruel to greed and arrogance.

Now all that's left of the original hotel is the pool and the white pedestal fence on the edge of the hotel grounds.

the hot springs - day 1

As soon as we got up from our nap we were headed to the hot springs. We left our robes at the dressing rooms, were given towels and headed to the water.

There were clocks everywhere. They suggest that you stay no longer than 15 minutes in every pool, specially the hot ones. Here's Frankie in one of the first ones.