Hot Springs

Central America has a bunch of hot springs, one advantage to living in a geologically active region. This is one of two located just outside town. I can imagine that ancient people must've been in awe of places like this. Even today the hot water coming out of the mountain is magical, like the earth's blood, and I've lived my whole life with hot running water.

Here they've built a series of 3 pools to catch the water, each one cooler than the previous. The temperature can flucuate from year to year. The day I went it was quite hot, but still possible to get right up to the source for a little while. Many people were drinking it. I also saw a lot of aged and infirmed people there hoping to find healing powers. There is probably some validity to this belief. It was also popular to put mud on your face. After several hours in the water we enjoyed lunch right next to the big pool. Also a beautiful bus ride up the mountain and back.