The Tough-isimo-ocity of our Fearless Heroines
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006There is a natural hot spring outside of Xela called Fuentes Georginas. We were there over the weekend. We stayed the night with our friends Zil, Cori, and Trika in the little bungalows that dot the perimiter of the springs and at night we were the only people there. It doesn´t need any help being absolutely gorgeous… but, being human, we tried anyway. We turned off the lights, lit candles, and floated to our hearts content under a starry sky. It don´t get much better than that.
There´s another natural hot spring outside of Xela called Aguas Amargas (we are in volcano country, after all). We went there today. Here, the pool is lukewarm, but there is the promise of calientísimo (super freaking hot) baths just up the hill. Since we´re tough-isimo (super freaking tough), we decided to take “the plunge.” Well, it turned out our plunge was more of a “toe-dip.” They weren´t lying about the -isimo of the caliente. When our big toes took their first timid venture into these baths, we were surrounded by the older Mayan folks who run the place. They were very amused at our feeble attempt and suggested that we go get a bucket of cold water. Three buckets later, we were bathing away. Later, a woman by the lukewarm pool applauded our efforts, only half-sarcastically. Who´s tough(isimo) now? Dulce.
-Las Dos
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