We awake to another rainy day. Banos reminds me of a larger version of
Arthurs Pass, a small town nestled in between green mountains with a weather
pattern that is various and unpredictable.
I am really enjoying the place so far though. We go upstairs and have breakfast, I get
double pancakes with maple syrup, yogurt and a large fruit salad, for US$3.50,
cheap as chips! Although the falling NZD against the USD is making travelling a
bit more expensive. I’m sure other
members of my family are happy about the falling dollar though, and I’m even
more sure it would affect them more than me losing an extra couple of dollars
on my travels so that makes me feel good about the falling dollar. After breakfast we decide to finish our
exploration of Banos town. Once again it
is raining but it’s not too bad. We then
decide to walk up a hill to get a good view of the town. We are halfway up and Ann is getting pretty
tired and her knee is starting to play up, so we head back and relax by the
covered pool at our hostel. Our hostel
is more like a hotel, everyone has their own bathroom, the rooms/bathrooms and
common areas are of good quality and are clean and every room has their own
deck. We are lucky that we got a room
that overlooks the town and then the mountains on the other side of town. For US$8.50 per person per night, we think we
are getting a pretty good deal. We
decide to cook dinner tonight and head to the supermarket to get some
supplies. We cook a massive vegetable
soup, great meal and good to have a lot of veges! After dinner we head to the thermal pools
again, we are there for an hour and a half and then head back to the hostel for
the night.
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