“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky. Today’s theme was Adventure Fun Day! Many of us glimpsers have been waiting to see what Constanza has to offer. Yet, many of us weren’t ready to get up at six in the morning. Yet, as Leader of the Day, I had to wake up a little bit earlier. More like five in the morning. Getting up in the morning was pretty difficult for all of us but Delenia warmed us all up with a cup of hot chocolate during breakfast, which we love! After breakfast, we all saw that we weren’t going to take a regular bus to our destination. We took a safari bus instead! The ride up there was pretty bumpy. Okay, it was very bumpy.
There were many puddles and dips we had to go through. But after a hour and fifteen minute drive through the bumpy roads and the beautiful mountains Constanza is known for, we arrived to our first destination! “Aguas Blancas”, or White Waters. Aguas Blancas is a waterfall that has three levels to it. So, we started to hike up the mountain to see all three levels! The hike was filled with so many trees and plants that really made the mountains stand out. We hiked to the middle and all the way up to the top level of the waterfall and admire the view. It was quite the experience. Especially at one area of the hike. There was an area with some wasps just flying around and it was tough to go through. So many of the glimpsers just ran through, screaming and attempting to swat them away and some of us just calmly walked through, hoping we don’t get stung. But since the screaming group went first and the calm group went second, that caused some of us to get bitten. Even some people realized they got bitten much later in the day! But I promise you, everyone is perfectly okay! We then hiked back down and went to the lowest level of the waterfall and it was beautiful.
Some jumped in the cold water and some just looked on.
I decided to just put in my feet and it was FREEZING! I really don’t know how people jumped in! I really enjoyed the waterfall.
I am sure everyone took plenty of pictures so I am excited for you all to see all the nice and fun pictures we took when we arrive back at home!
Afterwards, we went down the bumpy road again for another hour and once we reached Delenia’s, We switched buses and headed to the monument, El Nino Divino.
We stopped by Antonio Camilo’s hotel to eat first. Antonio Camilo was the one who built El Nino Divino. We were planning on swimming at his hotel yet the pool had NO water, which was a bummer.
We then hiked uphill to reach the monument and once we reached it, Antonio told us the background about his monument. He shared that his inspiration to build this monument was his belief that El Nino Divino helped cure his very serious cancer.
It was a really touching story. Since pool time was cut off, we decided to go back to our hotel and have free time (which was more like nap time). I was so glad to be in bed and have a small nap before our English tutoring class, and Im pretty sure all of us were. English tutoring was great today and we finally went home after a long day and ate dinner! Finally, we talked about our day during our nightly meeting. Overall, it was a really fun day and I am excited to start on our CAP project tomorrow!
Hey Alesia! It was cool talking to you last week. Congrats on leading adventure day! I know you were looking forward to this and I’m so glad it turned out to be a great day for all of the glimpsers. I’m so proud of you! I can’t wait for you to get back so we can talk more about this. I miss you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your time at Constanza!
Hi Athena and all Constanza Glimpsers! I hope your CAP project includes helping purify water for the kids drinking at their school as you suggested- so important! Loved the waterfall pictures- what a beautiful place.. did you see a trogon??? It’s ok if you didn’t, but your grandpa will ask!! Was the waterfall pool in DR as cold as the lakes in Alpine? Pele weighs 25 pounds now. Arlo has been good dogsitter during the day. Papi and I miss you tons.
Wow! Im glad everyone had fun, despite the wasps and the pool. Im glad everyone is ok and the pictures of the waterfall look amazing! You all look great!
You did great Alesia! Im so glad you are having fun! I can’t wait to read about tomorrow.
Well done!
Hope you’re having fun too Mr. Stone!
What fun!! Looks like it was a nice adventurous outing. Thank you for posting these beautiful pictures. We are glad everyone was safe.
Hi Navya, looking forward to seeing all the snaps from this place. Luv you. Mom, Dad, Nidhi.
come back already Liam
Wassup homechi, love the Up and Gretzky references. Hope you had an awesome experience being lider del dia, which I know can be nerve racking. The details were amazing and the pictures are awesome! Seems like a very fun filled day, if I could I’d give you the Ellie badge for going above and beyond!! Keep exploring and learning about not only the city but yourself as well and just take time reflect on what you’ve learned everyday so far and days to come. Always proud of you and miss ya lots!
Vi and Alex, you should be used to wasps by now since we had so many wasp nests at our house until Richard sprayed them all down. LOL. The waterfall looks beautiful. Did you get to see the Hard Rock hotel yet? Hahaha!
Love and miss you
PS: it’s 100 degrees in Utah, yet there are some mountain peaks still with snow on it.
Naya, glad to see you were one of the people who jumped in the water. Life is better when you go swimming! Can’t wait to hear all the stories first hand next week.
Wow! I’m so proud of you baby. I’m really glad you’re having fun there, keep up the good work. You have a lot to tell me when you come back
We’re so happy you’re enjoying your time there, I enjoyed reading about your day. Such a wonderful learning experience! We miss you. See you soon
Sorry Alesia, reading this late but wow sound like an adventure to hike up there and enjoy the waterfall. So glad you took this opportunity.