Mud Baths at Agua Blanca

Today, we visited Agua Blanca, a spring in the Machalilla National Park near Puerto Lopez.

Agua Blanca is a beautiful forest, wild animals everywhere and a type of sulfuric spring where people go to bath and cover themselves in mud that is believed to have some kind of anti-aging quality.

I already feel 25 again!

It's about a three kilometer hike through the forest to the spring ... and it's been very rainy this week and we have lots of mud. — It’s about a three-kilometer hike through the forest to the spring … and it’s been very rainy this week and we have lots of mud.

The swimming spring at Agua Blanca. It's sulfuric qualities are said to reinvigorate a youthful feel. — The swimming spring at Agua Blanca. It’s sulfuric qualities are said to reinvigorate a youthful feel.

Miss Ecuador 2013. Not really, but we played it up!

Mother-in-law's tongue. It's everywhere. — Mother-in-law’s tongue. It’s everywhere.

View from the park's highest elevation on a misty day. — View from the park’s highest elevation on a misty day.

Mud Baths at Agua Blanca

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