Besides it being an extreme cold temperature this is the view that we got to see. Laguna Colorado is a fiery red coloured lake, which comes from aalgae and plankton that thrive in the water. The shoreline was fringed with some white stuff. (Later I found out it was sodium). What I found really AWESOME here are the flamingos. I would have never of thought that this bird would be living and walking in such cold waters.After a quick cold viewing on this side of the Laguna we drove to the other side were we stayed for the night. Luck for me we are not a full group and there were a few beds spare. Yep all the blankets ended up on my bed. Oh!!! I was so nice and toasty warm!!.
Well I was warm until we had to get up at 5am to pack the truck and get on our way. We were heading to view Geysers, we were at 4300 meters altitude and I could not feel my toes. Finally the sun came up and warmed us up a little (very little), we crossed over the hill top to see the Geysers ahead, AWESOME view.The geysers all appeared to be pretty active, we got the opportunity to walk around the thermal areas (lots of mud). I find it strange that there are no fences and we can walk around so freely. Guess this will change when one to many tourist take a wrong step and fall in.
After getting off all, most, some of the mud from our boots we headed to some hot springs for a swim and breakfast. oh!!!! just what the doctor ordered. The pools were so hot that I think it only took 15 seconds for me to warm up.
After our swim and our breakfast we were off to see another Laguna this time its blue/green not red.
Laguna Verde what an stunning view, made you think you were somewhere tropical. Don´t let the view fool you it was still cold and it highly recommended that you do not swim here due to the toxic minerals (high concentrations of lead, arsenic, sulphur and calcium carbonates).
