TRamps at Easter cont...

WE also went tramping/hiking during the weekend. WE tramped 3 hours into a campsite that was set up around some hot springs. Pretty amazing really to tent outdoors, after walking for ages, and feel like you should be in the middle of nowhere (and you actually are!) but there are about 15 others there too and then you see this....

Two tubs, with wooden decking built around them; all placed beside a natural thermal waterfall. What you do is aim the PVC tube towards the waterfall and let the hot water fill the tub until its as hot as you want it. Any cooling can be done with buckets and a short walk to the river to get cold water. I must say, it was tramping in style. A nice soak after a long walk was luxury. Especially when you have to walk 3 hours to get back out the next day! Mom, you would have loved it....although maybe not the walk to get there. It was a bit steep and slippery in places, with a heavy backpack on, and I was freaked out over the cliffs to my right most of the way there. Not that others seemed to be fazed much by the drop off the side of where we were walking, but this Canadian who grew up somewhere flat still has issues with heights!