After upgrading to a beautiful hotel in Baños we went out for lunch, and tried some local candy.
Then we headed to the El Refugio spa where we took three treatments. The first was a Spiritual walk (barefoot) to the house of screams on a mountain, the wall of reflection and the wall of forgiveness. At the end of the walk, with our spirits cleansed we crawled like babies before we started our other treatments.
The second treatment was a 45 min steam box bath! Alternating with cold water!
The third treatment was a relaxing massage.
We found a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner at a French Mediterranean restaurant close to our hotel where we enjoyed a buffet of starters, a turkey dinner and a buffet of desserts.
At 11pm we went to La Misa del Gallo (the rooster’s mass) at the overflowing Basilica of the Virgin of the Holy Water, Nuestra Señora del Agua Santa. Almost all the families at church had a Baby Jesus (most in a beautifully decorated crib) with them during the mass. When mass was finished at midnight they all took the Baby Jesus with them to put them in their own mangers at home.
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