Waterfalls and Hot Springs June 18, 2013
As we were leaving Tena we stopped along the way to go caving. This was a mud filled adventure climbing up through a cave with very little light with a stream flowing through it and bats to keep us company. We were covered in mud by the time we got back to the truck and so when we arrived at our camp site near Banos we were happy to have a warm shower.
Banos or Banos de Agua Santa (Spanish for Baths of Holy Water) is a tourist town in the mountains on the edge of the Amazon Jungle known for thermal hot springs located around town. There are also over sixty waterfalls in the area. We stayed here for a few days and explored the town site and hiked to Pailon del Diablo or Devil’s Cauldron which is an amazing waterfall worth visiting.
While on this trip we were looking for places that we would come back to and stay for an extended period of time. Banos is like a tropical version of a mountain town and I would love to go back there and stay for a month or two.
Don Barnes ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS 
A great record of your visit!
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Thank you! I enjoy your sketches very much. As a fellow artist I appreciate that you find interesting and beautiful compositions in every day life. I also like your use of mixed media for your sketches.
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Thanks Don. I enjoy your work too. I loved the blues you used in that drawing of the market – very vibrant. Did you sit and sketch this from life or use a photo?
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I used a photo. I pushed the color of the blue in order to simplify the sketch, take away some of the detail and make the figures stand out more. I find working from photos more difficult than plein aire work in that there is always more information to work with in real life than photos.
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