Again not far from San Pedro, Lewis the Lion found out that there was another natural phenomenon that he just had to go and investigate: a lake that you could float in! Lewis didn’t know how that was possible so again, he set off with Helen to discover some more.
The mysterious lake you can float in
On his way to the Cejar Lagoon, most of the road was sandy and it was very, very bumpy in the minibus. It reminded Lewis the Lion of the time he had been in Dubai when he had been dune-bashing in the jeep! Luckily after half an hour or so, the minibus stopped at some beautiful small lagoons. One of them was perfectly still and a deep blue colour and Helen and her friend enjoyed making reflections in the water. It was like a mirror in nature!
The beautiful mirror image in the lake
Helen’s image is reflected in the lake
The bus then jiggled on again until it reached another wondrous sight: the Tebinquiche Lagoon.
Lewis admires the mirror-like salt lake
Again, Lewis the Lion was impressed by this white, salt-crusted lake that threw up a perfect mirror image of the mountain range behind it.
Perfect symmetry
The beautiful waters of the lagoon
Here is a short video clip of the panorama that Lewis saw.
As he was waiting for his friends, he was delighted to see this little lizard, in jerky movements, scuttle right passed him!
Lewis’ beady eye spies the quick moving lizard
The lizard
Eventually, Lewis the Lion arrived at the lagoon he’d been waiting to see: the Cejar Lagoon.
Lewis sees the salt crystals
He could already strangely enough see people floating in it. Being a cat and being a little bit afraid of the water, he sent Helen in to investigate. Luckily she had her swimming costume on ready and waded in. It wasn’t as pleasant as one might have hoped as there were a series of hot and cold currents running through it. What was surprising though was that when Helen tried to swim, her body just popped up out of the water, like a cork!
Helen floats in the Cejar Lagoon
It was the same too for Lewis’ friend Kelly.
Kelly floats in the Cejar Lagoon too
What a strange sensation!
Helen explained to Lewis that the reason it seems like your body has no gravity in the water is due to the high density of salt in the water. (The same effect as swimming in the Dead Sea). Lewis the Lion could in fact see the salt deposits around the emerald green lagoon, as he looked on. As Helen got out of the water, put her flip-flops on (she didn’t want the salt crests cutting her feet) and wrapped a towel around her, she was surprised that she had to walk through a field to a hut where she had to stand outside and throw a big canister of water over herself to try to rinse the salt off.
Cutting across the grass to rinse off the salt!
This was not the luxury spa day she had been anticipating, that’s for sure! Lewis the Lion giggled at her, especially when Kelly tried to help and splashed a whole load of water in her face! The girls then tried to dry off and get warm before the sun started to set over the lagoon. What an experience they had had and they were now grateful for some nibbles and a local drink called a pisco-sour. (This drink was only for the grown-ups as it was alcoholic but Lewis enjoyed some orange juice with some of the other children on the trip).
Would you like to relax in a lagoon that you could float in? Why or why not?
