Banos, Ecuador Travel Blogs

Tungurahua....towering over town...
Mar 23, 2008 (59 photos)

... strung and just busting out with thoughts about Banos, they engage us with stories of their experiences.  They're moving to Ecuador because all hell is breaking loose in Canada - no actually according to them it's breaking loose in the USA and since ...

out of Quito and into the deep end
May 31, 2005

... counted 6 helicopters, 3 jets, a 1940's car, a division of goosestepping soldiers and some horses. I wouldn't put money on Ecuador in a scrap with Peru. In my first month here, it's been interesting to meet so many people from different countries and ...

Alternative Transportation
Feb 22, 2005 (14 photos)

... was - maybe we expected too much. But you have to give them credit for doing what they are doing in the middle of remote Ecuador... The day after we arrived at The Black Sheep Inn, we decided to let someone/something else do the work for us, and went ...

Cool Quito and Beautiful Baños
Jul 15, 2005 (20 photos)

... together 24/7 as it is testing. But I had a week of freedom left so it was off to Baños .. the premium holiday resort for Ecuador (apparently more popular for Ecuadorians than Galapagos). Baños is in a stunning setting with huge hills on all sides and ...

Avacados
Feb 2, 2007 (1 photos)

... might have to check out. A dozen roses here are $1 -$2 US (I'm hoping to get some.....) An interesting thing you see here in Baños is toffee making. Kids stand in store doorways pulling toffee on a wooden peg. I'll get a picture for you. There are also ...

Riding or "ow! my aching behind"
Feb 6, 2007

... some pictures to the blog. My but is killing me though so I might not last long sitting here in this hard chair. I love it here in Baños btw. It is cheap and laid back and there is so much to do. I highly recommend it. Keep those emails coming Julia

The Bathrooms
Jul 9, 2005 (19 photos)

... cloudy to see the volcano but the experience we had couldn't have been planned. After we hiked to the first view point above Baños, we met a local guy named Carlos who lived nearby. He is retired after 35 years with the electric company but now works by ...

Superwoman
Feb 3, 2007 (1 photos)

... streets of Baños. Trying to figure out who to hire for horse back riding. We also went to the thermal pools. (DId I mention them?) Baños is famous for them. They are supposedly healing too. Andrew and the girls had a nice swim. I stood on the side and turned ...

More volcanoes and views
Oct 17, 2006 (10 photos)

... main square and into the church which had great paintings inside particularly of people crossing the valley, presumably to escape the volcano. Banos is more about relaxing so we sit outside on the main square with a juice and watch the world go by. Later ...

Bikes in Baños, Sun in Canoa, Back home with Brady
Mar 11, 2006 (52 photos)

... and spectacular scenery, Baños is up there with Cuenca and the beach-town of Canoa as my favorite places here in Ecuador... (Message to Volunteers: I know I really need to travel the Coast more right.) Saturday morning after only 4 hours of sleep from ...

Banos
Sep 6, 2006

Steve Irwin´s death has received considerable coverage here in Ecuador... what a significant loss to Australia´s tourism industry and Australia in general. I can just imagine the sadness being witnessed there. On arrival in Banos, as soon as we walked into ...

I left my lungs in Pichincha and bathed in Baños
Jul 26, 2006 (18 photos)

... Hiked to peak of Pichincha at 4874 meters; it took us about 3 hours to hike up and about 2 hours to hike back down. Bus to Baños, Ecuador ($3, 3 hours) Entry to Piscinas de la Virgen (I think it was like $2) Bus to Latacunga ($2, 2 hours) Still alive.

An Amazing day!
Oct 18, 2006 (11 photos)

... move onto Latacunga today for an early start tomorrow. Wait a bit for a bus and get one with bikes strapped on roof back to Banos. Go and do our regular volcano check and it is still billowing loads of smoke. Apparently it is usually just for a bit in ...

Chicken buses and herbal hippies.
Oct 18, 2005 (7 photos)

After a year backpacking around Latin America, I guess I have to dedicate a blog entry to the unavoidable chicken buses and herbal hippies (maybe herbal is an incorrect description of this group of people, but hopefully you'll get the point). Long ...

Banos and Cuenca
Aug 2, 2004 (10 photos)

... a USB connection is tougher than anticipated but will happen. Thanks for all the emails, please keep them coming and I will try to reply soon! We are off to Peru tomorrow and so it will be a sad goodbye to Ecuador. But I think I will be back...

Volcan Cotopaxi 5875m, are we mad or what?
May 13, 2005 (15 photos)

... , moving on swiftly from "Riobamba", and it`s "Devils Nose" train ride of your life!!! We decided to move up northwards to "Banos" a Spa town where we arranged a trek up "Volcan Cotopaxi" not an easy climb of 5875m!!!! We took a gamble and went half ...

Sara on Steve's Series of Unfortunate Events
Mar 24, 2007 (14 photos)

... he left the showers and took the shampoo with him.  Whoops.  Here I am, giving gringos a bad name all across Ecuador. Riobama train ride Our experience on Sunday plays out like an episode of the Amazing Race, and we're losing.& ...

In some serious hot water!
Nov 23, 2008 (12 photos)

...   We managed to flag down a bus heading to Baṅos which was already almost filled to capacity bus since most buses in Ecuador always have place for one more and stop for anyone along the road we were in luck. Only problem was we had to stand for ...

Volcano Encounter
Oct 14, 2006 (4 photos)

... lively town which was full of Gringos attracted by thrill of a fuming volcano. Volcanoes were never far from our itinerary in Ecuador. We had already bathed in thermal springs and taken a boat ride across a bubbling water filled crater. On the way to ...

Otavalo, Quito, Baños, Riobamba, Guayaquil
Sep 25, 2006 (28 photos)

... the lava field, we had a great view over the volcano and it's latest lava flows from the top. Baños is a pleasant town, easily our favorite town in Ecuador so far. With a great climate, a good range of restaurants, and with a fantastic setting amongst ...

Flying Broccoli
Oct 4, 2004 (1 photos)

So, after our extreme journey to Baños, Bob started some extreme sports of his own, namely projectile vomitting ! We were so glad that we paid the extra to have our own bathroom ! The small things in life are sometimes the most pleasurable ! Bob made his ...

Banos my beautiful Banos.........!
Dec 13, 2004 (5 photos)

... quad bikes, a party bus up to the volcano for hot tequila and a 4 hour horse ride circling around the mountains surrounding Banos.... just to top it all off, the best Argentinian steak I´ve ever tasted- a great appetiser for Agentina! Watch out for pics ...

Wet, even when not bathing
May 20, 2004 (3 photos)

... spectacular whirlpool. Then it was time to eat and then we needed a bit of a siesta (although they don't have siesta's in Ecuador). Mano left the next morning and Silvia and I decided to risk the bad weather and ride towards Puyo on mountain bikes. As ...

Back in Bizarreños
Jun 1, 2004 (2 photos)

... ranking policeman who was very formal, talk about inefficiency. Anyway, in the end I got 30 more days to play in Ecuador. Things I Learned * There is a high concentration of pan pipes in Baños, mainly found in restaurants * Being a girl helps when ...

Bike Rides,Elections, Waterfalls and Dysentary
Sep 28, 2007 (12 photos)

... Volcanoe. In 1999, Tungurahua was put on orange alert, indicating the likelihood of an imminent eruption and sending Banos inhabitants fleeing, with only about half of them returning later. No large-scale eruption materialized, but levels of volcanic ...

Steaming down the hill in a toffee bath
Nov 30, 2006 (7 photos)

Banos, a chill out town with good food, outdoor activity´s and hot baths, just what us road monkeys need. We spent our time productively. Watching the volcano Tungurahua, hoping glowing lava would cascade down the slopes as the air fills with smoke and ...

Toilet town
Dec 8, 2006 (3 photos)

... we were off the Banos. This time the drive was amazing....high windy passes......and amazing views....specially coming into Banos itself....which is completely surrounded by very high mountains and an active volcano. Hiked miles to our hostel.... actually ...

Bath time
Nov 11, 2009 (13 photos)

... on for my life! We then carried on getting wetter and wetter as the rain got heavier until we reached our destination (22km from Banos), the El Pailon del Diablo (the Devils Cauldron) falls. We didn't descend to the bottom of these falls as it was a 1km ...

A life outdoors
Aug 29, 2009

29th August 2009 Hostal Santa Cruz, Banos, Ecuador (19 usd) it's raining, I'm by the fire yesterday – Tena – Banos (65 kms) despite the beautiful views we had yesterday, the ride wasn't great. We left Tena and the road was fairly flat (good ...

The work begins!
Feb 3, 2008

Hola amigos! Three weeks in Ecuador now, doesn´t time fly! My second week in Quito was spent learning Spanish and studying for most of the time, my Spanish is much improved and I learnt a lot more but there is still a long way to go. I travelled ...