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Banos Slideshow
Banos
Travel Blogs from Banos, Ecuador
Thermal baths and canyoning
... , and also the remains of a village, destroyed by the latest eruption. Due to the eruption there is lots of ash about in Banos so once again we opted out of camping and instead stayed in a hotel! We didn't however get out of camp cooking, ...
Enjoying Ecuador
Hi Guys, just thought i would mention that i made it to Ecuador, first stop Cuenca, a colonial historic city with up to 500,000 people living there, making it the 3rd largest city in Ecuador. First impression, very European, as normal they ...
Back to the Highlands
Got a really good hostal in Baños with a rooftop area for socialising. I can see why people get stuck here. It's a small town surrounded by incredibly steep mountains with just one narrow valley to get in and out. The town is under constant threat from ...
4 days of fun in Baños!
After our crazy jungle tour we needed a few days of serious R & R, not to mention that all of our clothes, bags, everything smelled like jungle(damp and muddy) so we needed to do some serious laundry! Baños is about 3 hours south of Quito and ...
Chugchilan to Baños
I mentioned in a previous entry that it`s a bit difficult to get to the Black Sheep Inn because it is located in a tiny village that`s accessible only by dirt roads. Well, it turns out that getting there is much easier than leaving. Chugchilan is ...
Te amo Banos
... had our pedicures (we needed pretty toes for the Galapagos of course) we headed to the thermal baths, which is what Banos is famous for. Unfortunately we were all mildly disappointed – after our Otavalo experience Josh and I had high expectations, ...
Baños, Aventura y Relajación
... around 10pm; hostel name: Transilvania (Israeli owned). Wednesday, 17 November 2010 First morning and full day in Baños, Ecuador! We said our farewells to McClean (a guy from Texas we met in Quito) and had a pancake with chocolate ...
i don´t want to leave :(
so, i have offically fallen in love with baños. it is my favorite place in ecuador and i don´t want to leave. i think you guys should come and join me here....sounds like a plan? i woke up early today, i think i was a bit restless ...
Rio Verde near Banos
... am now ok thankfully as a few others have been suffering. We are situated about 20km out of town from the party town of Banos. It is known for it thermal springs, white water rafting, hiking, cannonying,horseriding etc. Also for a Volcano tha errupted ...
CARNAVAL!!! On Birthday Eve
... activities. Well, it's true, Baños was a blast! Yuli and I arrived on the Wednesday just before Ecuador's Carnaval weekend, so we knew at a touristy place like this there would be some good festivities (the friendly policeman in Lima told ...
Easter update !
Pfoeeww almost a month without writing anything! But, just right on time I decided to go ahead and to write what´s on my mind at this moment :) Let´s see last time I wrote I was in Shell, afterwards we went to Baños, were we saw some of the amazing ...
Enjoying Baños...
So we've been in Baños for 3 days now, and we're having a great time! This town located at the feet of a volcano offers a lot to tourists. And that's good and bad... Good because we've been doing a lot of activities here. Bad because it doesn't have ...
Vamos chicos!
... saddles on the bikes were not exactly cushioned... That evening I managed to satisfy my craving for Thai food (which I have been missing!) by having Pad Thai for dinner, washed down by a pina colada - perfect! I will miss Banos when we leave for ...
Baños
... a few volcano's that make up the 40 some volcanos (I think thats what I heard from our hostel trivia game) of Ecuador. It is a popular tourist destination, so the town is full of restaurants with German, Swiss, and English foods...but surprisingly ...
Adventure in Baños
Hello, Just a quick update, we are currently in Baños staying at the very nice Hostal plantas y blanco, which strangely enough has rather alot of plants and white! Yesterday we took a bike ride to Rio Verde, which is about 15km from Baños, it is ...
Banos, Ecuador
Well the amount of Ash in the Air is low now as we had thunderstorms last night. The owner of the campsite showed us a home DVD of the eruptions that some crazy spanish guy filmed last month. It certainly is an active volcano from time to time. Our ...
Highway to the danger zone!
... from the UK. We got the bus to Banos together watching the sky darken as ash from the volcano was pumped into the air! Banos is a small town that nestles in the mountains. It has thermal springs, a volcano and lots of activities to do. On our first ...
Baños??? Bathrooms??? Yes. Baños means bathrooms
... os is set beautifully in the mountains, really, it is gorgeous, but it is a town full of gringos in the middle of Ecuador. And gringos warrant kitschy souvenir shops, overpriced restaurants, and someone asking me if i want to "make a tour" ...
Arse ache, and steaming thermal spa
... so tired, that I really did not care, and do not think the boys did either. We just needed sleep. Spent the day sightseeing. Banos has one of the most amazing backdrops I have ever seen. It is in the basin, and is surrounded by mountains. From the hostal ...
Steam baths and roast guinea pig in Baños
The wonderfully friendly and family-run Hostal Chimenea, which was our home in Baños, also had a set of 'steam health baths' which guests could use for a bargain $3.50. So we made sure to check them out before checking out. The steam ...
Travelling Through the Ecuadorian Jungle
... a nice city but there is a lot of pollution there. After a couple of days and no activity beyond eating and drinking I went up to Quito, Ecuador. This is the highest place I had ever been with my feet on the floor. It is in a valley and is very hilly. The ...
Biking in Baños
Baños is apparently the resort capital of Equador but to be honest it didn't have much of a 'resort' feel about it except that there were lots of travel agencies and hotels. Unfortunately, the weather was a bit miserable and we only caught quick ...
Biking, Hiking, Bathing and Rafting
If you are an adventure junkie and don't mind lots of gringos then Banos is the place to be in Ecuador. Situated in the mountains next to thermal springs and a large river it offers a wealth of activities, of which we tried a 60 km downhill (mostly) bike ...
Bikes in Baños...a must do for Equador
Hey gang... Well, after a trip to the markets and bullfight north of Quito, we decided to head south to an adorable town called Baños, Equador, about 3.5 hrs south of the city. It´s at the foot of an active volcano, which is constantly spewing, but ...
Baños, Ecuador
... Chimborazo en het vertellen van de straffe verhalen zijn we direct naar Baños vertrokken, hét touristisch dorpje bij uitstek in Ecuador. Ik trek hier voor een paar dagen in in het Hostal Tamara, wat wordt uitgebaat door de uiterst sympathieke Brit ...
Steak and toffee
... far it actually is before heading off. 4h buss ride on dirt roads with plenty of potholes took me not even half way. Banos is Ecuadors Queenstown... or more like Rotorua with thermal baths. Every so often you get stuff in your eyes. It is apparently ...
Spa Time!
... , weswegen wir (also Anna) unbedingt nach Baños wollten, war, dass uns Steffi in Panama erzählt hatte, es gäbe in Ecuador ein schweizer Restaurant, wo echte Rösti und Fondue (mit Raclette-Käse drin – ihh!) serviert würde. Das Heimweh (auch die ...
The mild forms of human torture found in Banos!
This weekend was a little more planned than the last! Myself and Kaylea - my firm travel buddy for Ecuador set off in the early hours of Saturday morning in search of a slightly less stressful adventure than the last! Our destination the famous town of ...
In Ecuador about 2000 km away from Peru Eathquake
Just heard about the earth quake and getting a few SMS messages so a quick message to let you all know that I am safe and well. Travel plans may be changed but will let you know as soon as I have an update! Take Care Love Sandra xxx ...