Banos Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We only stayed one full day in Cuenca as it was really a break on the way from Peru to Banos.
We stayed in a lovely hostel in Cuenca that had cable so it was really great being able to watch the premiership games. Saw quite a good bit of them so was delighted with that. We even got to see Paris Hiltons My new bff which we used watch when in C...

Gabe woke up early and booked us on a canyoning trip. It turned out we were going with one guide, Franklin, and a British couple named James and Emma. After getting fitted for shoes we were off, trucking up a mountain to a little wood hut where we were told we could leave our clothes. Changing into our wet suits, harness, new shoes and strapping...

This morning we met up with one of the girls we met on our Galapagos tour, Lisa. The three of us had decided to rent some bikes and cycle to some of the waterfalls near the town. After being kitted out with some mountain bikes and ridiculous-looking helmets, we set off along the Panamericana (Ecuador´s version of the M25!). It was a little hairy...

So, having left the rainforest, we climbed back up through the cloud forest to stay in the touristy town of Baños, reknowned for its adventure trips and parties! Walking through the town to our hotel, we got an idea of just how small the place was, and we also saw the many vendors making melcocha, a type of tooth-breaking taffy. The hotel was ve...

Well, we have returned alive and well other than a few mosquito bites. We had a great adventure and saw many animals and learned quite a bit about flora and medicinal remedies.Jamee and I both caught many Pirahna. I did lose the end of one finger but they assure me that it will grow back. I doubt it. I was great fun as we fished in a massive rai...

I'm actually going to try and keep things brief on the blog since time is running low and the fact that I am writing this even from sometime in the near future (wouldn't you like to know where I actually am, hahahah *I'm doing Dr. Evil pinky pointing thing to my mouth*). Mom and I made it to Banos, a popular tourist town, yesterday. We didn't do...

This is an account of our walk to the refugio of Vulcan Tungurahua. Tungurahua is over 5000m high and the refugio is situated at 3800m. This meant that we had to gain 2km of altidtude to get there. It was an amazing experience. I have not done a lot of hiking (and my previous hiking experience was not a good one) so I was a bit nervous about the...

Baños: relaxed dorp, warmwaterbaden, mooie omgeving iets lager in de Andes en een actieve vulkaan naast het dorp. Ideale plek om het even iets rustiger aan te doen na de afgelopen actieve dagen. De busreis naar Baños verloopt erg soepel en onderweg zien we al op grote afstand een mooie vulkaan liggen. Als we iets later uit het raam kijken zien w...

Halla,you english speaking guys. It's been a while since last entry, so this entry's got a bit more info then the other ones. We've been on the road for a bit over two months now, and are still going strong. Copacabana: We met two norwegian girls in Cuzco, whom we brought with us on our way towards the north.. In Copacabana (Bolivia), Tone was t...

Vi befinner oss fortsatt godt opp i Andesfjellene. For oyeblikket er det kaldt, det regner, er heller graatt (akkurat naa er det faktisk opphold), og minner egentlig ganske mye om Norge. Det er en del varmere da, og godt er det, for mye klaer har vi ikke. Naar det blir kaldt, er det kvantitet som gjelder framfor kvalitet. Tykke gensere har vi ik...