Hotel Casa Blanca Banos
Oriente y Maldonado Banos, Ecuador
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Red hot volcano tossing out molten larva
... to take these long distance night photos as these 4 images show the bursts of lava flowing out of the crater. Lesson is to take a torch, know your equipment like how to raise the tripod and camera - which way to turn the manual focus ring in the dark! At least ...
Still enjoying x
... going to separated from my backpack!! But looks can be deceiving and he turned out to be alright and got me to my hostel safely and carried my pack to the door.
Mancora is a town with the Pan America highway running through it. So crossing the road with giant trucks, buses and tuk-tuk racing along can be a bit hairy. But once you got 2 blocks down and on the beach you would never know it was there. Loved my hostel here Piaf Rustic. This was where I ...
Another fiesta!
... 8211; the boys had to catch up on many issues! But by 2pm we were off to Banos, once again. This weekend is a festival in Banos. With all the talking and catching up we reached Banos just in time for the end of one of the big events – a car race, with self-made cars. The race was over 20 km long, from Pelileo to Banos, all downhill at a speed of up to 130 km/h. We managed to stand right at the finish line and see them ending their race at high ...
Eulogy for Ecuador
... of their way to make us feel welcome and several of them gave us big hugs and wished us safe onward travel when we left.
Security? - travellers seem to divide into those for whom heavy security makes them feel safe and those for whom it does the opposite. We fall into the latter category. The presence of large groups of gunweilding teenagers in uniforms several sizes too big for them does nothing for our confidence. So when compared to ...
Banos
... surrounding it. I obviously got left behind by Crag who marched on ahead, whilst I complained about having to walk up yet another hill! The view was worth it though when I finally made it to the top - Crag took a rather flattering photo of my arrival!
So the next day Crag decided to get involved in the activities Banos has to offer and decided to do some Canopying! This is basically like a zip wire across the valleys. Turned out he was ...


