La Posada del Arte Banos

Left from Quito through the worlds busiest, most confusing bus station ever for Banos. The hostel had a great view of the waterfall thatīs floodlit at night, walked around the town to see itīs fantastic setting on the edge of a cliff, and sitting under an active volcano, Tungharahua.

Tuesday Today we left Cuenca to go to Banos. Another bus journey which consisted of 10 hours in total. Our first bus journey was for 6 hours, we then had to wait for another bus to get us to Banos. The journey normally takes 45 mins and costs 40p - can it be this cheap in England! However, the South American way - 1 hour 45 minutes later we arrived in one piece - some how. The weather is very unusual for this time of year - it is dry season but it keeps raining. The road down to Banos was hor...

This place is awesome! We had a 5 hour bus trip from Tena and got here 2ish in the arvo. The setting is just amazing - in a valley surrounded by sheer volcanic mountains (one of them smoking away and last erupted in 2006). After a quick lunch straight off for a horse ride up the foothills of the active volcano on a collection of motley horses. Great fun. The ride took around 3 hours and only cost $20 but the scenery was just incredible. For someof the members of our group (who had never ridde...

Day 3: (written by Ruth) We woke up at our hotel and decided we'd check to see if the hotel next door (Posada del Artes) had any rooms available. I walked over and she showed me 3 rooms...that seems to be the thing here. They show you the rooms they have and then you say whether you want one and which one you want. They had rooms and it was such a nice hotel! And it was only $10 more than the other hotel (which I was not a fan of). So, we reserved a room with a balcony and a fireplace and we ...

hallo zaemae! Heute um halb zwei, sind wir nach einer 4h Busfahrt in Baņos angekomen. etwa eine Stunde davon fuhren wir auf asphaltierten Strassen, den Rest auf holprigen Kieswegen, welche jedoch trotdem als Hauptstrassen dienen. hier in Baņos dreht sich eigentlich alles um Turismus. Ueberall hat es agenturen bei denen man verschiedene Attraktionen buchen kann: River Rafting, Canyoning,Klettern, Bungee-jumping, Wandern, Biken, Reiten..... Ich habe mich fuer morgen zum Raften angemeldet! Wir e...