The Devils Cauldron

Trip Start Apr 02, 2008
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Trip End Jul 31, 2008


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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

14 hours after leaving Vilcabamba, 2 taxi rides and a bus ride later, we arrived at Banos (meaning Baths), so called for all the hot springs around the area. It is also right at the base of the Tungurahua volcano. Tunguahua is an active volcano with its most recent eruption in 2006. Apparently you can see lava glowing and bubbling every night. So on our second night we got a lift with the local ´rave bus´, an old coverted cargo lorry complete with fairy lights, grafitti, and a stereo blasting out trance pop. However, all we saw that night were dense clouds obscuring our view and an Ecuadorian guitar player. We don´t seem to have much luck with volcanos! We also did not visit the baths as the weather was wet and they are chlorinated, which somehow takes away from the romance of it all.

But what we did manage to do was to hire a big ole quad bike for the two of us to visit all the local waterfall (including: Virgen de Agua Santa, Inés María, Agoyán, El Manto de la Novia, and Pailón del Diablo), as well as visiting Rio Verde (The Greeen River). The most impressive of all the waterfalls was the Pailon del Diablo (which mean Devils Cauldron). Unfortunatly the photos just don´t do it justice. The waterfall had a number of stages or steps where it cascaded into a secluded cave like area, before once again casading out again down a thin gully with overwhelming power.

But time is now short, so after just 2 night we now move on to Tena.
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