Baños The next day we boarded the public bus to take the very long 6-hour journey south towards Baños, a town renown for their hot springs. Cramped & lethargic from our journey, my first activity for the evening after our arrival was a visit to the public baths for a dip in the skin peeling hot water to relax. The town of Baños (elevation 1800m) sits at the base of the very active Volcano Tungurahua, which had its last major eruption in 2006, forcing the town to evacuate. Hmm! In Australia we get green, yellow & red warning levels to monitor the potential for bush fires. In Baños they get the same warning levels - only this time it is to monitor the threat of Volcanic eruption! We were on yellow, which I was told
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