DSC03084

Equador - Banos - Transylvania Hostel

---

December 14th 2009
14 December - Quito to Banos - Took off from Quito early doors and made our way on a 3.5hr bus ride to Banos on the Banos Express line (really not express at all and much like a bus that stops all the time haha). They kept letting people get on to try to sell us stuff and look to take belongings that wern´t looked after so needless to say we were holding onto bags tightly. - Made it to Ban ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

---

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more