Where do we start? Actually we´re not in Banos any longer but in Puyo, 1000 metres down in the Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon basin) after evacuating! The volcano was rumbling around all day yesterday (it was hard to concentrate on our Spanish verbs while the windows rattled and the volcano roared). However, we were assured we were in no danger, and in fact were quite excited to go up and have a look at the activity from a safe distance. Just in case, when we went to bed we packed an emergency bag, which was just as well as two of us - Rosemarie and Gail - were dramatically rushed up another mountain at 1am with the rest of the town to spend the night. They crossed the only bridge, with people surging across on foot, with
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