Well, Baños was a small, quaint little mountain town absolutely saturated in touristy gimicks, shwag, hostels, go carts, tour companies, taffy and most of all gringos. I am really going to miss it. It suprised me how quickly I just enjoyed myself there, though it shouldn´t. The hostel, Platos Y Blanco, was really nice. $5.50 for a bunk bed in a room full of solo travelers. They had a sweet terrace with a self serve coffee/beer bar, a great breakfast and just a great atmosphere. I had been thinking about either doing a short whitewater rafting trip, having never done that, or just riding a mountain bike around town, which there are probably more rental shops then anything else except hostels. Yesterday I wandered around town early, I´ve been waking up about 5:30 - 6am, and
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