Nice view of Baños

Buses and Baños

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October 7th 2008
Buenos tardes...amigos. I am now in the town of Baños, a small tourist town of about 12,000 (I should cite the lonely planet here) south east of Quito. It´s a lovely little town, with an extraordinarily different vibe than Quito. In the tourist district of Quito it was common to see fellow gringos, but less common in other parts of the city. In comparison Baños is gringolandia. According to som ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

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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