Banos

Getting Wet In Baños

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April 28th 2009
Day 757 (25.04.09) Waking to a pretty dreary day and following our exertions of the walking on the Quilotoa loop we decided to take it easy only managing a walk around town. In most of the local shops you can see the local taffy being made as it is stretched, swung and looped repeatedly around a hook on the wall. They made it look so easy so we just had to buy some to try! As we've made our ... 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