Blogs from Baños, Centre, Ecuador, South America - page 38

Hey everyone, Sorry for such a large gap in between entries but i've been extremely busy the past week since I went to banos, and the other is before Banos there was nothing exciting to talk about. My first weekend away from the farm was freakin rockin! I hopped on a bus thursday night and rode three hours south to the turist city of banos, Yes the same city that nearly got eaten alive by a volcano only a few weeks back. Banos is in a valley surrounded by lush mountain side all the way around. People come here for the adventure sports they offer and the fine international cuisine, I for one was no different. I wanted to do some rafting, biking etc. while eating pizza and a good burger at night. I arrived to ... read more

Voici quelques photos de Baños. J´ai aussi ajouté des photos au blog de la Jungle et au blog de l´équitation J.P.... read more

Nous sommes arrives a Baños hier, une super de belle ville mais tres touristique. Aujourd hui on a fait un promenade de 4 heures a cheval dans les montagnes. Hier en regardant la carte de la ville on avait vue qu il y avait une promenade autour de la ville, sur la carte ça l avait l air facile mais quand j ai vue les montagnes j etais deja essoufflee a m imaginer que je devais les monter (c est a se moment que le cheval est venu en compte). C etait la premier fois pour Merlin et la premier fois pour moi depuis tres tres longtemps :) Ça m a rappeler que j aimais ça... On etait suposer aller voir un volcan, mais il y avait trop de nuage donc ont a rien vue. La ... read more

Hired a couple of dodgy mountain bikes and cycled down the valley of the waterfalls. First 7k wasn´t very enjoyable. We soon realised we´d be cycling most of the route on a major road. The gears were stiff on Amy´s bike and her chain kept jamming. Slight adjustment using my penknife helped the latter. We´d been told that there were several tunnels through the mountains, each having an alternative route for bikes. However, the first of these did not. It was dark, water poured from the ceiling and the road surface was wet and muddy. Luckily no vehicles passed us in the tunnel, we just got covered in water/mud. When we reached the first waterfall (pictured) our moods improved. It was quite spectacular, falling into the valley below. We paid a dollar each to be ferried ... read more

It was sad to leave the Secret Garden as we've had a great time and met loads of interesting people. However, we were both ready to move on. The taxi to the bus station in Quito dropped us at a nearby roundabout - thanks. We wandered around not knowing where to go until an Ecuadorian familily who were also heading to Banos showed us where to wait. We had been warned that the bus station was a hotbed of crime so kept our bags close. After about 40 minutes a bus arrived and we stored our rucksacs underneath and boarded. A man walked down the bus counting people. I was sat on the opposite side to Amy checking our rucksacs were safe. I was instructed to take my actual seat and the man confirmed our destination ... read more