Baños

The setting of Baños is amazing!  From the town, you can see waterfalls, hike through lush forests, rest your body in thermal springs, hike impossible gorges, bike, boat all the way to the Amazon, whitewater raft, climb the active volcano,Volcan Tungurahua, bungy jump, quad, kayak, horseback ride.  This is an adreline junkies paradise!!  This town of 15 000 people sits on a plateau of a mountain.  In the gorge below it, a river runs by, and after a rain it swells and flows more violently.  There are many hostels, restaurants, pastry and coffee shops .  The town is busy with tourists and people catering to tourists.  We quite liked Baños and its energic vibe.

                                          Roasted guinea pig.

                                          Taffee

                                           Sugar cane

                                          The Basillica

                                          Our favouite place for breakfast.  Cafe and Tosadoes
                                            ( toasted ham and cheese sandwiches.

                                          Indigeneous woman and child.

                                          A park.

                                          The river swelled while we were there because of rain.

                                          Water flowing off the plateau because of rain.

                                          A bungy jumper.

                                           A homemade Ecuadorian motorhome.  This brought back lots of fond memories                                            traveling with our motorhome.

                                          A waterfall at the edge of town.