A week ago. Picturesque town of Baños. Two Ecuadorian friends, two new German friends, one new Swiss friend + me = fun!
View of the town from the top of our hostel.
Sugar cane stalls in front of the hostel...cane juice or a potent alcoholic beverage called sanduche (sandwich) for sale.
About to bridge jump...X-ray reveals ultimate fear inside.
Marcelo's thinking, "Ew, do I really wanna go into those hot springs?...No."
At the base of the town waterfall hammin' it up.
It's views like these that make it so rough to head back to Quito.
Let's all pile into this metal cage and send ourselves across this canyon!
The waterfall on the right was formed by lava. Another stupendous contribution of lava...the lava lamp. ;)
We drove, hiked, cable car'd, crawled, and biked to various H2O falls in and around Baños.
Here fishy fishy fishy!
Our nighttime Chiva carriage awaits to wisk us off to a cloudy view of the Tungurahua volcano.
Haha! YES!
Getting rough with the candy. Still haven't tried this stuff, but it's for sale everywhere.
One more perk to abundant sources of lava...you can build stuff out of it...like churches!
The faithful can get their Sunday mass in as well as hit up some shopping for religious icons or inflatable toys just outside.
Tungurahua spewing up again.
Not pictured here: a frigid but exhilarating canyoning experience in which we donned wetsuits, jackets, helmets, canvas shoes, and rubber butt pads to repel down waterfalls along a rope. Smashing good time! :)
Amy you crack me up! Looks like lots of fun, and it makes me miss Ecuador. But, obviously not as much as I miss you. --Carrie
ReplyDeleteWow. Some pretty amazing pictures. That volcano looks awe...HOLY CRAP! You went BUNGEE jumping? I just threw up thinking about it. (I'm terrified of heights.) Vertigo notwithstanding, rappelling down a waterfall sounds pretty amazing. Excellent blogging, my friend.
ReplyDeleteCareBear!!!! I miss you and J-Diddy, my travel buds! It looks like you are having an absolutely marvelous time in New Zealand. I really hope we can make Germany (or some other international destination) happen!!!
ReplyDeleteDon John, can't believe you posted that you blew chunks. what a weirdo ;) jk, takes one to know one! back in the vc in a month! hope to hang out witcha!