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We finally wanted to leave today but fate decided otherwise. After packing all our bags and carrying them down to the lobby, we left them in the storage room while we headed out for some breakfast and to draw some money to pay the hostal. Breakfast was great but we noticed that there seemed to be no electricity in town. They prepared some great pancakes for us anyway (must have had a gas stove I presume) and we were on our way to the ATM to draw some cash, get our bags and onto Cuenca. Howeve...

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

1 Continent. 10 Countries. 152 Days. 2000 Dollars. Millions of Memories. My South American Adventure begins Dec 2007 and ends April 2008. I am pretty much traveling alone and winging it. But one thing's for sure- it's gonna be one hell of a trip.

Banos is een hele leuke plaats, volop gelegenheid tot sportiviteit. We beginnen de dag met een sportdrankje (verse jus of bessensap of meloensap of andere sap), en lopen dan sportief naar de fietsverhuur. Daar begint onze tocht van twintig kilometer langs allemaal leuke watervallen. Er zijn vandaag veel mensen op deze weg. Per fiets: Amerikanen en Europeanen en per auto/bus/laadbak/quad: heel veel Ecuadorianen. Wat heerlijk om hier door de bergen (Andes) te fietsen! Na een tijd komen we...

Roundtrip to Ecuador!

So, hier nun also ein bisschen etwas von dem, was wir in 5 Wochen in Ecuador, Peru und nochmal Ecuador mit der Kamera eingefangen haben! Eindruecke einer nicht immer leichten aber dafuer abenteuerreichen und vorallem schoenen Reise :)

The word "Banos" in Espanol actually means "baths" and so it was, that we arrived in Banos, a town full of thermal springs, a helluva lot of tourist agencies, some great cafes and one not so nice cafe! Besides the New Town in Quito, Banos was the most touristy place we had been to so far in Ecuador. There were plenty of great hostels, plenty of great places to eat, plenty of tourist agencies, plenty of massage palours and spas and with its spectacular location in a valley at the bottom ...

It seems as though we write about our bus rides often, but we spend so much time in transit and we're in such close quarters with people that we see ourselves forced to write about it. And as anyone who has spent some time in South America knows, South Americans love to travel on buses so buses are always pretty full. On this particular ride from Quito to Baños, there was a nun who sat diagonally from us. Nuns, for whatever reason, make Em really uncomfortable so she was aware and ...

I set the alarm for just before 7 as the F1 qualifying session for Hockenheim is on cable.  Mark Webber is 8th   on the grid.  Then I go back to sleep for a while as I’m really tired.  I get down to breakfast at around ¼ to 10 and then ask the receptionist to get a taxi for me.  They get a radio taxi which is the most secure, although I’ve often taken other taxis for short trips.    I tell the taxi driver that I’m going to the bus terminal....

KERRY - After a hair raising bus journey past some sheer drops and winding turns, we arrived in Baños. This town is much smaller than Riobmamba, thank god, and much more friendly. We trudged up the hill to a hostel that had been recommended to us - Princessa Maria- and unloaded our bags. It was a nice place, and very cheap at $5 a night each in a room with an TV and an on suite bathroom! We seemed to have been allocated the noisiest room in the place though, so maybe that was why i...

Got to Baños, a tropical area close to volcanoes and the jungle at about 8 PM, went to about 4 different hostals, all full, got frustrated before finally finding a place, walked around to check out the jungle tours and other stuff to do around town. Met up wtih 2 others signing up to do a canyoning tour, AKA repelling down waterfalls the next day (Rainforestur, 25 bucks) Got some food, headed to the hostal. July 9th: Woke up pretty early to get to the tour agency at 9:00. Went with a gro...

Have now spent a couple of days chilling out in Banos and recommend it as a very good place to come to reacclimatise to normal life after weeks spent in the jungle.  I can sleep in a proper bed, eat nice food (icecream, cheese etc - luxury) and not have to worry about the threat of biting insects of any sort! Today and yesterday I started out on walks which ended up accidently taking much longer than intended!  Baños is a small town set in a valley between steep hills on eith...