Banos, Ecuador, 7 -8 October 2007
With the Galapagos behind us & it´s associated luxury we returned to our hotel in Quito for one night and then made our way to Banos , a popular resort town in Ecuador, the following day. Banos is set in spectacular location, 1820m above sea level, nestled among soaring green hills, streaked with waterfalls & thermal springs. Once more we said our goodbyes to Peter and Carol in Quito & once more we bumped into them in Banos!!
We rented bikes & cycled 15km out the road to the village of Rio Verde. We had to cycle through a pitch black tunnel where we couldn't see the road in front of us, fortunately it was only100m long. Luckily the 2nd tunnel (1km) was off limits to cyclists so we used the old road at the side. Once in the village we parked up the bikes & hiked down a shaky bridge to where we had excellent views of he Paillon del Diablo waterfalls. As the road had been mostly downhill on the way there we decided to cheat & take the bus back to town.
Early next morning U (Dave) took a trip to one of the nearby hot springs for a dip. It was really nice to be there in the piping hot water looking up at the waterfall with no gringos & only a handful of locals thinking, "ah life is good". And it was then out of the water & onto a bus bound for Riobamba.
Beautiful Church lit up at night!
Dave at the waterfall
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