Hostels are peculiar in Ecuador, more often like guesthouses they haven’t catered to the backpacker crowd for decades like other neighboring countries. This also means there are a handful of mostly foreign owned hostels in the guidebooks and on booking sites but the best ones often don’t have a web site and count on word of mouth.
Day 142: Banos, Ecuador With a blog named Bacon is Magic, understandably food is a big part of my life. But it wasn’t always the case. In fact I grew up in a household that had a steady rotation of 10 or so bland dishes. Somewhere along the way my Italian roots kicked in and I [...]
Day 141: Banos, Ecuador We decided instead of heading back to crime-ridden Quito we were going to return to Banos for a few days and take an afternoon bus before my mother and sister flew back to Canada. None of us are very familiar with horseback riding; my sister had never been on anything larger [...]
Day 135: Cuenca, Ecuador Getting to Cuenca involved a long and exhausting eight-hour bus ride from Banos and the next day we were all still tired from traveling. Everyone told me we should go to Cuenca but I didn’t know much about the city other than it had 52 churches, one for every Sunday. Fortunately my [...]
Day 133: Banos, Ecuador Heading to Banos was a change of pace for traveling; while we loved the jungle tour, most people come to Banos for the spa treatments. On our first day we had already taken advantage of the cheap massages and facials; we had discovered the hostel jacuzzi but what really intrigued us [...]
Day 131: Banos, Ecuador It was only noon and we still had 6 hours left of the tour. Luis told us that there was a waterfall he wanted us to see and it would only be a ten minute walk into the jungle and it was an easy walk. Luis is a lovely man, but [...]
Day 131: Banos, Ecuador Banos is most famous for its thermal pools, which are popular with both Ecuadorian tourists as well as those farther abroad. But as soon as you arrive to this little town you see the area has much more to offer and every second storefront wants to tell you about it. Our [...]
I'm Ayngelina and in my mid-thirties. I left an amazing job, boyfriend, apartment and friends to find inspiration in Latin America. I'm creating a new life choosing what I want instead of what other people think I should do.
