Banos – Horse riding up a volcano

by Peter on January 19, 2009 in Ecuador, Travel

The bus ride from Quito to Banos took 4 hours, took us along cliff edges at frightening speed, had the bus driver closing the curtains for what we presume were the dodgy areas, and found us taking on reportedly one of the most dangerous bus stations in South America! Thank goodness that Banos is such a relaxing place (if you don’t count living in the shadow of an active volcano…). Today we took a stroll around town, and then a horse ride up the side of aforementioned volcano. Not being a natural horseman, i am currently aching all over and hoping i will recover in time for the white water rapids we have booked for tomorrow! And here are the photos from day 1 at the Banos.

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3 Responses to “Banos – Horse riding up a volcano”

  1. Patrick January 20, 2009 at 12:10 am #

    is it easy for a rookie to ride a horse?

  2. friedi January 20, 2009 at 1:28 am #

    don´t ask!!!

  3. Peter January 24, 2009 at 9:10 pm #

    Our guide only spoke Spanish, but he had rather amusingly named one of the horses Gringo! So he was constantly telling “gringo” to hurry up! It was only the getting on and off of the horse that was really any challenge. Apart from that they were really nice and sedate!

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