by jellygonuts | Feb 5, 2013 | Ecuador, Life in Latin America
Baños, Ecuador Baños is a colorful town situated at the base of Volcano Tungurahua. Thousands of tourists flock here on the weekends to enjoy the crisp, cool climate and soak in the thermal baths. Often called the “Gateway of the Amazon”, the town is surrounded by...
by jellygonuts | May 6, 2012 | Ecuador, Life in Latin America, Travels
I’ve written in the past about public transportation in some of the Latin American countries we have visited, especially bus travel. I’ve also examined some of the differences we’ve encountered in Ecuador as compared to most of Central America. It occurred to me,...
by jellygonuts | Nov 3, 2011 | Life in Latin America
I was woken by the sound of a cow in our yard one lovely morning in Montañita . Well, it wasn’t actually the cow, since they are relatively quiet animals, and when they do offer the occasional outburst it doesn’t normally rudely jar one awake. No, I was...
