Day 47: Off to Baños! (Quito to Baños)

3/11/2017

Today is the day we're going to Baños! After breakfast we packed to catch a bus. The weather is partly cloudy with a beautiful sky. Quito is surrounded by several volcanoes, which we have never seen before because of the clouds. However, this morning, way off in the distance is one. Finally.

We caught a local bus in town to go to the main south station of Quito which was about an hour. Then we got a tourist bus from there to Baños. On the way, there was some sort of automobile accident so we didn't arrive until about 12:30. Once in Baños we walked to our hotel and checked in. Then for lunch, we went to a little cafe (Cafe Moon) which is just down the street and was delicious! Afterwards, we spent a little time at the hotel. Then in late afternoon we walked around to explore the town. We went to see the waterfall of Virgin Mary, then up towards the church, and down Ambato, the main street.

Afterwards we had dinner at the hotel, which was once again delicious. I tried a traditional Ecuadorian dish which is shrimp in a coconut cream sauce which was as even better than it sounds. Then for dessert, we split a homemade blackberry pie with homemade ice cream. Talk about heaven in Ecuador. The food on this entire trip has been so amazing; I'm spoiled.

Now tomorrow we're planning to go to Tungurahua, the nearby volcano.

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