it has been brought to my attention that the other link might not work
These two should:
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9609&l=da656&id=694171100
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9608&l=3d4b6&id=694171100
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Welcome home
So I've been home for a few days (and I'm still adjusting) so I thought I would update my blog about the last few days of my trip.
The last city of our tour was Banos, only adventure sports hot spot. Like other bus rides, instead of 4 hours, it ended up taking us 12.
On our first day we went white water rafting. It was a lot of fun. For those of you for are familiar, it was between 3 and 4, on the scale out of 6. Our tour guide was a lot of fun and he got us to jump in and flip our raft and stand up. One of the guys in our boat fell out and it was scary for us, because he fell out during a very rapid point in the river. Lucky for him, he got stuck in an Eddy from a very large rock.
Banos was a great town and we spent the afternoon walking around. It's famous for it's taffy and every door seemed to have someone pulling taffy on it. So you would just walk down the street and test taste each one. They also had a lot of sugar cane stalls (YUM!).
On our last day we went cycling in the valley and it was beautiful. Banos has a volcano next to it, which is still active, and actually erupts every day. I would have to say that cycling was the scariest part of the whole trip. Mostly because we were cycling at the side of the road. I had to actively forget all that I had learnt about Ecuadorian drivers over the last month. Also, we cycled through a tunnel, with no lights, that was so dark that you couldn't see the person in front of you. eek!
We came back into Quito for one day and then headed home.
For anyone interested in pictures, I'll include the links for the two albums I've created on Facebook.
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9609&id=694171100
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9608&id=694171100
One is for the 17 days we spent in Quito, the other is for our tour around the country.
The last city of our tour was Banos, only adventure sports hot spot. Like other bus rides, instead of 4 hours, it ended up taking us 12.
On our first day we went white water rafting. It was a lot of fun. For those of you for are familiar, it was between 3 and 4, on the scale out of 6. Our tour guide was a lot of fun and he got us to jump in and flip our raft and stand up. One of the guys in our boat fell out and it was scary for us, because he fell out during a very rapid point in the river. Lucky for him, he got stuck in an Eddy from a very large rock.
Banos was a great town and we spent the afternoon walking around. It's famous for it's taffy and every door seemed to have someone pulling taffy on it. So you would just walk down the street and test taste each one. They also had a lot of sugar cane stalls (YUM!).
On our last day we went cycling in the valley and it was beautiful. Banos has a volcano next to it, which is still active, and actually erupts every day. I would have to say that cycling was the scariest part of the whole trip. Mostly because we were cycling at the side of the road. I had to actively forget all that I had learnt about Ecuadorian drivers over the last month. Also, we cycled through a tunnel, with no lights, that was so dark that you couldn't see the person in front of you. eek!
We came back into Quito for one day and then headed home.
For anyone interested in pictures, I'll include the links for the two albums I've created on Facebook.
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9609&id=694171100
http://sfu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9608&id=694171100
One is for the 17 days we spent in Quito, the other is for our tour around the country.
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