Last weekend, Roman, Lucy, and I traveled to the town of Baños at the base of the Tungurahua volcano (on the way into town, we actually saw some smoke rising from the active volcano). The full name of Baños is Baños de Agua Santa (Baths of Holy Water) and is named after the hot springs located around the town. We stayed at the Posada del Arte hostel which is right next to the La Cascada de la Virgen (waterfall).

On Saturday, we didn’t let the rainy weather stop us from hiking around Casa del Arbol and then finding a place down by the river for Roman to fish. We got to try cuy for the first, and probably last, time. It was a little different than what we expected!

On Sunday, we explored the area of Pondoa, a tiny village on the dirt road to the refuge of the Tungurahua volcano. We can’t wait to go back to Baños when my knee is healthy enough to do some real hiking and biking. We would love to climb to the refuge of the volcano.