Next door to our hostel was a Danish cafe which seemed like a good option for breakfast. The promises on the menu made it more appealing; coffee beans were ground on order and bread was made fresh on the premises. It lived up to it's promises too, breakfast was great... then the owner turned up. She was a physocotic freak who scared the hell out of everyone in the cafe. We finished up quick, paid our bill and scuttled out the door.

Walking round town, we came across a woman cooking guinea pigs over a charcoal fire - tempting, but we will wait until Peru. The local hot pools were really busy, and it wasn't with foreign tourists, it was Ecuadorians. It seems that Baños is a popular weekend retreat for residents of Quito.

The waterfall was very popular with the Ecuadorians too. Apparently they believe that strength can be drawn from the water so some were filling water bottles and others just getting themselves wet despite it being freezing cold.

We walked to the other end of town and saw other hot pools, it was busy too so we decided against joining in.

Back in the middle town, we watched some people on a bridge swing. It was only $20 but the equipment used was definitely not AJ Hacket approved so David refused to jump.

On the other side of the river there were nice views back over the river and mountains behind Baños town. Being able to see more of the mountains, the waterfalls started to look a bit smaller than before.

We walked past the market stalls around bus station and they were all stacked with bundles of sugar cane. Not sure what the average person does with a stick of sugar cane as thick as your arm.

Back on hostel's roof terrace, we were having a beer and working online when the battery got low so David went for the charger. There was no charger where it should be, or in fact anywhere... ****!!

Ecuador is not a country full of electrical choices never mind ASUS specific. We tried to work out some options and took a walk round town to see if we could find charger in shops in Baños but with no luck of course.

Finally at 8:30pm we managed to get through to the owners of Hotel Yumbo Imperial in Quito and thankfully they had found it in our room. So we will be back to Quito tomorrow to collect it.

Feeling a bit more relieved, we headed out for late dinner and went to a very busy Italian restaurant. The pasta was okay.

Back in the hostel when packing David realised that his small backpack had been slashed. Fortunately nothing was stolen, it just had a hole in the side of it. It must have happened on the journey between Quito and Baños but more surprisingly the backpack was either on his front or between his feet the entire journey. Obviously there are some very brazen thieves in Ecuador.