Day one in Baños was great. We showed up and got checked in to the hostel and went to lunch. A few volunteers that came to Baños previously suggested we try "Canyoning". Canyoning is waterfall repelling and is as awesome as it sounds! The deal was $20 for 5 waterfalls, transportation, safety equipment, and a disc of videos/pics of the trip. Sounded good to us!! Once we got dropped off at the spot, it was a STEEP hike up the mountain to get to the waterfalls. Th...

Well... Last night was insane. It started off with two of our girls going to the city and saying they were getting home at 6:15. When 8:30 rolled around, we thought the worst had happened. We've heard horror stories from other volunteers here and we were thinking now it was our turn to deal with it. The scariest part was there was literally nothing we could do to find them if we tried. The whole "not having a usable cell phone" in a foreign place is scary. I neve...