Montañita is a town on the Ecuador coast known primarily for two things: 1. Decent surf 2. Insane nightlife The town itself is a small collection of streets packed with tourist shops, eclectic street food stands, and young dreadlocked men selling "happy" brownies. Reggae music blasts at all hours of the day, and at night the streets are packed with gringos and vacationing Ecuadorians looking for a good time. If the clubs aren't your thing, you can g...

"The Swing at the End of the World" is a long swing at hanging from a Tree-house (named "La Casa Del Arbol"). "Swing at the End of the World" is just a 30 minutes drive from Banos, we again paid $6 for another tour on a bright colourful bus blaring out traditional music, it was pretty fun. one US dollar the nice old man of Casa Del Arbol will let you have a go on the swing (it has a little strap on the front, so it's a little less frightening), it is a great phot...

Meet the cutest little bruiser bulldog ever seen...the hostel dog Google. This little one waddles around the hostel charming the guests all day long and if you're lucky enough he will let you take him out for a walk. Google was feeling particularly happy this day, as you can see, as he let me take a photo of him where he would usual shy away. It will be very sad leaving this little trooper tomorrow.

The Paílón Del Diablo, or in English "Cauldron of the Devil" is a magnificent waterfall in the Rio Verde area, about half an hour from Banos. The Pailon Del Diablo is about 80 meters high and it's one of the most amazing waterfalls to visit in Banos. You can visit the The Paílón del Diablo Waterfall on a special Chivas tour called Ruta de Las Cascadas for just $6 each. From Baños you can find many travel agencies offering the Chivas tours and vehicle rent...

The jaunt from Quito to here was hard to say the least. We decided to save ourselves some Peso and hop on the public transport. On this occasion MASSIVE MISTAKE. OK we made it there bit it was killer. On our first train of the three part journey it became so crowded we were wedged and pushed all over the place, bearing in mind we were with lugging our bags with us. Separating us both from one end of the carriage to the other with nothing but blank stares and pus...