Wednesday, October 27, 2010

9th Oct - Riobamba to Baños

Decided to have a nice long lie in for myself. I'm on holidays like! Checked out right at midday and I'd got advice before I left London that Riobamba is a good place to book tours. Went for a look, the only place I could find was closed at noon on Saturday (today) and re-opened on Monday! Oh FFS! Decided to have a look around the town, bite to eat and assess the options. Sadly Riobamba has v little going for it, so after a lovely pizza, decided to take the 2 hr trip to Baños which is supposed to be lovely.
The market next to the bus station was chaos, good craic now, they sold everything. This included dogs ($20 for the cute ones, $15 for the poor ugly lad) and cats $2. That shows cats' place in the scheme of things!




Crazy band in the middle of the crazy market in Riobamba


Landed in Baños in a torrential downpour. But still liked the look of it much more than the last two places. Had to look for a hostel online and used a cafe where the owner had atrocious English despite living in Brixton in London for 3 yrs! Nice lad though and I found a hostel to go to.


Paddy Bar in Baños... they're everywhere!


This turned out to be a lovely place owned by a lad in his 20s, hammocks everywhere, pool table, friendly staff, and a crazy old lady watching reality TV in the corner. It had everything! Room was nice, I went for a snooze then a late dinner and came back to the hostel where I played pool with the lad working there for a couple of hours. Then bed!


Best pool table in South America, in the Backpackers hostel in Baños!


1 comment:

  1. Brilliant backing music to the cats and dogs bus station video!

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