1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Kyi4B4wcYz"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/smoking-hot-banos/">Smoking Hot Baños</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/smoking-hot-banos/embed/#?secret=Kyi4B4wcYz" width="600" height="338" title="“Smoking Hot Baños” — PoohsDen" data-secret="Kyi4B4wcYz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Located in Central Ecuador, Baños is a tourist town. Shops selling cheap, cheesy souvenirs around the main plaza, open-trucks/jeeps for guided tours to the waterfalls, motorcycle rentals and a good dusting of cafes and restaurants catering to every kind of traveler. Baños was on our list for two reasons, one – the extremely hot Mt. Tungurahua and the mineral baths. After two weeks of going around Ecuador we wanted to rest and rejuvenate before we headed back to real world and routine life in Houston. We did not get what we were looking in terms of rest and rejuvenation at Baños due to the crowd. We spent New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day in Baños and the place was crawling with tourists. Hotels full, cafes with long lines, public baths with lines stretching miles, stores crowded, and store owners enjoying a bit of price gouging. But in Baños we heard and saw a volcano in action. We so badly wanted to see red hot lava (we missed it in Hawaii) but unfortunately for us Mt. Tungurahua was in not mood to put up a show. But we saw smoke and ash spew out of the crater at an alarming […]http://ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/_dsc5442.jpg