A beach bum's blog

Continued  As said before Banos was a whole adventure theme park city hidden between the Andes. This small touristy town had more waterfalls than all the waterfalls combined  that I have seen in my lifetime - Maybe that is the pun behind the town's name (In Spanish Baños literally translates to bathrooms) . There was a water fall just couple of blocks away from our hostel which was very much visible from the hostel Hammocks.   Started the next morning with Zip lining, And so I wore my flip flops as I headed out thinking it would be like any other Zipline I have done in the past. Below are the list of activities included in the zipline         1. Hike half a mile to reach the top of the mountain.         2. Zipline in superman position for 850 meter @100km/hr  above a natural river gorge.         3. Walk across the river on a rope bridge for 200 mts.         4. Climb on the rock...

    After a wonderful trip to Belize I was hell bent to go farther South to experience Latin America. What better occasion to fly outside the country tadaaaannn "Birthday" :)  Determined not to stay in the country for my birthday the planning phase started. To simply explain how our travel plan evolved see the changes in steps below which took place over two months before travel 1. Ecuador & Peru.                                   2. Ecuador & Bolivia.                                   3. Colombia & Peru (at this stage I arrange all my documents,drove 5 hours and got my Peruvian visa approved...