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Thanks to the jet lag we woke up at 6am and went for the desayuno (breakfast) at 7.00. At this early hour the hotel personnel were still arriving so naturally everything was closed. We waited in the garden under the umbrella to avoid the trickling rain and went in at 7.30 for the buffet breakfast. The continental breakfast had the usual stuff, bread, cereal, hams, cheese, fruit, tea and coffee but no sweets. The musli cereal with toasted nuts was the best musli I've ever tasted, and it was a joy savouring it with the strong Ecuadorian coffee.
Ecuador Travelogue - A day in Banos
Mike Krupel2006-06-28 20:35:22
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Thanks to the jet lag we woke up at 6am and went for the desayuno (breakfast) at 7.00. At this early hour the hotel personnel were still arriving so naturally everything was closed. We waited in the garden under the umbrella to avoid the trickling rain and went in at 7.30 for the buffet breakfast. The continental breakfast had the usual stuff, bread, cereal, hams, cheese, fruit, tea and coffee but no sweets. The musli cereal with toasted nuts was the best musli I've ever tasted, and it was a joy savouring it with the strong Ecuadorian coffee.
About Banos
Banos is a very lively place with a grid of streets full of different kinds of overflowing shops. The most active areas are those around the main church and the bus station where the sugar cane stalls are located. These stalls sell sugar cane either in raw form (like bamboo sticks) or peeled sticks or juice. They are unmistakable and characteristic, though I cannot understand how one should choose the best stall considering they are almost identical.
Fried Guinea Pigs in BanosWe brought a packet of peeled sugar cane sticks for 50c but there were enough to chop off our legs after catching diabetes, so we ended leaving the packet minus two behind us in the hotel. Apart from the sugar cane stalls there are other food stalls that sell either fried chicken, nuts, some sort of beans, corn cobs and even the local speciality, fried guinea pigs. The stalls are quite popular with the people though we're not sure whether they were frequented by locals or by tourists. The largest number of tourists come for the neighbouring countries especially Columbia so it's difficult to distinguish locals from tourists. Another common sight are the shops that make toffee by stretching it while it is tied to their door hinge. The hygienic practices used to create this toffee are doubtful to say the least but the end product is good and excessively sweet. One curious thing that we noticed
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