Volcán Tungurahua, Baños, ECUADOR

Early this afternoon I arrived in the village of Baños, 3.5 hours south east of Quito. Baños is nestled among spectacular mountains...and looking over its shoulder is the angry and very active Volcano Tungurahua, which continues to blow dark clouds of black/grey smoke into the atmosphere. In October 1999, Volcán Tungurahua was on red alert and the entire village was evacuated for about 4 weeks. I hope it starts to spew hot lava while I´m here!

Located about 40 km west of Tungurahua is the largest volcano in Equador, Chimborazo and to the north about 80 km is Cotopaxi volcano.

Its Carnival weekend (4 days) in Ecuador, and people are throwing water on everybody...in the daytime. In the evenings, they use aerosol cans with foam -- and the teenage guys just love to cover the girls in foam, yet nobody can escape the foam baths!

Adios!