A few photos around Banos:

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I was informed I would have to leave hotel on Friday the 28th due to it being Carnival weekend in Ecuador and the rooms had been reserved. I spent Thursday looking for a place however there wasn't much available and what was, was sometimes four times the average rate. I found a place that had a storage room above the laundry. The owners said they would clean it out and let me have it for four days and then move into a regular room on Tuesday. Sounded good to me, it had a bathroom with running water. In a couple hours they had it cleaned out and a cot set up. The cot collapsed on me a couple times but I got it squared away. All is great!
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Guinnie pig, it's what's for dinner:
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Banos is famous for it's taffy. There are many shops like this one with the wood hook cut from a tree. It's used to hold the taffy while they pull and twist it.
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Ceiling painting of angles drinking beer and playing pool in the clouds:
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I saw Court, left, one of the owners of "Freedom Bike Rental in Quito while I was wondering around. He was on the last couple days of a tour and this was on of their stops. With him is his cousin and parents that are on vacation and the following the tour in a vehicle. Courts dog is under the bench, she rides on Courts moto:
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Human statue:
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Met this guy near one of the parks, his Uncle is in the US Navy:
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During my first visit to Banos I met Poncho who owns a family restaurant named, Poncho's. He likes American music and his place has become my local hang out. The menu is mostly hamburgers and fries with locals being his main customers. People order their food, all verbal, no ticket and then when they are finished they tell Poncho what they had to eat and drink and he totals it up. It's all on the honor system.
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