Banos, Baby- here are the things you should know. Princess Maria is the nicest hostel that perpetually smells like lemon floor cleaner. There is lots of variety when it comes to food, fun and flamingos. Just kidding, no flamingos, I just wanted to alliterate! Anyways-we stayed for three nights here, and had our share of thermal baths (where men get slightly too close to you) and volcanoes (that you can't see due to clouds- I bailed on the tour and followed my nose towards the mountain *street meat*, where we had chicken feet) and so many waterfalls! The bike ride from Banos to Puyo, stopping to view the many waterfalls, was well worth being drenched for the majority of the ride. Some members of our group were a bit intimidated by the narrow roads, but luckily the huge trucks beep before nearly running you over. We picked up an additional member for our group, an American named Jaccob, who lead the pack. After hiking and biking in the rain, we hailed down a bus that turned out to be full of school girls- who all swarmed to our new friend. It reminded me of Madeline when the new Spanish boy moves in next door and the girls are all in awe! Overall, from volcano meat to (finally) a decent cup of coffee, Banos treated us real-good!