the adventures of baños

So here we are, still in baños and enjoying it thoroughly. Baños is located about 3 hours south of Quito and is situated in the valley between beautiful green mountains. The city itself is actually quite small, like our hostel is 2 blocks from the main plaza and is considered "out of the way" (can I get a cheer from everyone who grew up in Guernsey). Baños is like an ecuadorian banff with lots of outdoor activities and lots of touristy things, like people that make toffee on every street corner. We have met up with Tim, Ryan, and Devin again which has been very nice. At first we expected to only see them a couple of evenings but it turns out that we have been together since they got here. So we have managed to have a few adventures here already, yesterday we bostered up the courage to go Bridge jumping. We headed out to the big bridge on the edge of town and put on harnesses. Then we stood on this little platform on the top of the guardrail and jumped out into the canyon. You freefall and then swing out under the bridge, wow what a rush. Liana was a little nervous so the guy ended up pushing Liana on her legs and with his head so she fell the right way. So I guess if that wasnt enough of an adrenaline rush we all went out white water rafting today. We got a smoking deal because there was five of us and headed out down the river. It was a class 4 rapid(sometimes higher) and turned out to be a white nuckle ride. So now we are just relaxing and planning on heading out for supper with the guys.