Category: Ecuador
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Section 3, part 2: Volcano Alley
Day 31: Puyo to Macas, 130k We must be getting stronger because today was not a difficult riding day. Mostly rolling hills with a climb after lunch, but we made it through. We rode along highway 45 or the Troncal Amazonia. At about 25k there was a look out point, Mirador. It cost $.50 per…
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Section 3, part 1: Volcano Alley
Day 28: Quito to Papallacta, 75k I decided not to ride today to give my saddle sores another day of rest. I rode the bus and talked food with the tour chef. 6:30am on a Saturday of a holiday weekend made for an easy ride out of Quito. The ride was basically a long ascent…
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Section 2, part 3: Coffee and Cocoa
Day 24: Pasto to Ipiales, 40k We rode the bus to lunch so we could ride to a tourist attraction/catholic pilgrimage site, Las Lajas Sanctuary. The planned ride was about 85k and the tour director recommend that we skip to lunch so we could ride the extra 12k round trip to the church. Bruce and…
The Nations Abroad 