Adventures on two wheels
After three days of relaxation, coffee and cake in Banos we once again packed our bags onto our bicycles and headed east, dropping down into the Amazon. It’s mainly downhill to start with as we cycle down the ‘Ruta de Cascadas’ with apparently seven huge waterfalls. In the heavy rain there are far more than …
After 10 days rest and recovery, we finally pack our bags and bicycles and once again head off south. Our route will take us up and into Cotopaxi National Park, where we’ll hopefully catch a glimpse of the majestic Cotopaxi volcano. At 5,897m high it’s glaciated cone shaped peak is highly active and looks beautiful …
The last two days before crossing the border into Ecuador turn out to be fairly tough, both mentally and physically. There’s been a huge landslide on the smaller road we wanted to take to the border and so we have to stay on the main road. It’s uphill for almost 25 miles! But we eventually …