Bike ride to Las Amazonas

The bike ride started in Baños, a town of about 12,000 in teh southern Andes of Ecuador. This shot taken from the Mirador de la Virgen where you can see the town is set in a bowl surrounded on all sides by mountains, behind me is the quite active Volcan Tungarahua.

I met these 4 --Sarah, Zach, Dan, and Whitney who are all currently living on the west coast of Ecuador either studying or just travelling, and they joined me for the bike ride! It was so nice to have company :) We travelled east through the winding valley connecting Baños to Puyo, the entrance to the Amazon region of Ecuador.

The 61km (38mile) bike ride took us past 20+ waterfalls, through small towns, and along the Rio Verde which snakes into the Amazon. Beautiful ride and we made it to Puyo just before the afternoon rainfall.

Me and my trusty bike at the last stop before entering Puyo. At this point, I was pretty sore...