Quito - Latacunga
Today we left Quito, on our way to Latacunga. Finally we got out of the smelly city, but we were going to take the Pan-Am highway, so still a lot of trucks, busses and other polution...
Total ascent will ber around 1291 meters, so some work needs to be done by the legs. The weather was good, some sunshine and clouds, so perfect weather to cycle. We left Quito as a group, and after 7 kilometers when we reached the Pan-Am highway, you can go as fast as you like. 72 kilometers straight on, no turns, nothing, just follow the road. the road was about three lanes wide, but cars and busses were using this road as it was 6 lanes wide... overtaking where it is not possible, sometimes busses just stop in front of you, loading and unloading passangers, so it is important to keep your eyes open, not to get run over by a car or bus ... Nice ...
There were two big climbs today, long exhausting climbs, especially when there are trucks driving on the left side of you and blowing all these exhaust fumes in your face ... they were climbing sometimes with the same speed, so we were getting poisioned all the way to the top. In a couple of days the Pan-Am highway is done, and we will take smaller roads ... much better !!
The last 20 kilometers were flat, however there was a pretty strong wind, almost headwind, and together with Rob were managed to reach the hotel. In Latacunga there was a very nice night market, big mess, food and stuff everywhere, just a bit like in Taiwan, but over here it was even more dirty, and smelly ...
It was a very nice day !!
Michiel
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