Latacunga - Riobamba
Last night I had a perfect sleep, tired from cycling and being outside the whole day. The bed in the hotel was also perfect, better then the bed we had in Quito !! So fresh, awake and ready to go for the next stage, that would bring us to Riobamba, a trip of 97 kilometers, and a total climb of 1741 meters, so again a lot of climbing during this day.
We left around 8 in the morning after a musli breakfast. We dont cycle in a group anymore, so you can leave whenever you like and do the stages on your own speed. After packing the bike, and getting fresh water and some food I was on my way. Again the Pan-Am highway for the next 97 kilometers. Mmmm, not nice but we have deal with that.
eveything went fine, but in Ambato we have made a mistake at a junction, so we got a bit lost. Rob, Peter and I decided to continue to Quero, and follow the road to Mocha where we picked up the original route again, a slight detour of about 15 kilometers, with a lot of climbs and decents, but there was no traffic at all, so that was perfect !! very nice scenery. In Quero we had lunch, chicken, soup, rice and fries with a drink for only two dollar, so that was very cheap, especiall because it was Peters birthday, and he bought us lunch ... it costed him 6 dollars in total, so cheap !!
After lunch and refilling the water bottles we continued to Mocha and joined some other cyclists. There was abig climb to reach the 3500 meters, but from there there was a long decent into Riobamba... very nice ...
At night we had a nice pepper steak, and I went to bed pretty early, tired... But again a very nice day ... This is it for today because people are waiting in line for the computer ...
Michiel
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Linke soep, die highway. Ligt daar geen toeristische route? Wordt je hoogte conditie al beter? geef 'm van jetje Michiel.
Ha die Michiel,
heftig hoor 97 km highway met veel vrachtverkeer. Gelukkig is dat binnenkort afgelopen en nemen jullie kleinere wegen.
Hoe gaat het klimmen op die hoogte??? Geen last van kort ademigheid?? 3500 meter is niet niks, maar ja jonje vent hè, perfekte conditie en zo.
Lekker genieten. Groeten van ons uit Oosterhout
Je blijft een onverbeterlijke mafkees Valster. Maar goed te horen dat je de eerste dagen overleefd hebt! Geeft de burger in O'hout toch wat moed.. Pas goed op jezelf makker en genietze! XL
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