Back up hill and through 5 or 6 of tunnells. Some had lots of
water comingthrough the roof. After one we stopped to look at a water
fall.
There was a cage to cross the river and some wires that support
you as you “fly “across. Looked great fun but not into trusting
Ecuadorian maintenance.
Stopped opposite an
active volcano and had lunch. Too much cloud around to see the top
which was a shame.
Stopped just before
Riobamba to get EC greased for US$3.00. Asked the guy where to get the
mudflaps straightened and he pointed back the way we came. We found the
metal work shop and he re-bent the mudguards with his press for us. He didn't charge so we gave him a Kangaroo bottle opener.
We turned off the
main red road to drive west 10km’s to drive south on a orange road.
Found some pigs to feed and saw our first milk tanker.
We were looking for a camp and had slowed down to look at possibilities and an orange clad guy hailed us. Yes Leroy again. He had just taken his bike off the road to set up camp and was just watching the vehicles to see how visible he was and spotted us. We back tracked to a side road and Leroy joined us for the night. Amazing that we bumped into each other again and more amazingly at camp time.