Lacatunga

Left Riobamba and now am in a place called Lacatunga. From here, I got to do the ride through the Andes into Laguna Quilotoa. The ride in was quite interesting. There were actually giant chunks of the road that had fallen away (check the pics, its pretty funny). There were crosses along the side of the roads from where cars hadn't been able to make the turns. Kind of nerve wracking at times, given how narrow the roads were, and how many blind turns there were. We had to keep asking the guy to give honks before going into the turns.

The laguna was spectacular. Weather was a little off at first, but midway through the 2.5 hour hike down into it, the sun came out and made the water go bright green. Definitely worth the hike......although it was a real bitch to crawl back up out of there. My legs were still a little sore from the bike ride too, which didn't help my cause.

Anyway, staying at a place called Hotel Estambul. Met some cool people here who I have been hanging out with. May stick around this little town for a while.

Here are the pics of the laguna. Bye for now!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=8ab2nqp.3frdjqw5&x=0&y=-adzxlj