After we took the bikers around Quito the night before, they decided they wanted to see Quilotoa the next day and finish the day in Banos. This would ultimately change 10x before the day was over, as we never made it to Banos and instead we stayed in Ambato.
The ride out of Quito was quick and fun. I somehow lost the cover to my iPod Nano while riding on the back of the bike doing 90 mph on the Panamerican Highway. I was praying it wouldn’t rain that day and thank God it didn’t but it came close at one point with a slight drizzle when we were leaving out of Quilotoa. Other than the wind burn on my face and red eyes from not wearing any goggles the ride was pretty comfortable.
When we got to Quilotoa, the bikers walked up to the edge of the crater and looked around for about 10 minutes. Then turned around and said “Lets eat!’ and that was that. We were gone in 30 minutes heading to Ambato.
The only time we stopped that day was when we would go through the military check points along the highway. Either they would wave us through or make us pull over just because we were a bunch of bikers. When they did make us pull over for a check, the cops never checked anything and instead just wanted to talk with us. They asked where we were going, from and had been. Pretty much they were bored and wanted someone to talk with, which cracked me up. Also, we got a lot of people who would honk at us when we passed them on the highway. We never got flashed but I guess everyone digs bikers in large groups no matter where you’re at in the world.
View from the back of the bike. This is the country side of Ecuador and you can never get tired of seeing it.
Just before Quilotoa there was a dirt road you had to take. I changed up the white-balance on this picture to give it that dirty feel of the road.
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Group shot in front of the crater lake in Quilotoa, Ecuador.
Edgar entering the town of Quilotoa, Ecuador
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