South America second trip

Godspeed · Post by **Godspeed** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:49 pm

ErikGustav2 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:50 pm

My fantastic room tonight

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That’s amazing you can get that all on your bike

ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:04 pm

I thought that you should be more impressed of the amount of people that use one small bike

ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:21 pm

Misahaulli is situated in the Amazonas part of Ecuador

Once upon a time...
I visited this area.
It was the "end of the world before the jungle"
There was a small gravel road that a local bus used to get there.
To continue from there, a small canoe with motor was the only option. And walking.

The place had an accomandation built of bambu.
A playa with a lot of monkeys. They stool stuff from visitors and took the stuff up into the trees.
Hard working people had some canoes att the beach
The small restaurant had a "roof" made of leaves from banana plants. As rain cover.

I knew that this was no longer the case. Tourism and other activities have expanded east.
So I was not sure if I should visit it or not ?
Or let old memories stay?

https://floratheexplorer.com/misahualli ... vel-guide/

But in the end,I took a tour there. And it was good.
Now I am not sad about how it looks.It was rather OK. It is still a nice place to visit.
But I am very happy that I have memories from a time and world that does not exist anymore.
Memories that noone can take away from me.

So lets have a look how it is today.

The roundabout at the entrance is a tribute to the monkeys

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The beach is there. With much less monkeys. But rather as before. Even the level of water was low at this monent
Edit: I leaarned that this low level of water was not temporary. The water level in the river has been destroyed by a road building project.
So it is no longer possible to travel by boat from Misshualli to Coca.
A huge impact on the region !!

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The bambu "hotel" is now a restaurant built from stones/concrete

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ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:29 pm

The narrow canoes that was work horses are replaced by much larger tourists boats.
This type of boats can't go far down the river.
But make small tours with tourists

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The small bridge with rotten planks, that could be used to walk over the river was now replaced by "old" steel bridge. That provided a one line road for cars.

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But one thing does not change. The tropical rain in the afternoon. There is a reason why it is called rain forest.

But this time I did not need to hide under banana leaves.
I could sit in a proper restaurant and have a lunch,
Waiting for the rain to stop.

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ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:35 pm

I left Amazonas and passed over los Andes. 2 500 m. Fog and cold.
On the other side it was again sunny and warm...
Quite normal.

I passed the same åwaterfall as last year.

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No pictures of the fog.....

Coffee stop at a typical plaza

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And luånch at the road side

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Next on the agenda is to pass the border. Including getting insurence of the RE in Peru. Plus getting some Perubian cash ++
Plus some updating of the plans for first partof the Peru trip.
Maybe enough for tomorrow.

Then... it is out in the unknown.
The Perubian mountains.
I have done some research. But far from enough.
How are the roads ? How long time does it tak to ride some parts ?
How far is it between gas stations?
How far between accomondations ?

Will I get stuck up in the mountains ? Not getting over the pass before day is over ?
Or run out of gas ? Or be without a bed for night ?

I will try to ask as much as possible from the locals,
But they are always too friendly to mention any problems.
Evertyhing is just around the corner
Aquisito no mas !
And no problems

ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:13 pm

4 Days in Peru

Short summary:
Day 1: Bordercrossing. No problem. But it takes time for the bike. I could buy insurance (SOAT) in the same building.
There was actually a police checkpoint not dar after the border. They checket the import permission
Easy ride to first town.
I had planned to keep close to the coast for a couple of days. Before going up into the mountains.
But I went up direct.

Day 2:
Started with nice roads and beautful views. But ended with hard and slow ride on gravel.
The surface was hard and bumpy. Shaking bothme and the bike. Fog in one area with wet. Hairpins and going up and down.
(I did not take pictures from this part)
The day was long and hard.

Day 3;
Almost the same story, First roads that where OK. Later hard gracel ride for 100 km. Again to long day

Day 4: Resting day. Activity to come....

The roads are much worse than I expected, It taked long time and a lot of effort. I need to plan for shorter legs.
But it is not easy to find accomndation and protection for the bike. So there can be no alternativ to long rides.
If it continues like this, I will just shorten the loop.
But I have watched Youtube videos where the cruise the mountains on nice tarmac roads.
But not in this area.

There is quite a lot of traffic. Including trucks.
Speed bumps all the time. And they are really bumps.
It is necessary to ride really slow over them.

People are very friedly. And curious. Every time I stop, they ask where I am frpm, where I started my travel and where I am going. And asks about that huge bike that I have

So a collection of pictures

ErikGustav2 · Post by **ErikGustav2** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:18 pm

Every little village has a nice plaza and a beautiful church

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Peru is the land of 3-wheelers.
They are built with motorcycle parts as base.

Front fork, engine and main sub frame from a bike.
Two complete rear swing arms, With one wheel chein driven.
And a "special built" center part