I arrived 3 days ago in Baños, which lays at the foot of the Tungurahua volcano, YES the one that erupted about a month ago... The city itself is said to be breathtakingly beautiful but it's too touristy, everything is overpriced and more or less "gringolandia". However, the area around Baños is absolutely delightful, it's surrounded by mountains and vulcanos, there are hundreds of waterfalls and the other towns are small and have a village-flair being close to each other and as most places around here are self sustainable. I decided to rent a bike today at 8am and visit the area up until Puyo, a town 60 kilometres "downhill" from Baños, it started great, with a easy downhill road, however what I had to learn the hard way is that where downhill finishes there is
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