Quito to Cuenca, Equador?
 

anyone around Banos or Cuenca? I'm heading into Peru in about 4 days or so.

Larry

I'm not, but...
 

if you take the road through Loja to Vilcabamba and then into Peru it's a great ride and easy border crossing - at least go south through Jaen (you won't like that part) to Chachapoyas and go to Kuelap ruins ! Now that's a great ride. Turn left south of Jaen at the 'T' in the highway......you'll love it.
You can camp free at Kuelap and the caretaker will feed you for a couple of bucks a day.

Zig :scooter: in Santiago currently

[quote=Zigeuner53;282332]if you take the road through Loja to Vilcabamba and then into Peru it's a great ride and easy border crossing - at least go south through Jaen (you won't like that part) to Chachapoyas and go to Kuelap ruins ! Now that's a great ride. Turn left south of Jaen at the 'T' in the highway......you'll love it.
You can camp free at Kuelap and the caretaker will feed you for a couple of bucks a day.

thanks Zig.. keep in touch. I am scheduled to fly me and bike back to Canada from BA May 17...not a lot of time.
Enjoy the ride.\
Larry

Igorshen on ADVrider is a day ahead of you in Vilcabamba. He's a cool guy--I rode with him 1 day in El Salv then 2 days in Panama.

+1 on Kuelap Ruins--I really enjoyed it, although I rode to Leymebmba and stayed there. BTW, I thought the museum there in Leimebamba was just great. If you need gas, one of the people at a shop near the plaza central sells gas--it's only one person other than the guy up the road thats never there--so just ask and they'll steer you to the overpriced (12 soles/gal for 84 octane) gas.

Enjoy!

~Alisa
(Currently in Cuzco, Peru)

I am currently in Moncora heading tomorrow for Trujillo then Lima...maybe catch up to you..
Larry

Zigeuner53. Hmmmm, why will we not like the part from Jaen to Chachpoyas? We are heading that way in a couple of days. My map shows no road from La Chonta in Ecuador across the border to San Ignacio in Peru, but I assume there must be. Thanks

Taz and Joel

Jaen
 

you will like the ride...sorry, poorly written !
Just that Jaen is ugly and unsafe...there a re hundreds and hundreds of displaced people living in blue tarps around the city...at day is ok though. Kinda spendy for hospedaje, I finally paid 15 dollars.
once you get to the ´T´in the highway about 30km south of Jaen, and turn left to Chacha the road gets better and better (more fantastic)
There is a border crossing into Peru....doesn´t show on google maps ...but it is there..very easy to do. Gas up before you leave Vilcabamba, when I was at Zumba there was a gasoline shortage and I had to drive around town and pay double to siphon out of tank.

Zig