An early start was in order, as I knew that today would turn out to be a long, tough one. So, out by 07.15 and the uphill work began.The view over Zamora, Ecuador.  The road was paved for the most part to Loja, but there were quite a few sections of roadwork’s which made an already hard cycle even more challenging, laborious and mucky. Faced with a day of over 2000 metres of … [Read more...]

With only a short day on the cards, there was no need to leave mega early, so a leisurely breakfast, followed by answering a few emails filled the time in nicely to 10.00 when I hit the road.  According to my map, it was a distance of 60 km, but I’m not sure how accurate that was, as I totalled only two and a half hours of cycling. The terrain wasn’t too challenging though, so perhaps it was … [Read more...]