Ecuador Mountains

This area of Ecuador is beautiful. The drive, while half the time you think you're about to be head crashed by the on-coming cars swerving around blind curves to pass trucks, the other time you stare at the mountains and jungle for their beauty. Starting at 9,000 feet the road takes a steep elevation incline before you begin the two hour drive to get back to sea level.
At times the fog is so dense that you can't see the car in front of you. This is when drivers decide to pass on the blind corners without the headlights on.
 More fog as we go from mountain top to the jungle climate.
 And near the lower part of the drive all the downhill rain and run-off leads to the river.
This was the reverse drive, Riobamba to Guayaquil. I recommend doing this drive in daylight. The road is sometimes washed out, rarely has legitimate passing lanes and everyone is passing into oncoming traffic anyway.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog