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16 Jun 2007
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Hi Maria
I am in Quito, plans to leave today thwarted by a high altitude hangover. Have been cooling my heels with Ricardo Rocco who is a pretty fun guy. aroundforpeace at yahoo dot com
He´s been busy with a moto expo (See my website), but that wraps up Sunday, good advice, good knowledge of the roads.
I am going to Baños, Rio Bamba to try to ride up to the snow level then looping over the cordillera through Macas coming out near the border called Lajo (something like that name) Red KLR650. Say hello if you see me or email josh dot forde AT yahoo dot com
Paul´s visitors are the Poole duo http://www.pooleglobaltrek.com/
Really nice, they left Quito Thursday. Send them a note on their guestbook, they got in touch with me stuck in Baños for a day by some heavy rains.
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16 Jun 2007
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.... stuck in Baños for a day by some heavy rains.
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does it ever stop to rain!!!! I was hoping that crossing the border the weatehr woudl get better! Ho well just need to carry south.
Josh I sent you an email.
Cheers,
Maria
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No real help on moto parking- we are staying in an apartment for a month. It has parking, so that's easy for us. I did notice a hostel down the street with parking. Or if you wanted to share our parking space and stay nearby, or crash on the floor, email me.
I don't think we were at Casa Kiwi.. we have a very orange DL650.
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17 Jun 2007
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does it ever stop to rain!!!! I was hoping that crossing the border the weatehr woudl get better! Ho well just need to carry south.
Josh I sent you an email.
Cheers,
Maria
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Still raining, huh? I travelled the route you mentioned to San Augustine back in April, was raining then also. The road was do-able then, can't be any worse now i supose, hope you have good raingear! From there, there's paved road south to Mocoa, friendly moto-happy town (Claro!!) The mountain pass from Mocoa to Pasto is spectacular dirt road, not to be missed! Beware of crazy bus drivers and suicidal dump-trucks, lots of trafic on this pass. You will reach over 3k meters, don't hold your breath. Keep your eye open for my camel-back...i forgot to put it on during a washroom break and dropped it somewhere...finders,keepers
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Still raining, huh? I travelled the route you mentioned to San Augustine back in April, was raining then also. The road was do-able then, can't be any worse now i supose, hope you have good raingear! From there, there's paved road south to Mocoa, friendly moto-happy town (Claro!!) The mountain pass from Mocoa to Pasto is spectacular dirt road, not to be missed! Beware of crazy bus drivers and suicidal dump-trucks, lots of trafic on this pass. You will reach over 3k meters, don't hold your breath. Keep your eye open for my camel-back...i forgot to put it on during a washroom break and dropped it somewhere...finders,keepers 
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A hell a lot of rain! Road to San Agustin was in very bad conditions and we decided not to go, and I´m not getting in a truck or bus anymore (See my blog for THAT adventure!)
I agree with you regarding murderous bus drivers, we had a close encounter and crash precisely on the road to Mocoa (my hubby got lucky, his pannier was hit but he managed to stay up, there would have been a big fall if not.)
We had enough of rain in Colombia and are trying to get dry in Otavalo for the next few days.
In comparison Ecuadorians drivers seem very gentle!
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