We walked in a national park for a while, a kind of jungle tour at high altitude. The next morning before we left we sat in the thermal baths with our body in hot water and our heads in the clouds.
When we started
cycling the next morning it was still very cloudy and we had to dress
warm. We started crossing the oil pipeline. This was the region with
strange animal behaviour. 
Llama's
in the grass, cows on the road, very aggressive dogs everywhere, especially
close to our legs…
We had a device
that scared off the dogs for a while, but sometimes the dogs were too
aggressive or deaf, and the device did not work. At all times it was
the idea to ride fast (in the direction of the next dog) and to try
and kick if it came too close. For the bicyclists: yes we also carried
small rocks, to throw with. After a few days we came to another region
where to dogs were far more relaxed. When entering the Amazon region
you have to register at the local police station.
From Baeza to Tena, it rained continuously, and the dirt road became a heave object. We had to decent 1400m. on a very bad road, the bumps were attacking the muscles in our back and arms. We hoped the next day would be better.
From Tena to Puyo was a terrible day. Not so much the distance but it was a metalled road, with parts of the road flooded. Repair crews trying to fix the road. At 35 km a climb to a pass began where we again cycled in the clouds. After a steep decent and a steep climb up again we decided to try and hitch a ride in anything that came along. It turned out that a car passed by every 20 minutes…. After a few hours (!) in which we struggled on, an empty car came up behind us.
At that
moment I was trying to get my bicycle out of the mud in which it was stuck.
I held up my thump in a (quite desperate) attempt to get hold of my bicycle.
The car stopped, so we ran as fast as possible to the car. Four policeman
stepped out…oops.. but they helped us getting into the car with our bicycles.
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