arrived in Riobamba 14h Tappe, everything has accelerated ... at 16h we were already "semaforo" (red or green, or orange) to juggle, well kept and bicycles beds ready for firefighters for the night. Unfortunately fate has decided otherwise because at 16:30, 15 dollards in hand, Arthur Cyrilou, Janou and ant are chartering a vehicle to control the migration papers. Sheets of the barracks will not be soiled, indeed migration offers them for the night with their best result to jail. The rest of the band for adjusting bicycle or being in some medical check of other Yanoche (the Great) and Siboulet were able to develop a plan B for their escape. A bad experience that they do not forget after three days of reflection on their crime and how the laws. Fortunately he met Siboulet Alfonso, a former cycling champion who is now his studio and its wire bicycleteria Santiago entrenneur cycling. These two angels have struggled to help us liberate our foo as quickly as possible. Immence a thank you to them!
And yes, here as everywhere, we can not work without a work visa. Yet Latin America has seen the development within it a population more or less depending on country of artisans (jewelry, objects of all kinds, jugglers, musicians and acrobats vagrants, using their gifts to travel (on the continent in general) and make a living. These people are not necessarily regarded as outside the law because this lifestyle is generally tolerated by the authorities. The opinion of the rest of the population in respect of these is mixed: they attract sympathy, pity, jealousy, misunderstanding, joy, dreams ...
digit level, followed by Chilean Argentines win the prize for the field representation of their country, the Colombian écuatoriens, Peru and Uruguay arrive a little behind, when the Bolivian they are quite rare. Do not talk about the "gringos" in any other destination (note: source zarmaexpérience).
Once free, zarmalouloux leave Baños take a bath in thermal waters Tungurahua volcano. They meet Pato who warmly welcome in Palacio de la Rumba, a futuristic bar and salsothèque he built for 10 years, accumulating treasures, artwork and wonderful objects. Magical place where we could undertake to block ennergie.
relax in the bubbling pools and looking at the smoking crater of this volcano, Jan decided to organize the intrepid expedition the "great ascent" 2 day trek with a group inexperienced in dodge lava and "crash "ice ax into the snow from the summit. A team of 10 fellows, and 3 guides embarks on this journey along the "mama Tungurahua. After an initial quiet day in a vegetation type "Yungas", until the first hut, the magic that appeared n the middle of the night, in fact above the cloud mass in a radius of full moon, have almost all the volcanoes of Ecuador that you could see the glow of their small cap of snow. At 5am the team returns to the road, the moon always presents were brought by the Chimborazo (6310 m) in head and covers the lines did appear strange on the horizon clouds. What remain between dreams and waking at that early hour. The first ray of sunshine it s not acting but a dream of Chimborazo, Cotopaxi (5896 m) and the Antisana (5753 m) that could be observed in the distance. 2h rise later on a slope near the lunar or only snow visible on the old lava flow we remembered our good old earth! AND alive, besides, at this altitude the bubbling energy of the volcano is really felt. "Will we get to the crater to the guide asks Arturo?" Unfortunately not, because far too dangerous. Indeed, this active volcano gave us the following evening pestacle the great sound and light-based explosion of lava and thick smoke. Divided into
bike towards Puyo, it is 80km pura bajada with the sole effort: s hard to stop and enjoy every stop along the Cascade Pastaza River. Passing from 2500 to 500 md altitude, the wind in your hair, crossing "bosques secos" (temperate forest), Yungas (tropical forest in height) to get to the selva alta with more and more plant species and their different green .
arrived in Tena, the Zarmalouloux s push to have started in the Amazon rainforest, accompanied by 2 other riders, Laura and Peter. We met them before the start, thanks to the association's Adventure side of the world that connects people with a similar project. They left in March 2010, recumbent, in search of owls Iniciatives environmental share and communicating ( www.enviroulemonde.fr ). It was a pure joy to travel in their presence! The first night
nouveua this small group decided to sleep on the beach of a river Misahualli. But they did not know that here, every night, rain pours on this beautiful tropical forest, not far from 200 liters eau/m2. A 4am wake Siboulet base camp at the Whistle secour acroché his bike. In 10 minutes we are all in the fleet! Cree Janou. Unfolding Express tents, mounted on bicycles pleased the point of the island that had formed within hours of the bags hanging on the trees, deployment of a warning system (the girls on the edge of the island s in époumonant whistles) ... They waited until morning to be able to cross the river thanks to a fisherman in his canoe and go somewhere safer.
C and off they went to Rio Blanco, in the community of Agustin to learn many recipes for herbal medicines. Here, the sharing of knowledge between shaman and Zarma workshop for children led to some to have nice juggling balls and more knowledge of other eaters men into snakes, giant ants in edible plants, domestication of the Apes drinking tea "guayusa" or cinnamon. After a few days
countries with ptites beasts that bite, barefoot and t shirt with the hand as a sponge to sweat, they returned to face the cold mountains to Quito, with the passage of a pass at 4000 m, height difference in a good the stump from the flat forest. Through the thermal baths of Papallacta and the volcano has Antisana 5700 md altitude, history of having an eyeful before the hard landing in the capital. If not fatal if you have the piston of a cyclo! Indeed Puemba in Quito, there is a greenway (and very green) of thirty miles, saving you the sound of cars and the sight of buildings grans. The bike kept well in the casa de Santiago Tumbaco cyclist.
the Zarma currently enjoying a festival of clown with the program: spetacle workshop to practice and to rest, get rich and share. Waiting for the new passport to the ant, the LEAD Zarma s martial arts and keep the eye open so as not to be mowed down their hard-earned coins to juggle (Quito, juggling is quite tolerated so do not worry) .
tickle with a shovel and good humor who vied ...
Take care of yourself! At the
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The Zarmalouloux
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