EXPEDITION AMAZON - Summer 2011 - DAY 2

Day 2 - the goal: Expedition begins at Baños, penetrates the Eastern Andes dramatic slopes down to Shell, the Gateway town to the Jungle, using all local means of progress. Today; Mountain biking.
From Baños at 1800 feet to the "Antenna" Observation Mountain at 11,000 feet we biked off road on a ragged terrain, up the cloud forest, under constant drizzling of rain and slippery slopes. climbing up with hopes to witness some Volcanic activity of Tungarahua - the majestic active volcano. Not today. Today it is quite, covered with clouds. Riding up and then down to Ulba town we were stopped by multiply Landslides and cracked paths that forced us to carry our bikes on our backs hugging the solid side of the mountains skimming across its narrow paths praying it will not cracked open under our feet. The mudslides we witnessed were of high magnitude, some of 1000 feet down the mountains, slide runs.
In the Israeli language today was the "Zubur" Initiation of our Expedition! Kriat-tachat!