We spent the last couple of days at a lodge on the Napo river in the Amazonian province of Ecuador. The 'eco' lodge was pretty nice, though the only eco part I could discern was the fact that the cabanas didn't have electricity so we had to use kerosene lanterns at night. Got to visit a couple of local Amazonian villages (the Quichua tribe) and saw how they lived, the bits I really liked were seeing how they hunt with blow pipes (3 meter long hollow rods...

Methinks that I've entered about as many blogs from experiences on transportation on my travels as I have about places and people. Anyway here is another one on Ecuadorian public transport on buses from Quito (2,850m) in the Andes to a lodge on the Rio Napo near Tena (~500m) in the Amazon basin. Leaving the crowds of Quito behind the bus climbed to a high pass (4,500m) in the Andes before descending to the steamy tropical jungles, winding down ridges with...