Check out time at Hosteria Pampallacta is 1pm, so we have time to enjoy a soak in the thermals before our breakfast, a little hike up the hill behind us and down to the public thermal pools at the end of the road.

There are only 127 Geocaches in all of Ecuador. On our walk Leslie and I found the second one of this trip.

It was a 3 hour bus ride over very bumpy roads. We did have the walk I mentioned above. I didn’t check my fitbit before we got on the bus, but I would estimate that it had about 4,000 steps. After about an hour and half my wrist began vibrating as the fitbit went into it’s 10,000 step celebration. Woo hoo. I finished the day with 18,136 steps and 168 of active minutes !!! Quite a feat for being on a 3 hour bus ride.

Stu didn’t take out his camera at all on this ride, so i tried my best to get some images of the surroundings. Not award winning images but they might give you an idea of the terrain along our way.

The bus stops at different points and allows vendors on board so that the passengers can purchase refreshments. Here are a couple young men selling something. They speak a million miles a minute, so I have no idea what it might be. They had baskets covered in packing tape, some fabric I believe is to keep something hot and what looks like hot sauce as a condiment.

By about 4:30 we pull into the central bus station of Tena. A pickup cab is there. I show him the name of where we would like to go and ask how much. He says something very quickly and I call Greg over to help. Turns out the fare is $1.25 to our hostal. OK we can manage that.

Carnival is in full swing here in Tena as well. Large groups of teens are having a great time down by the Malecon (river walk) and the river.

We have pizza for dinner again. It is a very popular choice in Ecuador. The temperatures here are so much warmer than Papallacta. It is also very very humid. That’s what you get as we are next to the jungle.