The five hour drive from Quito to our new home in Shell, Ecuador was simply fantastic. I was in awe of the beautiful mountains and towering volcanos to which clouds would cling. We drove past innumerable waterfalls, thru tunnels that rain (a bit disconcerting), and patchwork quilt farmland that scaled the steep mountainsides. (Please excuse the photo quality as these were all taken thru the car's window without slowing.)
We stopped at a cafe with a sweeping view of the valley below. The cafe is also a bonsai tree farm and one of their trees is a miniature orange tree with actual grape-sized oranges growing on it! Wild!
We stopped briefly to gaze at this 240ft waterfall in Rio Verde known as Pailon Del Diablo (Devil's Cauldron). A month later we walked the hanging bridges and rock stairs along these falls.
And five hours after leaving Quito, we arrived in Shell, a small town along the edge of the
Amazon jungle, and our new home for the next five months.
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