Banos to -Canoa/ Portoviejo-Jan 2 2018

This was an adventure...couldn't find the Gps Co ordinates for Canoa...so had put In Guayaguil....then decided it was on the coast and needed to be cross country from there.......no access to a map as no service centres have them....played with the GPS and decided that Portoviejo was closes to Canoa that GPS would take and went for it........well that was as far as my bike wanted to go and it quit at the very top of the 2k hill leading into Portoviejo and after trying numerous times to start it...I coasted downhill....very steep for 2 k......thought it was out of gas so pulled in and filled up....took only 3.50 so I knew that was not the problem....with no usable Spanish I used hand language with the service attendants and they pointed me to a bike mechanic just down the street.......coasting over, the young mechanic come out to see what my problem may be......sign language and attempting to start....he got the message and within minutes diagnosed the problem....camshaft shot.....tore it apart in the street and sent a helper for a new one......all back together but still won't start....now dark...so with the help of one of the lads I phone I asked if we could leave it in his garage and look at it in the morning.....I could see he was wore out from trying to kick start it.......more to follow tomorrow.

 I think this is the route I took....some of the mountain riding I was in cloud so thick your visibility was 20 feet and poor.......came around a corner at 5k and almost hit a landslide that covered 1/2 the road...

 I was on the other side moments ago....

 In the Clouds......

 Dead Bike

 Hope he knows where all the parts go...I don't

 Still won't start.......working on it again in morning.....