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New roadblocks have forced us to stop yesterday on our way to Mindo. As probably everyone in the country we were excited to see the outcome of the dialogue between the government and the indigenous leader last night. So happy that the paro is over! We started the day with meeting new overlander friends and a swim at the waterfall. And enjoyed lunch at a Persian restaurant in the touristy town of Mindo which is very empty right now.

Today is international dog day. I love Mila. She is the cutest dog with such a big doggy heart. // Heute ist Welthundetag. Ich liebe meine Mila. Sie ist der süßeste Hund der Welt mit einem riesengroßen Hundeherzen.

Update from Ecuador: The protests are NOT over! Yesterday, we were on the road all day. At 5am we drove north towards the next village. The roadblock there was already guarded early in the morning and as we learned now, is guarded all day and night. We had the biggest luck of all to be able to access a different road, on which there are no big villages, so we could drive all the way out of the mountains down to the coast and around Guayaquil until the beach. We arrived safely without blocks at a nice hostel where we will wait now. Overlander friends are trapped close to where we have been in between the roadblocks. The indigenos communities are very angry at the government and don’t let anyone pass, no tourists, no locals. Also the military can’t do anything about it. The CONAIE, the association of the indigenos, now declared their own state of emergency. This is not only due to the abolishment of the substitutions but also because they are fed up with the government exploiting the natural resources (and letting foreign countries do it too) and destroying nature. We read that the public transportation, who made a strike break on the weekend, will also start to block roads again on Monday. Again, we are very lucky, we could escape to the coast, as the situation in the mountains is very difficult. We are still trapped in Ecuador as the way out via Quito to the only safe Colombian border is not accessible. People also can’t get out to Peru. If anyone is planning a holiday in Ecuador they should consider canceling as it is very unpredictable how the next weeks are going to be like.

Day 2 of the road blocks in Ecuador is coming to an end. We got up with the sun today and managed to drive roughly 80 km through the “inactive” roadblocks from yesterday. It looked a little like a battlefield out there. At 8 am we got stuck again. After hours of waiting someone payed (!) to get through and we drove past with them. But 10 minutes later we were stopped again. We waited at a gas station but no one was let through. We tried a side road which was also blocked by a fire and a car. But we had success with the second side road which eventually got us into the little town. But there we just heard that the next road block about 15 min drive from here is guarded by “indigenos” who are said to be hard to deal with and would not let anyone through. So we ended up parked in front of a 24h gas station. Again with no idea what will happen tomorrow. As I’m defintely not a very patient person this is really hard. It’s not a nice feeling to be totally dependent on the will and power of other people. This is definitely a down side of traveling with a car and one of the experiences you don’t want to make. Keep your fingers crossed we will get to a better spot tomorrow. We are trapped in Ecuador!

The ecuadorian government cut the substitutions for combustibles today. The price for diesel more then doubled overnight (from 1.03 $ to 2.30 $ for the gallon (3,75 l). So now there are roadblocks and violent demonstrations everywhere. President Moreno declared the state of emergency. We didn’t know about it and are now trapped in a luckily quiet little town. We can’t go forward or backward right know. And don’t know if it will be possible tomorrow ...

Ocean wildlife in Peru.

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