Introducing Puyo
This small wood-and-concrete sprawl with a river slinking through it represents the juncture between northern and southern Oriente. The capital of Pastaza, Puyo is Ecuador’s largest jungle town, though in the absence of oil and the presence of so many highlanders, it doesn’t quite feel like it. Visitors will find it to be a busy commercial center obsessed with jeans and the Internet, taming back the verdant swaths of jungle sprouting from its ears. It is also a hop and a skip to indigenous villages and their attractions.
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Fiestas de Fundación de Puyo, the weeklong celebrations of Puyo’s founding day, take place in early May.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Traveling from the Oriente (Puyo or Tena) to Latacunga
by alegna_sophie 17 July 2011
Wow! so, wait.... I'm planning a trip to Ecuador too this August. Actually, alicafae, we might meet on our trip! ;) The thing is I'll…
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RE: Traveling from the Oriente (Puyo or Tena) to Latacunga
by jgcp 16 June 2011
I think you'll have to go back to Quito via Puyo and Banos if you want to go Latacunga as the other buses from Tena to Quito go via a…
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RE: Traveling from the Oriente (Puyo or Tena) to Latacunga
by alicefae 15 June 2011
Thanks for the responses. Does anyone know if the Tena Quito buses also pass through Latacunga?
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