113,5km – 2072m up – 2179m down – 4440 kcal – 8:11h
The day started well with a nice downhill on the Pan Americana giving our tired legs more time to recover. The view into the valley was stunning, but also gave a glance of the mountain range, that we have to master in the afternoon. No wonder, our next hotel is named ‘Hotel de Montana’
Not everyone stated the day with pleasure. Michiel had his first flat 2km from hotel. After the long downhill on tarmac we turned into a gravel road through a wide valley with a refreshing river crossing. The ride to lunch was ‘slow’. At 50% of the distance we had only 30% of the daily climbs mastered. The sun was burning hot during the climb to lunch, but dropped from 30°C to 12°C in the afternoon. The weather conditions 
are ever changing. Hot in the sun, chilling, when behind clouds. Our sweaty and wet cloths add a lot to the temperature recognition.
Apropos wet cloths: With only 2 sets of cycling outfits, always late camp arrivals, often rain or drizzle it is hard to get a dry set of 4 to 5 cycling days. This is when you start taking the semi-wet two day old set into bed, to dry it further with your body heat during the night …
The hotel was nice, with half a dozen pools in the garden area. The rooms spacious with queen sized beds. The shower was fantastic. It had hot water and 2 showerheads. A seat at one end allowed for simultaneous back massage, with the wall mounted shower, while using the 2nd showerhead on a hose. Unfortunately the supposed to be ‘in-room internet’ did not work in our room, because the power supply for router missing.
The restaurant service was slow 
I had to wait for 50mins to get my sandwich and fries. Time that I had wanted to use to prepare my bike for the next hard day. The dinner rich, but almost cold
