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Sony Xperia Z1 torture test?
I need a new smart phone and was wondering if anyone has any real world experience with how well the waterproof sony Xperia's hold up?
On the stats I noticed the ZR and new Z1 and Z ultra have higher waterproof ratings than the original Z.
Anyone have any experience with vibrations? Can they hold up to mounting on a motorcycle?
I was considering an iphone with the "lifeproof" case but in almost all the reviews I read on it, customers agreed it made it harder to hear and be heard with the lifeproof waterproof/droppoof case. My thought was it's probably making the case waterproof that muffles the sound?
If I started with a waterproof phone and got a case that just added impact protection it would be easier to do that without muffling the sound?
I live in extreme environments, am demanding of all my equipment, don't have time to baby things and am a bit hard of hearing - those are the driving factors in my "which new cell phone" purchase. Any other ideas are certainly welcome!
FWIW I had a Samsung Rugby Pro which CLAIMS the following:
- Passes Military Standard Specifications MIL - 810F
- IP67 (Ingress Protection Rating 6 & 7. 6 means "no ingress of dust whatsoever"; the 7 means can be immersed in water 1 meter deep for 30 minutes.)
- Can be dropped from 6.6 feet
Reality from my unbiased customer experience was:
- it did do well on the drop test. I don't think I ever dropped it from 6.6 feet high, but probably 5X dropped it to concrete from the height of my hanging hand of +/- 3'.
- water test wasn't close. In pocket with heavy rain rendereds the speakers useless until dried out.
I once (I know - very stupid) put it in a glass of water to "show off" for about 30 seconds. All the ports were tightly closed and it didn't work for 3 days but was fine after taking it apart and having it dry out for about 3 days.
- It can't hold up to vibrations at all. I mounted it on my handlebars to use as a GPS on my KLX250/351 (the 351 vibrates a bit more than the 250). It only lasted a few hours and it shook some of the internals apart. I got it repaired at the Samsung HQ here and tried it again (after some inmates insisted that wasn't what caused the breakdown ) and it broke the battery and charging system. I thought it was finished but found with a new battery and using an external charger I could charge the battery and then put it back in the phone.
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not sure about he sony but I use the Kyocera torque, x grip mount, no case, havent had any issues, dust or water.
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It actually advertises "vibration proof" - It may not BE vibration proof but the fact they put it in there means at least they are trying! I can't really think of anyone other that us motorcycle riders attaching smart phones to thumpers that need that though I'm sure there are others out there!
Now to see if they have those in Malaysia!
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I thought this was interesting from CNET comparing the Samsung Galaxy Rugby pro and the Kyocera Torque:
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Ricky, if I didn't already have iphone 4 and lifeproof case when sony announced experia z, I would buy one.
After using lifeproof for about 8 months now, I keep my iphone in the lifeproof case all the time and never take it out of the case, I can tell you that I never have the problem you described. No problem in hearing other people or be heard.
I don't know how if it can stand prolonged motorcycle vibration though, cause I keep my phone in my jacket pocket.
If I must buy a new phone to replace my current phone, I would buy another iphone and another lifeproof case, not because I'm a fanboy but because I have bought apps like informant, pocketmoney, tomtom,sky safari, motion x, etc, and simply don't want to purchase those apps again
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Thanks for the feedback Bob - I'm sure you have the same kind of rain in Jakarta that we do in Kuala Lumpur! I do wonder sometimes if riding an unfaired motorcycle at 70 mph in our pounding 6"/hour rain is tougher on a phone in the pocket than the carefully conducted submersion test of 1 meter for 30 minutes!
This was the review from CNET that concerned me on the lifeproof case:
CNET liked it but the customers reviews were pretty bad. What seemed consistent was it made it at least slightly harder to hear. Some thought it was negligible and didn't matter and others thought it was bad enough to be a problem. Since I have weaker ears it scared me off.
I just bought the Z1 and did just get hit last night by a torrential rainstorm while doing 70 mph. It handled it better than my old Samsung rugby did though it was inside a case.
I just saw (an hour after buying it) Samsung has a galaxy s4 "Active". Wondering if I made the right choice. The Samsung has more external buttons which I really like as I seemed to have a non human mutant fingertip that doesn't work so well with any touch screen. And they are claiming the Active is glove friendly.
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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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No more buyers remorse - saw that CNET and one other reviewer on the active both had the phones fail in less than 1 meter of water!
Nice claim! Oh that's right - I've already owned 2 samsung rugby's and they failed from very little water... what was I thinking? They'd get it right the 3rd time I trusted them?
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Polling is conducted through SaskWatch Research, Insightrix's online panel with over 11,000 Saskatchewan residents. Poll results are posted on www.letsgoriders.com each Thursday, prior to the next game.
Panel members are asked specific questions about the team to gauge reaction to the Riders overall team performance in each game, plus get reaction on specific portions of team play (such as the O-line, D-line, special teams, coaching, etc.). Newly added for this season is a score predictor where fans can take a stab at guessing the final score for the upcoming 'Rider game.
After last year's 5-13 season, this year's index was riding high after a 3-0 start to the season. After the Riders week four overtime loss to the Calgary Stampeders, modest declines were recorded, but fans remain upbeat about the Riders chances over the remainder of the season.


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SMART Girls
Sessions for Girls Entering Grades 7 and 8
A Day at the Movies
Use video editing software to edit a clip. You will add excitement to your video with special effects such as transitions, sound, text, and graphics.
Adobe® Elements®
Create, edit, and retouch your photographs using Adobe® Photoshop Elements®. You will also learn how to reduce your file size and add these photographs to a website.
Aircraft Radar
Learn about how airplanes use radar to avoid obstacles and bad weather. Use your new knowledge to operate a radar system with the help of current Penn College students. If the weather is rainy, then you will be able to use radar to analyze the rain showers in real time. If the weather is sunny, then you will use the radar to map a mountain.
All of This? It Is Just a Paper Clip!
Explore computer-aided product drafting and design with the creation and engineering analysis of a unique paper clip. You will use computer-aided drafting and design software to create a clip and will use finite element analysis software to evaluate the strength of the clip. An actual model of the clip will be made using rapid prototyping equipment (3D printing).
Are You Ready to Weld?
Discover the art and science of welding as you explore several of the most common welding processes used today. You will have an opportunity to practice your new skills and learn welding safety when you make a flower to take home.
Cartoons With PowerPoint®
Learn how to create a cartoon show. Feature yourself, your best friend, and whomever you want as characters during this light-hearted learning experience. Incorporate music and other technology to fascinate your audience. Start developing your skills for a possible career in computer game animation or computer graphics!
Caution! Oxygen Can Be Hazardous to Your Health!
See how fast an iron-containing catalase enzyme protects you while you breath. Did you know products like hydrogen peroxide are damaging to your cells? You will investigate the effects that some variables like temperature and concentration have on its activity.
Dental Hygiene: Straight from the Mouth
Explore a career in dental hygiene and learn how math and science link to this profession. You will have the opportunity to perform a variety of exciting activities related to dental hygiene.
Girl Power: Conquering Disability
Explore and role-play a number of physical disabilities typically served by occupational therapy practitioners. You will learn adaptive techniques that enable patients to perform meaningful activities such as: dancing in a wheelchair, putting on makeup or making a lunch with only one hand.
Graphics with Wonderware Software
Discover the world of computer graphics by designing a cartoon character using software called Wonderware®. You will be able to create characters and have the characters be animated. The software is intended to provide visual information in the industrial world.
Macromedia® Flash® Web Savvy
The Web is quickly becoming more interactive. You will use Macromedia® Flash® to explore ways of making websites interactive.
Makes No Bones About It: X-Ray Is X-citing and Fun
Wonder why you need to hold your breath, or why the technologist goes behind that booth while an x-ray is performed? You will learn and experience the x-ray process.
Math workshop
A picture is worth a thousand words! In mathematics, a graph is a picture of an equation. In this workshop, you will use a TI-83/TI-84 graphing calculator to graph lines and curves and to discover interesting properties about your graphs.
Mystery at 123 Maple Avenue
Use fingerprints, "bloods," fibers, and powders to work through the mystery. You will use these and other techniques to identify the suspect.
Plastics and You!
Learn about the properties of various plastics materials, their many different applications, and a few of the processes used to make them. You will discover how plastics help make our lives better and how it can be formed into different products ranging from simple consumer items to complex medical devices.
Seeing Green
Chemistry is the basis of all living things. In this workshop you will learn how to separate components of a mixture of plant pigments using paper chromatography, so that you can see the colored pigments in spinach. You will then determine the color of light that each pigment in spinach absorbs perform an analysis with a spectrophotometer, and graph your results.
Time to Build the Networks of the 21st Century!
Discover the technology that keeps you in touch with the world! Learn what makes computer networks, like the Internet, tick. See how connected equipment such as routers and switches send your e-mail, music, and instant messages from one place to another. You will build real network cables and use them to make a functioning network. You will also program routers to make them control the flow of data.
Travel Back in Time
Have you ever wondered what Pennsylvania was like a long, long time ago? As a paleontologist for the day, you will collect your own fossils at a local fossil pit, and identify your finds back at the "lab." You will then use your fossils to travel back in time and figure out what Williamsport might have been like millions of years ago. Note: Wear old, closed-toe shoes. (There will be an indoor "rain location" planned.)
Visualizing Mathematics
See why a picture is worth a thousand words! In mathematics, a graph is a picture of an equation. You will use a TI-83/TI-84 graphing calculator to graph lines and curves and to discover interesting properties about your graphs.
Wash Your Windows!
Learn how to remove spyware, adware, and other malicious hidden programs from your Windows® operating system.
YIKES! Stripes
Combine different species of wood to complement or contrast colors in constructing a small cutting board. You will assemble, machine, and hand sand your own designs to take home.


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J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public.
J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he asked that their names be kept secret to avoid a "media frenzy."
Despite a rich tradition of openness in the U.S. court system, a Cook County judge allowed the couple to hash out the divorce privately, using just their initials: J.F. and K.F., case number 2010-D-3922.
The Tribune has learned that J.F. is John Fritchey, a county commissioner and former state lawmaker. K.F. is Karen Banks Fritchey, who comes from an influential political family.
John Fritchey is among an array of powerful and connected people — including politicians, federal and county judges, prosecutors and a billionaire CEO — who have sought to keep their family matters hidden while using public courts.
The Tribune has found the use of initials is one way that judges in Cook County's Domestic Relations Division have helped the wealthy, well-known and legally savvy hide their cases. Other times, the division's judges have taken court secrecy a step further, ordering at least 89 cases sealed since 2000.
Some of those cases involve Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz as well as a millionaire lawyer and the mother of former Chicago Bear Brian Urlacher's child. After inquiries from the Tribune, the judge who sealed Urlacher's ex-lover's divorce case moved to make it public, saying he'd made a mistake.
Legal experts said cases should remain open and identities should be shielded only in exceptional instances. Entire case files should not be hidden because individuals want privacy or because they might be embarrassed.
Nor should cases be concealed from the public just because they might cause the parties economic or professional harm, said lawyer Nancy Chausow Shafer, president of the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
"If you avail yourself of the court system, you have to pay the price of it being public," Chausow Shafer said. "If we start making exceptions for the rich and famous, it creates a dual court system, which goes against our populist belief of what a court should be, which is really justice for all without distinguishing between the rich and poor."
But that is not always how justice plays out in Cook County courtrooms.
The Tribune previously reported that judges in the Chancery and Law divisions have sealed entire files for the rich and influential.
The newspaper found last fall that judges in the Law Division have hidden hundreds of cases from the public since 2000, including the disputes of a famous chef, other judges and a wealthy businessman. Suits filed in the Law Division include allegations of wrongful death, defective consumer products and medical malpractice.
Judges in the Chancery Division were no different, hiding 163 cases since 2000, including litigation involving Northwestern University, the Wrigley family and a former Chicago Bulls basketball player. Chancery judges handle a variety of legal matters, including contract disputes, mortgage foreclosures and big-money class-action lawsuits.
Judges in domestic relations hear some of the most heated and personal family matters. Couples go there to end their marriages, establish paternity or fight over the custody of their children. Around 28,000 domestic cases are filed every year in Cook County, where couples battle over money and possessions and sometimes make inflammatory allegations.
Nearly everyone's case is open to the public, unless you're someone like John Fritchey.
Selective secrecy
Fritchey was an assistant Illinois attorney general in the early 1990s when he met his wife, Karen. Her father is the late Samuel V.P. Banks, who was the de facto 36th Ward Democratic boss. Her uncle is former Ald. William J.P. Banks, who led the Chicago City Council's Zoning Committee.
Court records show Fritchey moved out of their house in October 2009, months after he lost the Democratic primary for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's old congressional seat.
After 18 years of marriage, Fritchey took his wife to court in April 2010. Fritchey, a Northwest Side Democrat who was running for county commissioner, asked Judge Carole Kamin Bellows to allow him and his wife to file all documents using their initials.


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'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' teaser trailer is chilling and fantastic Capitol propaganda
If you had any concerns that "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay's" two parts would be the "boring" parts of the film series, consider your fears alleviated. The first teaser trailer for "Part 1" has been released, and it promises a continuation of a fantastic marketing campaign for arguably the best tentpole blockbuster franchise around.
For those who forgot, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) was captured by the Capitol when Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) managed to escape at the end of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." In the teaser, which is a propaganda ad set to air in the Districts of Panem, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) addresses his nation with Peeta by his side.
"Since the dark days, our great nation has known only peace," Snow says. "Ours is an elegant system, conceived to nourish and protect. Your districts are the body, and the Capitol is the beating heart. Your hard work feeds us, and in return, we feed and protect you. But if you resist the system, if you starve yourself, if you fight against it, it's you who will bleed. I know you'll stand with me, with us, with all of us, together as one."
"Mockingjay's" two parts will focus on the uprising against the Capitol, so this truly is the best way to tease the upcoming movies. Plus, the blank look on Peeta's face as he stares at the camera should have uninitiated movie fans as freaked out as the citizens of the Capitol this (fake) propaganda ad is intended to reach. Bravo, Lionsgate.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" also stars Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Gwendoline Christie and Natalie Dormer. It's due in theaters on Nov. 21.
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Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis κινησις (movement) and grapho γραφω (to record)), is the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography, though many additional issues arise when both the camera and elements of the scene may be in motion.
The first attempt at cinematography can be traced back to the world's first motion picture film, Roundhay Garden Scene. It was a sequence directed by Louis Le Prince, French inventor and showman, on October 14 1888 in the garden at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. This groundbreaking event happened seven years before the Lumière Brothers' Sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon made the first paid exhibition on December 28, 1895 at Le Grand Café, in Paris, France.. This date is known as the birth of cinema since it was the first time the cycle of production-distribution-exhibition happened. The European city soon became the motion picture capital of the world.
Cinematography is an art form unique to motion pictures. Although the exposing of images on light-sensitive elements dates back to the late 1600s, motion pictures demanded a new form of photography and new aesthetic techniques.
In the infancy of motion pictures, the cinematographer was usually also the director and the person physically handling the camera. As the art form and technology evolved, a separation between director and camera operator emerged. With the advent of artificial lighting and faster (more light sensitive) film stocks, in addition to technological advancements in optics and various techniques such as color film and widescreen, the technical aspects of cinematography necessitated a specialist in that area.
Cinematography was key during the silent movie era - no sound apart from background music, no dialogue - the films depended on lighting, acting and set.
In 1919, in Hollywood, the new motion picture capital of the world, one of the first (and still existing) trade societies was formed: the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), which stood to recognize the cinematographer's contribution to the art and science of motion picture making. Similar trade associations have been established in other countries, too.
The ASC defines cinematography as
Aside from the film gauge selection — 8 mm (amateur), 16 mm (semi-professional), 35 mm (professional) and 65 mm (epic photography, rarely used except in special event venues) — the cinematographer has a selection of stocks in reversal (which, when developed, create a positive image) and negative formats along with a wide range of film speeds (varying sensitivity to light) from ISO 50 (slow, least sensitive to light) to 800 (very fast, extremely sensitive to light) and differing response to color (low saturation, high saturation) and contrast (varying levels between pure black (no exposure) and pure white (complete overexposure)).
Advancements and adjustments to nearly all gauges of film created the "super" variety wherein the area of the film used to capture a single frame of an image is expanded, although the physical gauge of the film remains the same. Super 8 mm, Super 16 mm and Super 35 mm are all formats that utilize more of the overall film area for the image than their "regular" non-super counterparts.
The larger the film gauge, the higher the overall image resolution clarity and technical quality.
In the realm of digital imaging, various film stocks are no longer applicable, but the cameras themselves feature image adjustment capabilities that go far beyond the abilities of one particular film stock. The cameras can be adjusted to varying degrees of color sensitivity, image contrast, light sensitivity and so on. One camera can achieve all the various looks of different emulsions, although it is heavily argued as to which method of capturing an image is the "best" method. It should be mentioned that the digital method of image adjustments (ISO, contrast etc) are executed by estimating the same adjustments that would take place if actual film were in use and are thus vulnerable to the cameras sensor designers perceptions of various film stocks and image adjustment parameters. Sensors generally have an optimal ISO rating past which faster speeds will result in noticeable increases in image noise, thus compromising the quality.
In Citizen Kane, cinematographer Gregg Toland used tighter apertures to create very large depth of field in the scenes, often rendering every detail of the foreground and background of the sets in sharp focus. This practice is known as deep focus. Deep focus became a popular cinematographic device from the 1940s onwards in Hollywood. Today, the trend is for more shallow focus.
To change the plane of focus from one object or character to another within a shot is commonly known as a rack focus.
After the "widescreen wars" of the 1950s, the motion-picture industry settled into 1.85:1 (which is a cropped version of 1.37:1) as a standard for theatrical projection in the United States and the United Kingdom. Europe and Asia opted for 1.66:1 at first, although 1.85:1 has largely permeated these markets in recent decades. Certain "epic" or adventure movies utilized the anamorphic 2.39:1.
In the 1990s, with the advent of high-definition video, television engineers created the 1.78:1 (16:9) ratio as a mathematical compromise between the theatrical standard of 1.85:1 and television's 1.33:1, as it was not physically possible to safely create a television tube with a width of 1.85:1. Until that point, nothing had ever been originated in 1.78:1. Today, this is a standard for high-definition video and for widescreen television.
Cameras have been mounted to nearly every imaginable form of transportation.
Most cameras can also be handheld, that is the camera operator literally holds the camera in their hands and moves from one position to another while filming the action. Personal stabilizing platforms came into being in the late 1970s through the invention of Garrett Brown, which became known as the Steadicam. The Steadicam is a body harness and stabilization arm that connects to the camera that allows the operator to move naturally while completely isolating the movements of their body from the movements of the camera. After the Steadicam patent expired in the early 1990s, many other companies began manufacturing their concept of the personal camera stabilizer.
For examples of many in-camera special effects, see the work of early filmmaker Georges Méliès.
However, by varying the speed at which the image is captured, various effects can be created knowing that the faster or slower recorded image will be played at a constant speed.
For instance, time-lapse photography is created by exposing an image at an extremely slow rate. If a cinematographer sets a camera to expose one frame every minute for four hours, and then that footage is projected at 24 frames per second, the event that took four hours to record will now take 10 seconds to present (1 frame per minute for 4 hours equals 240 frames, projected at 24 frames per second equals 10 seconds). This compresses the event that took place in four hours into just 10 seconds. At this speed, one can present the events of a whole day (24 hours) in just one minute. The inverse of this, if an image is captured at speeds above that at which they will be presented, the effect is to greatly slow down (slow motion) the image. If a cinematographer shoots a person diving into a pool at 96 frames per second, and that image is presented back at 24 frames per second, it will take 4 times as long to watch the dive as it did for it to actually happen.
In motion pictures the manipulation of time and space is a considerable contributing factor to the narrative storytelling tools. Film editing plays a much stronger role in this manipulation, but frame rate selection in the photography of the original action is also a contributing factor to altering time.
"Ramping" is a process whereby the capture frame rate of the camera changes over time. For example, if in the course of 10 seconds of capture, the capture frame rate is adjusted from 60 frames per second to 24 frames per second, when played back at the standard film rate of 24 frames per second, a unique time-manipulation effect is achieved. For example, someone pushing a door open and walking out into the street would appear to start off in slow-motion, but in a few seconds later within the same shot the person would appear to walk in "realtime" (normal speed). The opposite speed-ramping is done in The Matrix when Neo re-enters the Matrix for the first time to see the Oracle. As he comes out of the warehouse "load-point", the camera zooms into Neo at normal speed but as it gets closer to Neo's face time seems to slow down, perhaps visually accentuating Neo pausing and reflecting a moment, and perhaps alluding to future manipulation of time itself within the Matrix later on in the movie.
Directors of photography make many creative and interpretive decisions during the course of their work, from pre-production to post-production, all of which affect the overall feel and look of the motion picture. Many of these decisions are similar to what a photographer needs to note when taking a picture: the cinematographer controls the film choice itself (from a range of available stocks with varying sensitivities to light and color), the selection of lens focal lengths, aperture exposure and focus. Cinematography, however, has a temporal aspect (see persistence of vision), unlike still photography, which is purely a single still image. It is also bulkier and more strenuous to deal with movie cameras, and it involves a more complex array of choices. As such a cinematographer often needs to work co-operatively with more people than does a photographer, who could frequently function as a single person. As a result, the cinematographer's job also includes personnel management and logistical organization.
Modern digital image processing has also made it possible to radically modify pictures from how they were originally captured. This has allowed new disciplines to encroach on some of the choices that were once the cinematographer's exclusive domain.


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Beastly Adventurer
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What border crossing are you thinking for Peru?
I'm in Cuenca for the night (with all the fog, nothing better to do than keep riding), and was thinking about the Zumba - La Balsa border. Hardly ever used, probably because it's mostly dirt roads. Thought I'd throw it out there in case you liked the idea.
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Banos to Alausi
Day 82 (January 5, 2013)
Banos, Ecuador to Alausi, Ecuador
Day's Ride: 105 Miles
This morning I took a dip in the hot springs and took my time getting a good cup of coffee in town. It's so odd that it's hard to find decent coffee in South and Central America. Despite having traveled through many marvelous coffee growing regions, the locals almost all seem to prefer Nescafe instant. I reckon that all of the real coffee is being exported to the United States.
As I was packing up, bubbletron showed up at my hotel and we decided to ride together to Alausi to see the "Nariz del Diablo"; a famous train route down an incredibly steep incline. They used to let people ride on the roof of the train until a big accident in 2008.
My clothes were still not dry from yesterday's slog fest, so I set off in damp riding gear and squishy boots. Just outside of Banos we stopped and took some pictures over the valley.
A little ways down the road and just outside of Rio Bamba, we came across Chimborazo, a massive 20,561 foot tall volcano. Unfortunately, it was totally socked in. We could barely see a small fringe of snow below the clouds.
I've been extremely disappointed with the weather in Ecuador; mainly because it has prevented me from seeing some amazing mountains! Everyday that I've been riding all of the peaks have been socked in and totally obscured.
We stopped in Rio Bamba for lunch at a Mexican joint called "El Rey del Burrito", or "The King of the Burrito" for those of you who don't habla.....
.....and they sure weren't joking:
It seems like everywhere you go, you can always find a Mexican restraint. I think that secretly all of the other Latin American countries wish they could have food like Mexico.
Leaving Rio Bamba, the elevation once again reached up around 10,000 feet and the scenery began to look familiar:
Does this look like Central Oregon to anyone else? I swear, I thought I was on the road to Bend for a minute.
The weather continued to be overcast and brisk with a slight breeze. Occasionally the sun would break through the clouds just long enough to tease you into hoping that it would warm up....
...and then you would drive right into another cloud and the visibility would close down to 20 feet....
After a few hours of mixed weather on beautiful Ecuadorian roads, we finally arrived in Alausi. The town is perched on the side of the mountain and is the jumping off point for the crazy train ride down "Nariz del Diablo".
I found a room at Hotel Europa for $10, parked the bike, and went to look around the town. I went to the train station to see if I could get a ticket for the ride, but they were closed.
Tomorrow I'll head down to the station at 7:00 AM and see if I can buy a ticket. The train ride is three hours long and gets back to Alausi at 11:00 AM. I'm not sure if riding the train or watching it go down the hill would be more fun.....I guess I'll figure it out in the morning.
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Do the train for me buddy-I'll live it vicariously through you-never got my own ass into gear to do it!
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All caught up! Yet another great RR to distract the senses from the mind numbing redundancy of . Thanks.
Sorry to hear about EdZachtamundo's misfortune, but very glad he is alive. He sure put some hurt on that pick-up, unfortunately at the expense of his bike and lower extremities. Prayers for a speedy recovery and to hear of him riding again soon.
Keep up the fantastic work, this has been a very fun read. I pissed myself laughing at the news paper clip of poor guy who fell off the curb at Best Buy in front of the Toys for Tots table. Stupid bastard learned a hard lesson, and I'm sure he'll pay more attention to where he's about to step next time.
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Nose of the Devil, Cloud Riding, Road Blocks, and so much more.....
Day 83 (January 6, 2013)
Alausi, Ecuador to Cuenca, Ecuador
Day's Ride: 131 Miles
Nariz del Diablo: totally underwhelming. When I think of a train ride in Latin America, I imagine hurtling down a rusty track on a worn out steam locomotive with faulty breaks, crammed in a stuffy box car with a hundred other people and a few random pieces of livestock. I expect to have a near death experience that I will someday relate to my grandchildren, who will stare at me wide eyed in disbelief, barely able to suppress their astonishment that I survived the ordeal. That's not what I got.
I had heard so many good things about this little spectacle, unfortunately, it seems that it's been gringo-ized and turned into a kitschy tourist trap. The "Nariz del Diablo" is a section of the railroad that used to connect the capitol of Ecuador to Quito. This particular section of track was so steep that they had to build switchbacks into the mountain where the train would have to go for wards and backwards in a kind of falling leaf pattern to go up and down the mountain.
Back in the day, this was a legit train with boxcars and a steam locomotive. You could even ride on top of the train if you wanted. Now, everything has been modernized, the section of railroad is a self contained tourist train only, and you can't ride on the roof. Booo!
Not only is it a kitschy tourist trap, it's the most expensive train ride in Ecuador! Each ticket costs $25; that's a day's expenses in this country, including gasoline! Even after they started modernizing it and using it as a tourist train only, you could still ride on the roof. Then, in 2008, someone got hurt, and they stopped letting people up top.
Now, you sit in your little seat and listen to a narrator explain the workings of the train and wonder why you didn't just go find a spot across the valley and watch the train descend for free.
In any event, here's some pictures. This is the train reversing into one of the switch backs:
Here's a view of the Nose of the Devil from the bottom of the valley; note the switch backs a quarter of the way up the mountain.
Here's a camelid of some sort (alpaca?, llama?) hanging out with it's handler at the bottom of the track:
According to the narrator, over 4,000 workers were brought in to build the road bed and lay track for "Nariz del Diablo" and of those 4,000 or so people, over 2,500 died during the construction! This is what she said, I have no idea if that's correct or not, but damn, that's over a 60% fatality rate! I think you might have better luck storming the beaches at Normandy.
Here's a picture of a picture of the good old days:
Now wouldn't that be cool? Riding on top of a boxcar down one of the steepest, narrowest railroads in the world? Too bad things got stupid. You might as well go to the states and take a train tour.
Sorry for being so jaded about the whole affair; it was really interesting to learn about the history of the railroad. I just wish I wouldn't have paid $25 for it.
After the train dropped me off back in Alausi, I ran back to the hotel, packed up my bike, and hit the road. As I was riding out of town, I noticed a huge group of locals standing outside the bank. I've been meaning to take a picture of some of the women in their bowler hats, shawls, and brightly colored skirts; this seemed like a perfect opportunity.
It turned out to be another cloudy, foggy, rainy day. I kept running into cloud banks where the visibility would drop down to a couple of feet.
Despite the bad conditions, I found a great lunch at a roadside stand today:
I'm not sure what it was called, but it consisted of hominy (I think), slathered in mayonnaise and topped with fried chicken, onions, cilantro, and tomatoes. And a side of freshly deep fried potatoes. It was so tasty! I haven't had good luck with street meat stands since Mexico; this totally rocked! I took a picture of the family that was doing the cooking:
They were great people! The entire meal cost $1.25. I ended up getting seconds. And then thirds.
Continuing along towards Cuenca, the clouds began to clear up a little. Most of the elevations today were between 9,000 and 11,000 feet; the vistas were incredible!
As I was coming around a particularly sharp curve, I was suddenly confronted with a group of costumed kids manning a road block similar to the ones that I had seen just before New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, these kids meant business and they had dragged several sizable logs across the road to stop traffic. I wasn't in the mood for shenanigans today, so I slowed down just a little, then gunned the throttle and popped my front wheel over the logs and kept riding. One of the kids was angry that I hadn't stopped and given his little gang some centavos (coins, cents), so he ran after me and hit me in the shoulder.
Bad idea muchacho.
For some reason I was totally steamed that that little punk had just struck me. I slammed on the breaks and skidded to a stop, totally intent on turning around and giving those little punks a "firm talking too". As I was turning around, I saw a cop car come tearing up the road heading straight for the road block. I looked back at the road block and watched as the kids vanished into thin air. That got me laughing and I figured I should start taking pictures as this little drama unfolded.
Here's the road block right after the kids saw the cops and made themselves scarce:
As I watched, the cops dismounted from their truck and started sprinting into the forest along the road. They managed to flush out one of the little punks and I watched as they chased him up the hill:
By this time I was laughing so hard that I was having a hard time keeping my bike upright. The cops huffed and puffed after the youth for a while, but eventually gave up and came back to the road. I talked to the cops about the whole affair and they showed me some of the evidence that they had recovered:
Feisty little devils! The cops eventually picked up the logs and tossed them out of the road. I said my goodbyes and rode off, laughing uncontrollably.
I rode for another hour or so and then stopped at the Incan ruins at Ingapirca. This was a completely different experience compared to Teotihuacan and some of the Mayan ruins that I had seen in Mexico and Central America.
The most impressive thing about these ruins were the quality of some of the walls:
Considering that they didn't have any metal tools to cut these stones, the Incans were pretty damn good at masonry. Our tour guide explained the process: first, the stone were heated up in a fire. Then they were doused with cold water which caused them to crack. Next, the Incans used stone chisels to chip off the excess and square the stones. Finally, they used sand and mud and gravel to polish the stones until they fit perfectly. Incredible. It's hard to imagine how much work went into forming just one stone.
After the ruins, I blasted down to Cuenca and found a bed in the dormitory at Hostel Casa Cuenca for $8. Tomorrow I'm heading for Peru.
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Hey Bryce,
Nice report! Been following from Oregon for a few weeks and thought I'd chime in to thank you for the efforts and ask a quick question. Do you have your Spot tracker hardwired? I noticed you're running it in track progress mode. I'd like to do the same but it seems like a pain to replace batteries every 4 or so days. I'd love any info you have on how you have been utilizing it.
This is my last week of shitty work and then saddling up for a trip down to Chile......just trying to resolve the last minute items. Good luck and stay safe!
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Another thing: make sure you set up a spotwalla page. The SPOT website will only save your progress track for a few days before it starts to recycle the old data. Spotwalla.com will save your tracks from the entire trip! It's a little complicated to set up, but definetly worth it. I didn't find out about it till colombia and wish I had known about it earlier.
One final note: make sure your SPOT is attached to your person and not your bike. When my buddy Justin got hit by a truck in El Salvador, he landed at least fifty feet away from his bike (and his SPOT which was on his handlebars). He had a serious compound fracture and if he had been alone and out in some remote location, he would have had a hell of a time getting back to his SPOT to hit the SOS. Use the little wrist band that comes with your SPOT of have someone make you a mount that you can attach to your riding gear.
Hope that helps! If you need some more information, don't hesistate to ask!
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Been following this ride report for a couple of months now, and it has not disappointed. I'll be flying in to Arequipa on Thursday, and riding north to meet Hewby, and then riding with her.
Chasing Hewby around Peru | An airhead chasing a blonde through through Tasmania | A quick ride down and back up the Baja
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Just read the whole thing.. in one sitting..
All I can say is your living the dream, never pass these adventures up..
Ride safe and keep up the reports PLEASE>>>
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I've been there and done that
Let's ride!!! - No offense, but there've been a lot of people over time who were just as sure, yet got it wrong. - Una necedad, aunque la repitan millones de bocas, no deja de ser una necedad. - "you know that I could have me a million more friends and all I'd have to lose is my point of view" (Prine)
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I'm telling you, you're blasting through Ecuador too fast! While Al is right about going from Quito to Banos via Baeza and Puyo being better than via Ambato, that's anticlimactic compared to heading west to the coast first. Now you gotta understand, I've been on these roads, albeit in private vehicles and busses, yet to do so on Moto. Not to be mean, but in your haste to blast through Ecuador, you've missed a great portion of what the country has to offer. Knowing what I know, this is how I suggest routing through Ecuador from Quito. It would only add a week or so to your time there, but increase your experience tenfold.
West to the coast, take a quick peek at the real Mitad del Mundo (where you took your pic in Cayambe is not it), take a gander over the Pululahua overlook, and stay in Mindo Loma, on the left just before the road to Mindo, and say hi to Patricio. This area is the Cloud Forest. Then head west to the coast, take the squiggly road north of Santo Domingo to the main road up to Esmeraldas, then work down the coast (the road is dubbed "la ruta del sol") checking out the many gorgeous beaches along the way. Take special note of Bahia de Caracas (good place to stay), see Montecristi, Montañita, and the Iglesia en forma de barco near Manglaralto - Olon up on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Enjoy the ruta del sol to Salinas, head inland toward Guayaquil, drop down toward Playas then east thru El Morro to the end of the road and take the Mangrove (manglares) tour in boat. Come back up and through Chongon, and check out the city of Guayaquil, don't miss the malecon 2000, parque de iguanas, barrio las penas - climb to the overlook, the overlook with the statue of Jesus, the two overlooks on the hill along the estero salado and malecon salado, side of the stadium (between los ceibos and urdaneta), monuments, amazing shopping malls, painted bridges, a huge 'terminal terrestre', etc.
When you're done, head over the bridges crossing the Daule and Babahoyo at the confluence forming the Guayas, up and through the bosque nacional las Cajas to Cuenca to stay at Casa del Sol and say hi to Luis. Hit the overlook at Turi. Next north to Alausi to stay. Climb up to where the saint San Pedro overlooks the place. You are surrounded by mountains! Facing the town center, look left about 9 o clock and see that dirt road winding up that killer hill.... I was dying for my XRL fo blast up there!!! La Nariz del Diablo is within a mile or two. You might get lucky enough to get a ticket there to ride it.. I'm sure there must be a way ride into to the bottom of the Nariz if you're industrious enough to dope it out. Alausi is on level with the top of the ascent.
From there to Riobamba. Check out the town of Guano to the north. Shoot up to Chimborazo to the west, and back. Head to banos, and - if the ruta por Tunguragua esta cerrado, go through Ambato. Enjoy, then from there drop down to Puyo.... watch this road! Like most, it's beautiful but dangerous. There will be some waterfalls to pause at. In the oriente, shoot south through Macas, Zamora, and on to Loja to enjoy. From there south to Vilcabamba to hang, and then take that road south to cross into Peru on the road less traveled.
That's my advice, Most riders make essentially a beeline through and miss much more than they experience, then tend to spend extra time further south to make up for it. At the rate you're going, Bryce, you'll be at Ushuaia in two weeks! Perhaps you can ride back up and catch some of what you missed on the way down!
Stay safe
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A relative of Pai-Gow Poker, this game is played in private gambling casinos in the Philippines and in one or two public casinos in Manila. Pusoy (pronounced "poo-soy") is also played in home games in both the Philippines and Hawaii. It is loaded with action and requires more skill than Pai-Gow. In fact, it is such a good game that it really deserves worldwide attention. Unlike Pai-Gow, where tied hands are frequent, in Pusoy no result between a player and dealer can end in a standoff - there is always a payoff.
Number of Players. An unusual feature of this gambling game is that it is inflexible as to the number of players - exactly four are required for casino play. Two or three persons, however, can play in a home game.
Object of the Game. A player's goal is to form two or three winning Poker hands from the 13 cards that are dealt. There is a hand of five cards, called the "back" hand, another hand of five cards, called the "middle" hand, and a hand of three cards, called the "front" hand. To win the bet, two out of three of a player's hands must beat the three hands of the dealer. If all three hands beat the dealer's three hands, the player wins double the bet. If only one hand wins, the player loses the bet. If all three hands lose to the dealer, the player loses double the bet. A loss or win of double the bet is called a "pusoy," which in the main language of the Philippines means "zero," since one side wins none of the three hands played.
Poker Rankings. A basic knowledge of Poker is needed to play Pusoy. The hands rank as in Poker, from a royal straight flush down to no pair. While A, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the second highest straight in Pai-Gow, it has no special standing in Pusoy because no joker is used. Thus, it is the lowest ranking straight. For the three-card hand, straights and flushes do not count. Thus, the highest "front" hand is three aces, and the lowest is four-high (4, 3, 2).
Betting. The players buy chips for cash, and each player bets by placing one or more chips in a designated area in front of him. The minimum and maximum bets are established by the casino, or in a home game, by all the players.
The Shuffle and Cut. In the home game, each player picks a card from a shuffled pack spread face down. The highest card deals first (Ace is highest). Thereafter, the turn to deal passes to the left. The dealer shuffles the cards thoroughly and selects one player for the cut. That player separates the deck into two packets, and the dealer completes the cut.
The Deal. The dealer deals out the entire deck out one card at a time, face down, clockwise, beginning with the player to his left. The players will have 13 cards each.
Setting the Hands. Each player picks up his hand and arranges it to make three poker hands: the "back" hand of five cards must outrank the "middle" hand of five cards, which must outrank the "front" hand of three cards. When a player is satisfied with his arrangement, he places the "back" (five-card) hand face down farthest from the center of the table. The "middle" (second five-card) hand is placed next face down, and the "front" (three-card) hand is placed closest to the table's center.
All players at the table, including the dealer, are responsible for setting their hands, and no other player may assist. Once any player has placed all three hands, he is not permitted to touch the cards again.
Settlement. When all four participants have finished setting up and placing their hands as detailed above, the dealer turns up his three hands, and the players do likewise. Beginning with the player to the left, the dealer compares that player's three hands to his own by mentioning the poker hands for each and indicating who has won two out of the three hands, or three out of three. The dealer then collects or pays off single or double accordingly. The dealer does this for the next player to the left and then for the last player. If one of the player's hands and the dealer's corresponding hand are exactly tied, the dealer wins. For example, if both the "middle" hands are A, A, 10, 9, 6, the dealer wins that hand.
Once all bets are settled, the cards are gathered by the dealer and prepared for the next round. If the deal rotates, as in the home game, the cards are collected, and handed over to the next dealer for preparation.
Decision-Making. Often it is a good strategy to split two pairs. If there is a chance to make a full house, a player should use three-of-a-kind for a five-card hand and the pair for the other five-card hand or for the three-card hand.
The skill and the fun of Pusoy is similar to Pai-Gow: Should the player make two fairly good hands and one relatively poor one? Or, should he make one outstanding hand and two fair ones to try and eke out a second winner? Or, should the player make three reasonably good hands and hope to win on two somehow, or at least not lose on all three? It is important to note, though, that the back hand must be better than the middle hand, which must be better than the front hand. If this rule is violated, the participant's hands are fouled (called "totyo" in the Philippines), and the player at fault automatically loses double the bet.
Variations. Two popular variations of Pusoy are often played, and participants should decide before the session begins whether either or both options will be used:
Surrender. In this variation, a player or dealer who thinks he has poor cards may concede and pay the single bet. This avoids the possibility of a "pusoy"- paying double the amount bet for losing on all three hands. If the dealer is considering surrender, he should make no sign of it until the players have indicated their intentions. Once a player has placed his three hands, it is too late to surrender. When a player does surrender, the dealer immediately collects that player's bet, and the player's cards are left unseen. When the dealer surrenders, he pays only those players who have not surrendered-that is, only those participants still in the game.
Royalties. In this delightful variation, a player who is dealt an unusually good combination may expose it before the settlement period begins and immediately win "royalties" or single the bet. The combinations that fit into this category are: a straight flush, four-of-a-kind, or six pairs. Note that the player does not have to declare royalties. Instead, he may continue to play by setting up the three poker hands and possibly earning double the bet by winning on all three.


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