05/08/2026
Rey and Matt are back, because one trip through Ecuador wasn’t enough to knock the Miami out of them.
These two spend their working lives keeping people alive on Miami Beach. Rey is an EMT, and Matt handles beach safety and lifesaving. While the rest of us are complaining because the coffee machine is taking too long, these guys are dealing with actual emergencies involving blood, sirens and tourists who thought six rum drinks counted as hydration.
They work hard, save lives and earn their vacation time. So naturally, they’re spending it riding motorcycles through volcano country instead of lying around a resort listening to somebody’s Bluetooth speaker.
This is their second trip with Ecuador Freedom. They came down last year, rode with us, went home and immediately started figuring out how to do it again.
This year, they’re heading out on our four-day self-guided Avenue of Volcanoes, Quilotoa Loop and Amazon Basin tour. It covers 536 miles through two completely different worlds: the high Andes and the Amazon rainforest. They’ll ride past Cotopaxi, circle Chimborazo, cross remote highland roads, visit the blue-green Quilotoa crater lake and descend from cold mountain country into thick jungle heat.
Along the way, they’ll hit ancient cobblestone roads, small Andean farming communities, hot springs, Baños, the Amazon port town of Misahuallí and jungle trails leading to waterfalls and swimming holes. There’s also canoe travel, a visit with an Amazon community and enough elevation change to make a Florida overpass look like a speed bump.
After four days of motorcycles, volcanoes and jungle, they’re extending the trip to the Galápagos for some diving.
Because when you spend all year rescuing people from the ocean, the perfect vacation is getting back into the ocean voluntarily.
Welcome back, Rey and Matt. Good to have a couple of hard-working guys here who know how to use their time off properly.
Tour details:
https://freedombikerental.com/en/articles/87-self-guided-tours/4-day/191-self-guided-volcanoes-quilotoa-loop-and-amazon-basin-motorcycle-tour
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