“So, is it a pretty curvy road?” I asked Luis, our driver, as we headed out of Cuenca. “No, not very curvy,” Luis replied-with complete seriousness. “So, is it a pretty curvy road?” I asked Luis, our driver, as we headed out of Cuenca. “No, not very curvy,” Luis replied-with complete seriousness. Approximately 500+ tight turns and 9.5 hours later we arrived in Tena, the gateway to the northern Ecuadorian Amazon!