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Seventy-nine kilometres south of Tena, PUYO is by far the biggest urban centre in the southern Oriente, with a growing population of some 20,000 inhabitants made up principally of colonos from the sierra. True to its name - derived from the Quichua word for "cloudy" - Puyo seems to be permanently suffused with a grey, insipid light that gives the town a gloomy air. Founded in 1899 by Dominican missionaries, very little remains of its traditional timber architecture, and these days most of the city's buildings are modern and concrete. Although not particularly appealing in its own right, Puyo does, however, boast several attractions on its outskirts, most notably the fabulous Jardin Botanico Las Orquideas . It also serves as a convenient launchpad for a range of jungle tours , commonly to the Foundacion Ecologica Hola Vida , a tract of secondary rainforest 27km south of town, and to the site of Indichuris , a further 7km south, to meet local Quichua families. Puyo is also the transport hub of the southern Oriente, with frequent bus connections north to Tena and Coca, south to Macas and west to Banos and Ambato, in the sierra.
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