Monday, February 25, 2008

Ecuador Trip Pictures

Here are pictures from our first week there. I haven't gotten the second week of pictures downloaded yet. Enjoy...














Here is the porch with hammock outside our room with spectacular views of the mountainside and over looking the town. We both enjoyed spending time hanging out and reading outside.















Part of our room. Most nights it was cold, so here I am dressed with my jeans, wool sweater, and hat. We had a small space heater in the room that never quite made it warm enough in the evenings unless you were cuddled up in bed.















The view looking straight ahead from our porch Same amazing mountainside when looking left or right. The volcano was behind us on another mountain top.




















Us in front of the volcano! One day we got a fabulous view of the top of the volcano and the ash emissions coming out. We had hiked 45 minutes down into town, hung out and then hiked an hour back to the resort. At that point we noticed the volcano starting clearing, so we hiked up another hour or two to get close for a good picture.














The volcano in full glory. Absolutely amazing.















Geoff standing next to the 4 wheeler we rented to tour around the area. We drove a paved highway and dirt road along waterfalls cascading down cliffs into a rushing river. At one point we stopped and took a cable car over the river to the other side. I know this picture is sideways, but I don't feel like fixing it. Just tilt your computers :)















My favorite flower, a Hydrangea. The soil is so fertile there are beautiful flowers all around. The resort had them lining the pathways and around each of the buildings. Then we'd see all different ones on our hikes.

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