rpics: Chimborazo, Quilotoa loop

We´ve been moving so fast I can´t remember the name of the town where we had a nice little hostal with a rather strange dog that seemed to be part cat.

I do know that we climed to the second shelter of the Chimborazo volcano, where we saw some vicuna herds.I

We then started the Quilotoa loop, known for its Andean village life, starting with this view of Cotopaxi.

We caught a local animal market...

.... where some of the animals did what animals do, despite the distractions...

There were actually seven markets going on in this town, with a lot of country folks doing some serious shopping.

After the market we hopped a local bus into the mountains, carrying 2 large hogs, a calf and a lamb in the luggage compartments and a llama on the roof. I have an excellent instructional video on how to get a llama on and off the roof of a bus, if that need should ever arise.

We did a gruelling but beautiful hike today and wound up in Chugchilan (sp?)...

Where they don´t have much - other than an excellent internet place. We´re shooting for the Quilotoa crater lake tomorrow, then back to Quito on Sunday to catch our plane for the Amazon on Monday.