Home in Huaycupungu, with ever-present puerco. Lago San Pablo and Volcan Imababura in the background, where...
...D. received training in weaving mats, using the reeds that grow around the lago. As a weaver she´s a great ESL teacher.
We stumbled on this wedding, with over a hundred people in traditional dress...
..including these suave dudes.
This mariachi band that had been hired for the wedding graciously agreed to a photo...
..but the real treat was this jam session of friends of the family - a genuine Andean band with pan pipes, guitars, drums, mandolins and violins. They also sang - with mucho gusto - and the video is quite nice.
Our next stop was the condor parque, where there were four condors in cages; but this wild condor stole the show by flying in and landing on the harpy eagle cage. He tore at the wires for several minutes, presumably trying to get access to some dead quail that the eagle had eschewed, then flew around overhead for several minutes. Once again, nice video, augmented by El Condor Pasa that was playing on the PA system. THAT is buena suerte.
We next went to Peguche, to the home/business of a lady who does weaving in traditional styles, using traditional methods and dyes, yielding products that can not be found in the Otavalo market. We went for a carpet and alpaca sweater (that we don´t have room to carry).
Across from the weaving shop not one, but two weddings were in progress...
...one of them featuring live folk dancing by these young women. No other gringos in sight.
We finished the day with a hike along the rim of this crater lake - Cuicocha - where D found the folks picking blueberries.
Another day (today), another crater lake, this time Mojanda, the starting point for a climb up Mt. Fuya Fuya - I´m still not sure why...
...maybe porque esta alla.
Great photos Rog...
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