I just love this high Andes hiking and am so thrilled that I am able to hike at such high altitudes. Chimborazo Volcano is about 18,000 ft. We hiked through snow to 15,000 ft. where the mountain climbers spend the night at the refuge before attempting the climb.
We have just our small backpacks with us now and are hiking and taking buses around this loop. While Roger was at the internet today I did another scenic hike and then found a dance troop of 10 year old girls all duded up and followed them to the rather ritzy hostel on the outskirts of town where we are not staying and watched their performance. As we hike, we go through farms on the steep sides of the mountains and the people are very gracious but working hard hoeing and digging potatoes and other crops. It seems quite remote, but they all have electricity and the kids all go to school even if they have to walk an hour or more to get there.
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