Ecuador
Travels around Ecuador January & February 2016
Cathedral Quito
Painting of Simon Bolivar
Attractive statue from museum in Quito
View from our hotel in Quito at dusk
Imbabura Volcano near Otavalo North of Quito
Ecuadorian (not Panama) hats
San Antonio train station - live entertainment - I bought the CD
Pretty little girl in San Antonio
Lbarra - outside a machine factory
Our train from Otavalo for the day
Street Art Lbarra
Wood carving - beautiful statues
the finished product
Little boy near Lbarra
School girls Lbarra
Street Art Lbarra
Rosadex rose plantation
Rosadex rose plantation
Travelling south to El Boliche
South of Quito towards El Boliche
On the way to El Boliche
near El boliche
Beautiful volcanoes - very lucky with the weather in the Andes
our train for the 2nd day
Our Group in Cotopaxi national park
In the avenue of Volcanoes
Church between El Boliche and Riobamba
Chimborazao on the way to Riobamba
Yambo Lake
Back of the train
Baltasar, the last ice-harvester
Morning dance exercises at Riobamba station
The next train
Leaving Riobamba
Rounding the bend
Colta
Signalling to the driver
Colta
Stopping at Colta
The Virgin Mary in indigenous clothing
Market stall - beautiful ponchos
Guamote
Market day in Guamote
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
Guamote market
woman on the way to market
Market day
Guamote market day
Guamote in the market
Guamote school
On the way to Alausi
Alausi
Alausi
on the way to Devil's Nose
Switch back on the Devil's Nose
At the Devil's Nose
Judy
ahhh - the derailment - soon fixed by hand!
inside our train
Beautiful scenery
Friendly Gauchos
Cacao
Hacienda La Danesa at Naranjito
Our lovely guides on the train journey
Hacienda La Danesa
Friendly staff at Hacienda La Danesa
Our group on the train (all best friends by now)
Amazing steam engine pulling us for the final part of journey
Coupling the steam engine
Entertainment on the train
Guayaquil - Bolivar and Sucre
Indigenous thinker
Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Bolivar in Guayaquil
Iguanas in Guayaquil
Statue to Che Guevara in Guayaquil
Cuenca Catedral de la Immaculada Concepcion
Cuenca
The hat factory
Origin of the famous Panama Hat
Cuenca
Shrunken head in museum
shrunken head in museum
Judy in Cuenca
Cuenca
North of Cuenca
we kept looking at each other so I took her photo
BBQ north of Cuenca
Avocados in the market
market in Canar
Ingapirca
Ingapirca
Ingapirca
Ingapirca
Kushi Waira
Lunch following our Pacha Mama ceremony and tree hugging
Music!
the friendly Shaman and his niece
Judy playing games
Judy dancing
Saraguro church dressed for a wedding
Loja
Loja
Loja
Loja
Loja
Loja
Loja - I bought the CD
Loja
Vilcabamba
Vilcabamba
Vilcabamba
Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Otavalo market
Doors at our hacienda
Our final stay in Hacienda Cusin
Hacienda Cusin
Hacienda Cusin
at the equator
North and South divide
market day Guamote
our new hats