Thursday, June 10, 2010

Loja-Vilcabamba-Yangana-Cachaco-Loja

Our last trip in the South of Ecuador was to the valey of longevity Vilcabamba where we picked up one of our friends and went to explore the forests of Yangana and Cachaco. In the way we visited this monument called "Chapel of the Devil"

Jeff is underneath the left rock/cliff, super tiny so make an effort!In Yangana we went in to a beautiful forest that was very intricate but once we got to the top the dwarf vegetation was beautiful. We went into the forest through a little river.

This one is in the forest, the ground is covered with bromeliads and roots of trees.
On the top of the mountain with the dwarf vegetation. This is Beto a student of the Loja University.
Us
Mr. Jeff looking for orchids



Our lunch, and by the way Jeff ate tuna fish from a can, he is becoming a biologist or at least he is acquiring our diet. One of our friends, Don Lucho, prepared the most strange sandwich I have seen so far, bread, banana, tuna and cheese.

This is going to our second forest in Cachaco
Jeff is checking if we can pass. Ecuador is going through an incredible change, this government is rebuilding all the highways, I have lived to see this happening! There are still some "huecos" - Spanish for wholes, one of the first words that you need to know if you drive in Ecuador.This is coming out of the second forest. Wish we could be doing this always.

1 comment:

collinsetc said...

Me gustan tanto estas reportas. Pero por que no mas en espanol? Necesito que practicar, o no puedo conversar a la boda!

Abrazos, Gail