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Saturday 30 January
Back in Quito after a week riding around the volcanic countryside around Quito on a horse! Visited the famous Otavalo market and picked up a few souvenirs much to Mike´s horror as he has to carry them home! Spent a long time learing to play andean pipes - apparantely I just need some practice!
We stayed at some pretty Haeindas - but they don´t believe in heating - so it was constantly damp and cold as whilst we didn´t get rained on - it didn´t get above 10 degrees. Stayed on a workign Haceinda in a beautiful valley with 130 dairy cows which were milked by hand! The same place had some beautiful Andalucian stallions and mares - I was riding one of the off sring for a few days which was great fun! Also saw some fighting bulls
THe best day was the last day when we rode through the Cotopaxi National Park and galloped in the valley in front of Cotopaxi which is a live volcano -due to erruot in the next 20 years !!!and very high ' 5800 metres! Fortunately no alttidue sickness but Mike did have a case of Deli Belly earlier in the week and we ended up with him on a drip of water and then Dextrose solution for 4 hours! He is fine now and we only missed one day´s riding!
We are back in Quito for one night - off later today to the rainforest jungle near Coca in the north east pof Ecuador for New Year
Will try to update photos later! Despite Graeme´s instructions it is proving v difficult to do - even with Mike´s help
! If Bethan is reading this please can you send me an email to this address from my mum´s address and also give me your Mum´s e mail address or yours - so then I can automatically update you with my activities!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! XXXXXXXXXXXX
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