Middle of the World
Trip Start
Jun 17, 2011
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Trip End
Jul 09, 2011
Cayambe, Ecuador
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Once back at the Hacienda we explored it a bit more and discovered that one of the bedrooms used to be a jail where people who had fallen out with the landlord were tortured! Fortunately nobody from our group was assigned to "room 5". We discovered a run down church and also found the stables. Round the back of the building were llamas, alpacas and sheep.
This afternoon Josh, Emma Cristina and I explored the area on horseback. My horse was called Carina, she was a but spindly though. I was worried the horses wouldn´t take our weight! The area was full of rose farms all under plastic greenhouses, and strangely enough guarded with armed men. We were assured they were just roses, a very valuable export for Ecuador. They were stunning, I´ve never seen so many in my life.
Had a delicious quinoa and tuna salad for dinner, was good to eat something a bit fresher, the diet has felt very carb heavy so far.
