Day 2: Hiking + Biking

Hiking at Cuicocha Lake, Cotacachi.

This is 12,000 ft and above the tree line.  We hiked around the lake formed by one of the many active volcanoes in the Andes Mountains.

The lack of air made me dizzy the first time that we had to go up a hill.  It took me about an hour to get acclimated. I still have trouble sleeping in the high altitude.  My heart and head just pounds when I first get into bed.

The flowers along the trail are amazing.  We spend so much time trying to grow these at home and they just grow wild here.

After hiking, we biked down the hill back into town and stopped for lunch.

Goat stew (when in Rome....)

After lunch, we shopped a bit at the Otavalo markets and then headed back down to Quito.

Here I am at the Equator