Below, Lizzie (another Aussie from Tassie) plays with the kids.
Below: view from my workplace
Weekdays are a bit crazy, between the early mornings, teaching, lesson planning, spanish lessons and early bedtimes, we don´t really have a chance to travel. So on the weekends we try and do something outside of Otavalo. One weekend we jumped in the mini van, and went to some hot springs about an hour and a half away. Being the only gringos, we got a few funny looks and people even asked to have photos with us! But the sauna´s and spa´s were amazing, there was even a hot pool that absolutly no-one was in because it hurt too much! Another weekend, we went up to the top of a volcano, which we walked around because it is now a lake. It was very beautiful and such a perfect day for it. Then last weekend we summited at 4,300m volcano called Fuya Fuya (which translates to Cloud Cloud in the local language, Quechua). The altitude definatly made it hard, every few steps I would have to stop and get my breath back! We ascended 700m in just under 2km´s. Unfortunately when we got up to the top, the cloud came in and we couldn´t see anything!
Incredible!