Day hike

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Today we spent the day hiking in the area, guided by Martín, a wonderful local teacher, who is also our Quechua instructor. We walked about 15 km, a good hike. Most of my journal for today is vocab words in both Spanish and Quechua, but I will transcribe that part that isn´t.
"We had a wonderful day today. We hiked up about 6 km on a kind of cultural hike with Martine, a man who grew up at the highest village we went to. It was great. We stopped ften to learn about certain plants, or logging, or special spots to rest, like where they stop to bless the dead on funeral processions on the long hike (!) out. Or just to teach us "pig" in Quechua (Quchi). We said hello to eryone we met adn such. It is such a social place. There were hotsprings that were...warm that we spent about an hour at. All of us girls (5) squished into one and had some fun girl time, and Max got his own. They were not quite like hot springs as we think of them at home. These were cement tubs that were filled with natural hot water, well, warm water. Probably not the cleanest thing I´ve ever done, but no ill effects. Sweet day. I´m exhausted.

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Photos

"Mira, mira!"
She threw stones to chase away a dog barking at Max. So cute. Then she hid in a tree.

Hualcan
My and my camera have a love affair with this mountain.

Cordillera Negra
Across the valley