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Published: February 21st 2014
So the day after I last wrote, I took a hike up to the local cheese factory with some friends I had met at the Eco lodge. I have to be honest, I struggled quite a lot as it was only my second day at altitude and there were some rather steep hills on the way up. It's so frustrating just not to be able to walk normally!
The cheese factory was pretty cool, we paid $1 and had a look around and bought some of their lovely cheese (mozzarella and andino) for our picnic lunch which we had further along the hike.
When we got back to the lodge in the afternoon, we played a round of frisby golf (aiming a frisby at a series of 9 different baskets around the back of the lodge). We had another fantastic vegetarian dinner and headed to bed early. I was so tired!
The next day, the others went for a walk down into the canyon but I was still feeling a little dodgy from the altitude/jet lag and decided to have a leisurely morning and then to go out for a quick walk with my camera and take some
photos.
At midday, we were picked up by a truck for the start of our journey back to Quito. On the way, we stopped at Quilatoa lake, which has to be one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen (I hope the photos upload properly this time and do it justice). We then took two public buses to arrive back in Quito in the evening. We had dinner in town, some empanadas and were serenaded by some ecuadorians on guitars. All rather lovely.
Early tomorrow morning, I will be off to the Galapagos Islands, I'm so excited!
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Alison Grigg-Beagley
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I have never tried Andino cheese - is it made from goat's milk? but I have eaten empanadas when we were in Argentina - scrummy and you can get sweet and savoury ones. Look forward to hearing about the Galapagos. x