Cotacachi-Cayapas

We were at the Cotacachi-Cayapas, which is a large volcano that has collapsed and has a giant lake in the middle. We woke up at 5:00am so that we could go hiking around the lake. The air was very frigid when we were woke up. It was pretty cold the entire time that we were hiking. We wouldn´t be able to walk around the entire ridge of the volcano because the hike would take around 5 hours and we were going to leave at 8:00am. It was still dark when we started walking, so we had to use flashlights until the sun started to rise. It was foggy during most of the hike, so it was hard to get good pictures. We hike for an hour and a half and then walked back down to have breakfast. We had a small jeep take our luggage down to the bus because it was too muddy to come pick us up.

We drove around 5 hours to the valley where Senora Demerath's parents live. The climate change from the mountains to the valley was incredible. By the time we had reached the farm most of us on the bus had opened up the windows all of the way because most of us were sweating. We had to get off the bus and make our way to the farm because it was too muddy to ford the small river. In order to cross the river we walked across a small plank that that had a wire to hold on to. When we reached the farm we took a tour of the farm and saw what kinds of fruit and animals they had. We ate talapia for lunch provided by her family. There they raise talapia in fish farms and grow many types of fruits. After lunch we walked down to the river and some people decided to jump in and cool off. On the way there we stopped and ate some sugar cane. After the farm we drove to Cayambe, and that ended our day.