One more addition to the previous post...

I learned how to make an arrow on a picture in photo shop so I can show you the view from our hike from the Quilotoa Crater lake to the black sheep inn.

I definitely reccommend that you click the picture to enlarge it to see it better. I know it's not the biggest, darkest arrow ever but hopefully you can see it and get an idea of the terrain and distance we traveled. And the crazy thing is this is just a normal trip from one town to another for some people carrying large sacks of rice and things on their backs.

The first picture was taken when we were hiking along the rim of the crater and the lake was below us. We could look out in the distance and find the tiny town and the patch of dark soil that was being cultivated on a very steep hill right next to Black Sheep Inn. That was our landmark to show us where we were hiking to.


The next picture also shows the Black Sheep Inn but it's taken closer to the destination ~ from the top of the canyon when we're about to start hiking down to the bottom only to take a quick rest and hike back up to the top.

The next picture is when we had hiked back up the canyon and were looking back in the distance to where we had come down from the crater. You can see a sandy spot which is where we turned off the rim.

And now that you have a sense of where we started and where we were headed and know that we kept refusing the help of a guide I want to share with you some of the clear, concise directions we were working from,

"There are many trails leading down from the crater rim. At some point you will walk along or across the road to Huayama. There are two Huayama's be sure to go to Huayama, not Huayama Grande which is actualy smaller, but has a new church."
Okay, no problem.....