Los Andes

It has been a crazy week to say the least. The main reason we haven't shared much about it is because our Internet has been down. Thankfully it seems to be up and running again for the time being. Over Thanksgiving, we, as an MAF staff, went on a retreat in an Andean town called Salcedo. It was a great time. Here are some of the pictures from it...

Los Ilanizas at sunset. We came out of the fog just in time to see the sun setting on these two extinct volcanoes.

On our way to Quilotoa crater (see below) we drove through numerous Quechua Indian villages. Becca and I have always loved the way the cheeks of so many Quechua's turn so rosy red due to the cold and chapping effect of the high altitude Andean wind.


Quilotoa crater is an extinct volcano that obviously blew it's top a long time ago. Like most pictures, this doesn't do it justice in terms of scale. If you look carefully on the bottom center edge (click the picture to enlarge), you will see some paddle boats the size of compact cars. The crater itself is over 2 miles across. It was a fun side trip to Quilotoa, and seeing it as well was a blessing with all the bad weather we had.

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