The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
Torch lilies and Cotopaxi volcano
Part of the lovely gardens at Secret Garden hostel
Farmland around Secret Garden
Hanging out on the hostel's hammock nets, admiring Cotopaxi volcano
Secret Garden has a herd of resident llamas
A torch lily (kniphofia)
Horseback riding through the volcanic landscapes of Cotopaxi National Park
Herds of wild horses in the national park
We stopped for a rest at a disused traditional house
Our local guides having a snack
Our faithful mounts
Mounting up to get get back on the trail
The shrinking glaciers on 19,000-foot Cotopaxi
Chris on the largest of the many boulders thrown out in past eruptions
Volcanic rocks from Cotopaxi (being porous, they're very light)
A solitary sandpiper at Limpiopungo lake in the national park
Chris birdwatching at the lake
An Andean "fox" (Lycalopex culpaeus), which is related to wolves and jackals rather than to foxes
