Friday March 22, 2013

Friday March 22/13  update #400

Last night about 6pm I decided I wanted to get out today on an excursion out of town.  I called paul Wolf first to see if he would be interested in going possibly to the Canari ruins at Cojitambo (not Inca ruins as I had previously thought), then Biblian and possibly Azogues.  Anita said she could manage without him so I told him I would email him the details.  Next I called Mark Anderson and he was game to go as well.  The next few calls did not avail me of any more takers but I felt it was fine to go with only four people for more comfort.  Then I called Orlando to see if he was available to drive and I got lucky there again.   He was free for my proposed time of 9 until 3 so we were all set.

Bella was off to the weaving store to do her charity crochet work for needy kids.  The crafts they are making are so darn cute and will really be treasured by the kids.  She had said she could be home in time for Rosa’s arrival to clean house so I was free to go.

I was amazed that Orlando remembered how to find our place when he was only here once, last November to take us to Banos-Ambato.  The other 2 fellas were here on time too so we were away to the races and were going up Cojitambo before 9:30.  The road was chained off so we had a pretty long climb to get to the Canari ruins.   Paul was really thrilled that we had finally picked a day with some decent skies.  Paul is really a landscape and bird photographer so he lagged way behind and never did make it to the summit beside the antennas like Mark and I did.  Since my camera presently only has limited capabilities with the kit 18-55 lens I really didn’t take that many shots from the summit but concentrated on getting lots of shots of the Canari ruins.  I hope you enjoy them.

I will upload the Cojitambo works tonight and save the Biblian shots for the morning.  We made it to Biblian but by the time we had a huge lunch we had very little time to spend at the amazing church on the hill.  This church is something else, day or night, but we were not only hampered by lack of time, the rain was socking in and it made angles difficult without soaking the cameras.  This church has multiple levels but we only made it inside the chapel at the top.  The church seems very wide, with little depth because it connect right with the mountainside.   You will see those photos in the morning.

We made it back by 3pm as promised because Orlando had another client to drive at 3:30.   I took 180 photos only but have whittled that number down considerably.

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.  Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/