http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes Rediscovering Ecuador's beauty by horse Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:01:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=46 Rest day in Loja. Healing and shoeing day for the horses. Planning the ride for the next days for the riders. Gabriel is back to La Alegria this afternoon.  If we don't have daily descriptions and photos for the next few days, don't worry, we will have them after the riders finish this section (Loja-Macara) ...Thanks for following ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=45 I feel like new and full of energy to ride on my last day. Asuncion Saca is a certified guide. We are so lucky to have him with us for this last day. While troting at fast speed, he tells us the sacred hills, the culture of Saraguro, the traditions, and ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=44 50 km in a long day of 11 hours.  With us, is Holguer a local guy that works in the Oriente, he knows the roads and trails of the area. Some of this trails are used ever september for the Cisne Virgin procession. We rode down towards the Udushapa River, the ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=43 50.6 km, 5.5 km/h (9 hours)  This morning is really cold at Jima, it is 6 am and we have to take the horses out from the school facilities. We still have a long ride through the Azuay Province, but the adventure is almost over and I have to plan my return ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=42   35 km (7.5 hours) 5Km/hr We said our farewells and thanked Juan Heredia and Adriana at Hacienda Totorillas for their kindness and wonderful atention and started our day. With us, we have Carlos Machuca as guide. Up towards the Portete knot, an untouched beautiful primary forest.  This forests are not seen in the ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=41 We have finished the 3rd part of the adventure. Days are shorter now. I have only 5 more days left before I return back to La Alegria to ride for 10 more days with my tourists.  We are sad and nostalgic that this adventure is coming to an end. We are also proud of ourselves  when ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=40 7 hours. 38 km. Our friends Oswaldo Kopel and Diego Collar arrived with trailer and horses to meet us and accompany us to the Hacienda Santa Marta de Totorillas. We crossed two mountain chain all of yellowish clay. We could observe nice small and large forests, but low agriculture productivity. This ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=39  48 Km. 12 hours. We left Lazul toward Guarongo at 9:30 am. Crossed the Paute Valley and up towards the old road of Herradura until we could se teh Cuenca Valley. This view will accompany us for teh next couple of days. We rode through the trails that the smugglers used ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=38 We stayed at Gualaceo last night near Paute at the  Paso horse breading farm. Beautiful home, great dinner and they took care of us. We saw a show of the Paso horses.  They send us a bottle of Cognac today when we left. Tomorrow we should be arriving to Tortorillas, I think ... http://volcanoride.com/HorseAdventure-EcuadorAndes/?p=37