Volcan Pichincha

View of Quito from atop the mountain

Quito, the city where we are going to school, is located high in the Andres (2850m) and surrounded by a beautiful mountain landscape. So after class, a couple of us decided to take the TeleferiQo skytram up Volcan Pichincha to enjoy the spectacular view from above.

 The only problem was once we got up there the view was completely covered with clouds. But we didn`t let this deter us and instead we decided to continue climbing up and came across some horses for rent. We decided to rent the horses and let them do the work of taking us further up the mountain. I hadn`t ridden a horse since I was 12 so it took a while for me to remember how to control it but we soon got the handle of things. We ending up taking them around the mountains and as we were riding the clouds started to clear up to provide us with a beautiful view of the city. We were all quite impressed with how large the city of Quito actually spans. We could also see the summit of the Volcano Ruru Pichincha, which is about a 3 hour hike from where we where, but we are leaving that hike till later this week.

Surround by clouds when we first arrived

Our Horses