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| Getting the cow ready for us to milk. They tied her up pretty well. |
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| Spencer trying his had at milking! |
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| Little Eli getting a closer look! |
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| Em being a true farm woman!! |
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| William got the hang of it. Look at that stream of milk!! |
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| Showing us how it should be done! |
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| A young boy showing us how to do it. All the farmers wear those big rubber boots. |
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| They have one donkey at the Hacienda and he liked to make lots of noise!!! |
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| The beautiful countryside. All of it is farmed. |
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| Steve, Em and Sam having a snack to keep him going! |
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| We had to have a man from the Hacienda go with us and some of us carried sticks because the day before a woman had been bitten by the neighbor's dog. |
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| Another view of the countryside. |
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| Sam, the hiker! |
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| Spencer enjoying the waterfall. He fell in and got wet! |
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| Some cows along the trail. |
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| The Duersch Family! |
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| Another shot of the Duerschs |
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| It was about a 30 minute walk from the hacienda and well worth it! Ecuador has some beautiful spots!! |
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| We drove to a nearby river in a small village and let the kids fish with bamboo poles and worms for bait. |
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| My good lookin hunk!! |
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| Eli just wanted to throw rocks in the river. |
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| Catherine hoping for a bite from a fish. |
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| Eli and Emily. |
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| The river was pretty fast moving and made me nervous. William went to the other side to see if the fish were biting over there! |
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| William and one of the employees from the hacienda helping him. |
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| Under the bridge! |
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| William caught a fish and the cook fixed it for dinner. He didn't eat it!!! |
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| Our livingroom. We had some nice fires. It was actually cold the few days we were there. |
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| The kitechen was well stocked with pots and pans etc. |
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| A replica of some of the orginal homes found in this area. |
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| Inside the home with a live tree growing in the middle. |
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| Hand woven mats used for beds that some of the people in the area still use. |
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| They had a garden they used to produce some of the food they served. |
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| Taking a tour of the grounds with Anna Maria, the manager of the hacienda. |
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| We walked from the Hacienda into the city of Otovalo and this was one of the homes we saw along the way. |
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| A pig grazing by the river with a corn field behind. |
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| Sam got tired to Will gave him a lift. |
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| The path into the city through the farming area. |
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| A view of the farms in Otovalo. |
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| They farm the steep hillsides. |
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| Resting at the park in the center of Otovalo. |
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| Resting before we walked to find a restaurant to eat at!! |
