Go back to Ecuador.
Go back to More Cojitambo.
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0077-2-300x199.jpg)
Cuy.
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![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0194-2-300x199.jpg)
Simiatug.
Photos
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0025-4-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley and Felipe strolling the streets of Old Town Cuenca (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0027-1024x681.jpg)
Cuenca (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0045-3-727x1024.jpg)
Cuenca (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0031-2-681x1024.jpg)
Cuenca (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0053-3-1024x710.jpg)
Flower market in Cuenca (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0060-4-1024x681.jpg)
Cuenca – gotta say, a pretty looking and a seemingly livable city (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0082-2-1024x681.jpg)
Only question is guinea or roasted – Shirley and Felipe considering lunch options (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0081-2-1024x720.jpg)
Looks delish (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0077-2-1024x681.jpg)
Not like chicken (July 2021).
![Cuenca](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0087-681x1024.jpg)
View out of our hotel window (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0093-4-1024x681.jpg)
Dropping down towards the coast on our drive from Cuenca to Simiatug the following day (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0091-3-1024x681.jpg)
Multiple cloud layers rolling in from the Pacific (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_6020-1024x768.jpg)
Pork skin snacks at a toll plaza on a highway (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0097-3-1024x681.jpg)
A fruit stand somewhere in the coastal lowlands (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0101-3-1024x681.jpg)
A weird looking waterpark along the drive (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0124-4-1024x681.jpg)
Roadtrip randomness (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0113-2-1024x681.jpg)
I think we might have a leak somewhere (July 2021).
![Guaranda](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ecuador03-1024x545.jpg)
Guaranda in the Andes (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0142-2-1024x681.jpg)
Guaranda (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5910-1024x768.jpg)
Guaranda. Food shopping in anticipation of our upcoming two nights in the backcountry (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5913-1024x768.jpg)
Indigenous women in Guaranda (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5898-1024x768.jpg)
Guaranda (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5894-1024x768.jpg)
Guaranda (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0149-2-1024x681.jpg)
Hostal La Minga in Salinas. Our jumping off point for Simiatug (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0156-2-1024x681.jpg)
View out of our window. Weather is looking terrific (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0160-2-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley chilling in the common area (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0162-2-669x1024.jpg)
Trying the traditional pájaro azul liquor (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0164-2-1024x681.jpg)
In the morning, outside of our hostel in Salinas (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0173-2-1024x681.jpg)
On the drive to Simiatug (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0185-2-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley and Cocha Colorada. The formations are socked in the clouds (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0187-1024x681.jpg)
A wolf (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0190-2-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley checking out the community hut at Cocha Colorada (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0200-1024x681.jpg)
Killing time in the village of Simiatug; checking out a weavers’ workshop (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0204-681x1024.jpg)
Felipe and Manuel posing with a piece of tapestry that the villagers wove just for Felipe (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0194-2-1024x681.jpg)
Back at Cocha Colorada lagoon. The towers of Simiatug are sort of visible (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0197-2-1024x681.jpg)
Felipe and Manuel (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0206-2-1024x681.jpg)
Let’s give it a go. Packing up (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0211-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley starting the approach (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0214-1024x681.jpg)
The horse carrying our gear on the approach (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0216-1024x681.jpg)
Interesting looking flora (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0215-2-1024x681.jpg)
The hard working pony (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0221-1024x681.jpg)
Weather got worse (July 2021).
![Simiatug](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0222-1024x681.jpg)
And so we pulled the plug (July 2021).
![Ecuador](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_0808-1024x768.jpg)
Checking out some fresh but small rock debris on the road (July 2021).
Go to Quilotoa Lake.
Go back to Ecuador.