Latacunga!

So I was lucky enough to stumble upon the town of Latacunga for a huge festival. It had a continuous parade, music, vendors, Dancers, and was really quite a sight to see. IT is called the mama negra festival (from what I understand) and has to do with celebrating unity while being tied to the mother Mary.
The coolest part of the parade were men, with giant pigs strapped to their backs, and with bottles of alcohol and food hanging on the pigs. Really a sight to see and must have been darn heavy. The biggest one I saw must have had 40 bottles of alcohol, full! that is a lot of weight.
It really was a huge party in the town and cool to be a part of.

The next day consisted of Quilotoa, a Volcanic crater lake. AMAZING. really great views and a nice little hike to the waters edge. The hike back up was more difficult being 4000 meters up and me having come right from sea level, but it was not so bad.