the largest caldera in the world as seen from the edge of the crater. the equator falls near this point. i was here for the equinox, and met quite an interesting fellow who had a lot of interesting things to say. after a bit of a conversation i asked him what religion he was, right at midday, on the equator, during the equinox; he pointed straight up and sai el sol. i couldn´t have been more perfect. after the talk i walked down a bit and sat there watching the clouds scream into the valley below and work their way up the hill side and over my head. great equinox celebration.




the páramo. the higest ecosystem in ecuador before you reach the glaciers. we spent a day over 14000 ft learning the flora and fauna of the andean glacial valley









elfin forest! or the closest thing i´ve ever seen to it. actually a polylepis forest in the middle of the páramo. these trees shed their bark to rid themselves of epiphytes













a day in class in the páramo

oh, that beautiful smog of two million people, as seen from my apartment in quito