My room - called Quinchucajas ( I have no idea what it means) My room with fireplace !! The hallway outside my room The courtyard with the original chapel from 1580 Old and very odd art is on all the walls. My back door leads out to the pool area which is about 30 degrees warmer than my room (but the water is pretty chilly!) Detail of the mural This is a mural dating from 1757 that is in the old chapel. A group of archeologists is working on the grounds and one restoration expert is working on documenting the mural in anticipation of one day restoring itl. Detail of the mural Part of the grounds. The 1743 French-Spanish geodesic expedition stayed here and plotted the path of the equator through the grounds of the hacienda. The view from the hillside just above the hacienda The site where the archeologists are working on the grounds of the hacienda. The areas where guests stay is part of a hug quadrangle with all of the rooms surrounding a central open courtyard with a well in the middle. Entance to the dining area and rooms. The second chapel on the hacienda replacing the original one from 1580 (which is still standing) Behind the old chapel Volcan Cayumbe from the hill behinf the hacienda The spikey landscape of the terrain Outside eating area of the hacienda Getting ready to go riding. My horse before it was saddled Clouds covering Cayumbe Clouds were amazing today More landscapes The cone of Cayumbe.
