The Teleferico

We decided to do go up the Teleferico (a cable car).  It goes up to about 12,000 feet up the side of the volcano that sits over the valley and the city of Quito.  It was a pleasant ride but it climbed pretty steep.  Neither of realized how fast until we are at the top.   The view was spectacular.  There wasnt much at the top.  It seemed as thought there were great plans for it but they ran out of money.  But they are still building things like a small hotel and some cabin bungalows.  The volcano and lava beds are pretty cool.  There is a trail that you can hike up to the crater.  Neither of us were up for that and we really didnt have time as it was a several hour ordeal.  Forrest started feeling the effects of the altitude so we decided to cut our losses before he got too bad.  

It was a nice afternoon.