Today we went to the lake as well as otavalo. When we were driving to the lake it was really interesting to see where the body of water was going to come from because we were in the middle of nowhere. We stopped at an outlook to take some pictures of the beautiful valley and mountains. Once we got to the volcano with the lake in the crater, we bought our tickets put on our life vests and got in line. There was 2 boats running and one boat with some new York people left then we got on the 2nd boat. I was sitting next to Sabrina and some Ecuadorians. We started of with going at a slight speed then we got faster then we got sprayed by the wake and the winds. We started taking some really sharp turns, to the point that I thought I was going to fall in...kinda scary. So then we got to stop behind 2 islands that formed after the second eruption. We stopped and we were in the swampy area. The water was really calm because the driver turned off the motor. He explained the history of the 2 islands and the volcano, of course it was in Spanish so one of the year long volunteers has to translate. Then we looked in the water for volcano bubbles from bottom. That was one of the coolest parts. We then took about 5 more REALLY sharp turns and then we ended up back at the dock. We took off our life jackets and hung them up for the others in line. On our ticket was a voucher for free tea after our ride. I tried it and actually really enjoyed it, surprised because I don't drink my tea. So that was just barley half of our day, more to come later.
Claire Scannell
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