Pinchincha

Sunday a bunch of us went on a hike up Pichincha. An extinct volcano.
You start by taking a teleferiqo, which is a cable car type gondola that takes you 4,050 meters up. Then you hike. and hike, and hike. It was a little cloudy that day so the view wasn't as great as it could be. On a clear day you can see the Andes.
At some point we turned back since it was starting to drizzle and stopped at a spot where they offer horseback riding along another trail. We didn't go horseback riding but the people also offered some food for a dollar so we stopped there to have lunch and avoid the rain in their lean too. There wasn't much for non meat eaters but there was amazing hot chocolate, which I had 2 cups of.
The extra height and altitude made it a nice work out. I only stopped a few time under the pretense I was taking a beautiful photographs.