Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Latacunga

I know that my regular readers may have been wondering why I haven't written.  Ha ha ha.  I know that's not true, I'm just writing again because my mom suggested that I do.

Believe it or not, I've actually been working this past month.  I have a few weeks left in my two month contract as a sanitary engineer, designing the master plan for the sewer network in Latacunga, Ecuador.  I have a weekly eight hour commute each way between Cuenca and Latacunga, and work 10 to 12 hour days, which is why I haven't had much time to blog.

But I have a moment now and will show you Latacunga.  This is the view from my office window.


Well, it's a well zoomed view, the real view looks more like this...


Anyway, the big snow covered mountain is Cotopaxi, the highest point in Ecuador.  And it's also an inactive volcano.  Throughout town there are signs that tell you where to go in the event of an eruption.  Practical, but not very comforting.