Old Town and Josh/ Quito's volcanoes

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This is Old Town. in Quito. The church we are sitting by was built in 1534 when the Spanish arrived. This area was originally occupied by a pre-Incan tribe called the Quitu tribe. Around the 1300s they united with the Cara from the north and became the Shyris nation. In 1487 the Incans took over and called it Quitosuyo. Within a hundred years infighting took place and the empire easily fell to the Spanish, but before it was taken the Incans raised and burned their city leaving nothing for the new comers.

Josh is another teacher's partner. He is a computer expert and has helped me with the blog. Thank you Josh!!!!

This is a picture of Volcan Cayambe. The volcano above and below are not usually snow filled at this time of year but there has been rain this summer. This area is right on the equator. Did you know there is a bulge at the center of the earth making these volanoes even taller than stated? A good book on the mapping of the equator, history, plus a story is The Map Maker's Wife.

 

This is the volano to the south of Quito. Cotopaxi and Cayambe are both active. Yikes!