Ancient Tree and Volcanoes (Explore)

            Lachero is famous in Ecuador, located almost 10,000 ft above the sea overlooking the amazing town of Otavalo ... but unfortunately it has fallen on harsh times and is no longer the Majesty of the Highlands in Ecuador as a wind storm has struck once too often and rumour has it that this ancient tree has been reduced to a fraction of the original size shown here ....

This photo was taken after the apex of its prime but even here you can see the gnarly branches reaching out to the sun.  This tree is revered by the locals for centuries and as the oldest tree on the mountain it has seen generations of people come and go ... many bringing their worship and celebrations that have been enacted here over the years ...

I feel grateful to have captured this image before the winds broke it apart.

Long live Lechero ... the Milkman ...

This tree is ancient, no-one knows how old but the legend is that he was the lover of the maiden of the lake below and he guards her every day.

Tourists now talk of the walk and the hike and the view ... but think of how many hundreds of years people ... our people ... climbed to this summit and dreamed ...

Taken in: Ecuador / Provincia de Imbabura / Pataqui (show map)

Taken on: October 22, 2015

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