Rosemary at Andean village (Jaji)

Rosemary and I took our first trip out of Merida today, to the small Andean hill town of Jaji. It was about an hour bus ride up in elevation. The town is well preserved and felt a bit like going back in time. We then had a wonderful walk back down the road towards Merida of about five miles and got to enjoy several waterfalls.

The people here are nice but a bit more reserved than in other Latin American countries that we´ve been to. Polite but not really warm. But it´s way to early to generalize on this front, and we have had the occasional interesting interaction. The spanish is getting warmed up for me, but Rosemary´s is a lot better!
- msk