With Heather and Mike’s vacation coming to an end, we went to El Valle de Antón for a couple of days. Anton Valley is a lovely town located in an extinct volcano, surrounded by mountains. Of course we had to take the scenic route through the mountains. I forgot to take pictures as I was too busy holding on.
It truly felt like we were on top of the world.
We found a unique little hotel halfway up this mountain and just a few minutes out of town.
On a Monday night we were the only guests. We sat and listened to the sounds of nature surrounding us while the family cooked us a home cooked meal. ‘Twas sweet.
Bright and early the next morning we hiked part of the La India Dormida trail.
La Dormida is in a protected area and is several kilometres long. The path starts out wide and paved but fairly quickly becomes a rocky climb. Wet leaves can be pretty slippery too.
We met a couple of policemen who told us people whose ancestors have lived on this land for centuries continue to live in this area.
This gigantic rock had some pretty spectacular hieroglyphics. Apparently they are thought to be 14,000 years old.
Heather and Mike went further up the trail than Daryl and I. They found more hieroglyphics.
We walked besides a series of falls all the way up.
And then we went down.
Too bad we weren’t properly equipped to do the loop, but with only one full day there is much to see in Antón Valley.
We will be back.
Cheers
Ruth
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What an awesome place. You and Darryl are giving the kids the best trip ever. Thank you Linda
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Lovely place for a lovely trip. Glad you had fun.
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