A waiting my Galapogos trip, I decided to take a 2 day horseriding tour. My tour agent sent me to Pululahua. My tour was out of a ranch that is owned by a German woman, Astrid. she has owned her ranch inside Pululahua for about 11 years. She told me that she had wanted to have a ranch of her own since she was 6 years old. She also said that some mornings when she wakes up she still cannot believe her childhood dream is reality. During the 2 days we rode our horses just about through the entire volcano. I spent the night at a fabulous hostal that is also a part of an organic farm. The couple that own it were really great and so was the food, room and hot tub. This world inside the volcano was like a surreal world. After talking to my hosts, I discovered that there was a one room schoolhouse were I could teach English and live in the hostal.
The deal was set and I would return to Pululahua after my trip to the Galapagos. By the way, the night I was there, their dog gave birth to about 10 puppies.
