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trying to accommodate another bus on its way up or down the mountain. The

passageway was really not wide enough for these enormous buses.

On the drive up we passed from the desert area with cactus and very drought

resistant plants on up into the heights where greater rainfall occurs and much thicker

vegetation covers the land. There are still plenty of cacti and “desert roses” but also

geraniums and begonias. The views down through the valleys out to the sea were

clear and broad. We saw the crater of an extinct volcano where one man lives 200

meters below the land around the depression. Everywhere around us, we could see

the brightly colored houses that decorate the hillsides. Red tile roofs are the

dominant cover for houses and they added to the brightly hued scene below us some

1200 feet.

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