Grieta del Cielo

Crack of Heaven or something like that. You have to crawl through a narrow passage which pops you out directly behind the waterfall and its torrential output. You can actually get further behind the water, in it really, than where I was standing in this picture.

Closest to the Sun... or so I Thought

October 4th 2009
Short version: the rest of Ecuador included Quito, Mitad del Mundo, Baños, Latacunga, Laguna Quilotoa, Volcán Cotopaxi, Volcán Chimborazo, and the skanky border town of Tulcán but thankfully for just one skanky night. Long version: Standing atop Chimborazo at 6310 meters above sea level, one gets the feeling of being quite high. Even though the mountain is not the highest in the world, or ev ... read more

South America » Ecuador

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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