Cotopaxi Mountain

Climbing the highest active volcano (or not) and then some "relaxing" beach time!

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July 30th 2006
Hola Well we made an attempt to climb Cotopaxi - the world's highest active volcano. It is 5897m high. We arrived at the refuge the day before and we just chilled out (literally). Then we went to bed at about 7pm because everyone is woken up at midnight for breakfast. The climbing starts at 1am. It was too hard to sleep - a mixture of the altitude and the cold! So you are pretty knack ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Atacames

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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