The view that made all the pain worthwhile!!

The crater at the top of Cotopaxi

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April 17th 2013
With my family winging their way back to the UK, my attention now turned to trying to summit arguably Ecuador's most famous peak – the perfect cone of the Cotopaxi volcano topping out at 5,897metres (for reference Kilamanjaro is a fraction smaller at 5,895m). Given that on my previous travels I had summitted a higher peak (Huayana Potosi at 6,092m) and therefore could appreciate just how tou ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Cotopaxi

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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