Background: 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 border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999. Although Ecuador marked 25 years of civilian governance in 2004, the period has been marred by political instability. Seven presidents have governed Ecuador since 1996.
July 20th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi This famous trek from El Tambo (near Papallacta) is being described as one of the most beautiful treks in Ecuador. And I must admit it was special. And I was lucky with the weather. While on the first ... 21 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi hopefully there will be some photos to go with this! went to mitad del mundo! the center of the world, was cool very interactive. there were lots of experiments to do such as watching water go straigh ... 23 photos[full story]
July 11th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi After the Galapagos trip we returned to Quito for two nights out on the town sampling some quality red wine, Tapas, traditional ecuadorian food and cocktails. I decided to book a tour to Cotopaxi Na ... 9 photos[full story]
July 7th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi Frueh morgens treffen wir unserern Guide in Quito und ab geht es mit dem Jeep die Panamerikana Richtung Sueden. Am Nationalpark des hoechsten noch aktiven Vulkans Cotopaxi angekommen, geht das Offroad ... 19 photos[full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi hola everyone!
we´ve finally arrived in banos after a great few days in cotopaxi. the area around where we were staying in cotopaxi is one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. the hostel ... [full story]
June 12th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi A very early start today but it was worth it to see the wonderful views of Cotopaxi. It stands at 5897m and is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world (although it has been fairly quiet sinc ... [full story]
May 13th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi So with Caroline gone, we decided there was only one thing for it, thats right we decided to go and climb the worlds largest active volcano....Cotopaxi!! (you can see how the two are linked!) Cotopax ... 12 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi Hola friends and faithful readers!
Greetings from Quito. I made it back from another adventure high up in the Andes - another fabulous group of volunteer engineers. Of the seven who ca ... 26 photos[full story]
March 6th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi Today we return from Baños to Quito. The end of our week long tour. On the way we stop to visit the Cotopaxi volcano (not the erupting one - don't worry mums). This is going to be an altitude test ... 3 photos[full story]
February 12th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cotopaxi With my guide, Jaime, I went to the Refugio Josè Ribas at 4800 m on Sunday, 27 January. One can actually drive up to only a couple of hundred meters below, and it's then just a hike of less than an ho ... 10 photos[full story]
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