Early morning view of Laguna Quilotoa

Here comes the sun!

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April 5th 2007
We woke up bright and early at 5.30am (well early but not really bright as it was still pitch black) and managed to drag everyone out from under their blanket mountains. No-one managed to brave the shower though as it was actually colder than outside - no idea how they manage that! We kitted up enough for an Arctic expedition with at leats five layers plus our newest acquisitions of matching llam ... read more

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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