View from the composting toilet

Volcanoes and Vegetarians

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October 11th 2007
We spent four days in the mountains of the Quilotoa Loop, a cluster of indigenous villages that surround Quilotoa, a dormant volcano with a caldera 2.5 kilometers wide and filled with turquoise water. The Loop has awesome hiking trails and a landscape of pastures and farming fields so it looks like a patch-work quilt was thrown over the rolling hills. The place is teeming with exotic wildlife. We ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Chugchilan

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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