Ecuador part 3: 26 Aug - 1 Sept 2008
October 4th 2008 From the Andes to the Pacific coast
From BaƱos we passed through Ambato Province into Cotopaxi Province, named after a volcano there which I had seen from Quito. Cotopaxi, in the Andes, is the second highest peak in Ecuador and one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. It has an almost symmetrical cone with a neat arch at the summit and it's this shape that gives it the name Cotopaxi
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