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April 11th 2009
Thursday and Friday (April 9 and 10) were vacations from school because of Semana Santa, so Nicole, Troy, and I took advantage of the days off to climb Cotopaxi! It is a volcano south of Quito, the second highest in Ecuador at 5897 meters, 19,347 feet. Almost as high as Denali but definitely not as difficult! Wednesday evening we took a bus to Quito, had some dinner (a Thai restaurant!!!) and the ... 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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