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Cotopaxi

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January 23rd 2011
Hola! So after a very full two days adventuring in the cloudforest, Saturday morning 8 of us headed off to Cotopaxi for the weekend. Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and is the second highest point in Ecuador. It has a huge snowcap on the top and is very beautiful. We took another travel bus to Cotopaxi national park, which was about 3 hours away from Quito. This tri ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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