Cotopaxi eruption

I had seen a much more violent eruption from the Antisana road the previous day, but could not get a decent photo from the van.

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Ecuador volcanoes

October 18th 2015
Ecuador's Volcanoes On my return to Quito from three fascinating days at Santa Lucia I had a couple of days booked to visit volcanoes. My first choice had been Cotopaxi, but the whole region had been closed as the mountain was erupting, as I saw from the bus to the Antisana Volcano, which stands 5755m high. Antisana is glaciated and even at 4000m it was freezing cold, despite being virtually on t ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre

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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