I gasp involuntarily, both from the shock of the bone-snappingly cold wind of these high Andean plains and the sight of the volcanic crater that drops dramatically away beneath my feet. The walls, serrated from violent eruptions and the incessant whippings of the winds, plummet downwards until they meet the blue-green water of the mystical crater lake, known in these parts as Laguna Quilotoa. The indigenous natives of this region of Ecuador believe that the lake is bottomless, which it may as well be, for it is thought to be roughly 800m in depth. That’s one hell of a deep lake! Having been in Ecuador twice before, yet only seeing Quito and the stupendously amazing Galápagos Islands, it was high time that I explored some more of the mainland. Through conversing with fellow travellers
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