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December 11th 2006
Published: December 22nd 2006
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Quito The flight from New York was great apart from that it was at 7:30am which meant I had to be there three hours before so I ended up getting crappy sleep on JFK´s floor. Quito is 2850 meters above sea level and is your usual bustling city seperated into a New Town and an Old Town which is a World Heritage site due to containing a lot of Spanish influenced architecture and as you start to l... Read Full Entry



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Cattle TrainCattle Train
Cattle Train

This was actually a great way to see all the landscape of Quito and its Volcanoe´s and lasted about 2 hours.
Ecuadors Beautiful LandscapeEcuadors Beautiful Landscape
Ecuadors Beautiful Landscape

Taken from the train
Lagoon in National ParkLagoon in National Park
Lagoon in National Park

Apparently some people like to take a dip in here.............Loco
Sincholagua VolcanoeSincholagua Volcanoe
Sincholagua Volcanoe

The Sister of Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi´s ValleyCotopaxi´s Valley
Cotopaxi´s Valley

Also another Volcanoe in the background
José Ribas RefugeJosé Ribas Refuge
José Ribas Refuge

Our Base Camp for the day where we had lunch, I was very pleased to see it.
Directly Under GlacierDirectly Under Glacier
Directly Under Glacier

Fastest photo taken so far.
GlacierGlacier
Glacier

This recently had just given way which made it a little safer.



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