Quilotoa Cotopaxi

At 8am sharp, we were picked up for our 2-day tour to Cotopaxi and Quilotoa.  We had 2 tour guides, Carlos and Nelson.  It turned out to be a private tour for just the two of us!  We all piled into a Russian 4x4, a Lada Niva, and headed ...

... en daarna weer lekker bij de open haard met een boek. De laatste dag gaan we mountainbiken. We doen een route rond de Cotopaxi. Na elke bocht is het uitzicht weer waanzinnig. Het weer werkt ook erg mee, want het is helder en zonnig weer. Na de ...

... hours, help clear up Tom´s leaky sick bucket, feel sick, all go to bed knackered. Thursday, planned - head up Cotopaxi at 1am, conquer the volcano about 8am. Say "yipee i climbed a 5800m high volcano", take pics, head back ...

... definitely have to come back some day to see the rest of it. The problem this time was my utter lack of money...otherwise I would have absolutely loved to go to Lake Quilotoa, Banos, Vilcabamba, and the coast. And Coca. And Otovalo. And so on. Someday...

... me back at the hostel! Quito - safe as houses! Anyway, the hostel i stayed in while I was in Quito has a hostel near the Cotopaxi volcano. Price was pretty steep, but it looks pretty cool and I was too lazy to organise anything else myself so I got on a ...