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Plans don't always go as planed. Thank goodness :)
... At the entry to Quilotoa Lake a guard collected money from the family. When he approched me in the boot he said it was 2$. I asked him "How much for am eciadorian?" he said 1$, so I gave him a buck and told him I wad ecuadorian.
Being with 3 people over the age of 50 can slow you down a little when hiking. But that didn't bother me, quit on ...
Cotopaxi: INTENSE
... It was very painful and, obviously, prevented me from sleeping any more. Marco, luckily, was in the bunk next to me and massaged my neck for a while before we had to get up. At 11, I slowly put on my gear and headed down for breakfast, but I felt completely terrible. I couldn't eat, I couldn't think, my head was hurting so much, and everything was foggy. Marco was trying and trying to convince me to go out and try, so I went upstairs for my bag. Just going up those stairs, ...
High Heaven in the Andes
... to 15,900' and the beginning of the glaciers.
We also went on another hike and the girls were troopers - exhausted by the altitude but with good attitudes. It was an expensive place to stay but all three meals were included, the vibe was great and the living was easy. We give high marks to Cotopaxi and the Secret Garden.
Now for deciding which of the 300 pictures to post....
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Glaciers, crevasses and altitude sickness.
... of what lay below was from the edge of the light from our head torches that thankfully shone forward to where we were stepping rather than down towards the empty caverns beneath. Thank goodness it was dark. When the sun would finally rise we would be descending the slopes with much more pace and with the ability to see where we were going, therefore passing the terrifying drops before having too long to think about them. As it was, the slow climb in darkness ...
Avenida de los volcanes
... est appelée Avenue des volcans, ça vous donne un idée du spectacle.
Quilotoa est une petite communauté Wee, située á 4000m au bord de la lagune du même nom, dans un immense cratère. On débarque sous le déluge, pluie et grêle.
On s'installe chez une famille très sympa. Assez bizarre d'avoir l'impression de parler mieux espagnol que les gens du pays. Les enfants de 8 ans traduisent du castillan au quechua pour les parents. Soirée Yam, Yoloff et bataille corse.
On part ...
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