Hotel Aragosta Salinas
Av. Principal (diagonal al Estadio Camilo Gallegos) Salinas, Ecuador
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It's been a lonnng time! Salinas Weekend
... Isabel's Aunt said that I needed to finish my plate, and Isabel explained that here, a belief/superstition is that if women don't finish their plates completely, they will have ugly husbands. Hm. Like I care. Hahaha
We got to their beach house that afternoon, which was actually about a ten minute drive from the beach, in a little gated community, like my house in Guayaquil. When not at the beach, we spent our time watching lotttts of American TV, which they love ...
Day 60: the llama is dead
... after I managed to order soap instead of soup (jabón instead of sopa) we got rid of all the mountain dust we have collected in our clothes over the past few days. Next we'll de-dust ourselves in our very own two-bedroom habitacion in our very own shower with real hot water, to which you actually need to mix a bit of cold water, that it doesn't burn ...
Reaching Earth´s Closest Point to the Sun
... t want to go too fast, not to suffer from the altitude later on. The sky is beautiful, full of stars, and there is no wind, perfect conditions! But quickly it gets more difficult as we start ascending the volcano. After two hours walking on rocks with ice, we finally get to the ice climbing part. Using our ice climbing equipment including helmet, rope, crampons and ice tools, we then climb a 800 meters slope, almost vertical, which offers beautiful views on ...
15 Hours (and 9 transfers) later...
... instead of our prior 8 hr bus ride for this portion). From the Quito airport, we took a taxi to the "trole" terminal (poor Micah had a close call with his arm). We took two different (very crowded and exciting) trolleys to get to a bus terminal. We caught a 2 hr bus ride from Quito to Latacunga. Just about every time the bus stopped, different 'vendors' would jump on the bus and sell anything from lottery ...
On Top of the World (Technically)
... particularly steep. We literally crawled across the face to the lee of the rock where there was some shelter, digging our ice axes deep into the scree for purchase. With a confidence about the next days climb having taken a bit of a hit, we decided it was time to head back down for more cards, dinner and an evening sitting by the fire of the refuge.
Also staying in the refuge that night were a couple of Canadians who were getting up at 11pm that very night to make ...


