Hotel Cuello de Luna
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Biking down a volcano
The first day on the truck ( never to be called a bus) started with a trip to the equator. The real equator not the site where the french mistakenly build a big theme park ....
Lots of odd things on the equator. Changing the direction of water going down a plug hole, just by moving a few meters was good. However the strangest was trying to …
Plans don't always go as planed. Thank goodness :)
... only to be woken up by a brave Ecuadorean who asked me to move my bag so he could sit down. (For some reason the locals prefer to stand and not ask a Gringo to move his belongings). Anyways when I woke up beautiful scenery appeared before me. This time as opposed to the coffee district in Colombia, the mountains were spread out before me, enabling me to see far away into the distance. The green colors, farm animals grassing in the sun. A beautiful ...
Cotopaxi: INTENSE
... ever since. The rest of the people had done at least two hikes before Cotopaxi, or stayed at a refuge at a high altitude to acclimatize, or both.
Jule and I, on the other hand, didn't do much at all. We went to Pinchincha on Friday, which was only 4000 or so meters, and walked for maybe an hour. Even there, any type of incline was difficult for me at that altitude. So, going in, I was nervous about not having trained and/or acclimatized at all.
We got to the parking ...
Quilotoa crater walk
... but having been on wine and needing to pack we turned him down. He joined us for a bit then it was off to get packed up and get to bed, ready for tomorrow's early start as its a 12 hour drive day! Eek! The reason for the mega long drive is that due to the day lost at the start we're passing by Riobamba instead of stopping overnight to make up time. It was literally an overnight stay to break up the drive so we're not missing out on anything, just getting back on track! ...
Fireplace, Down Blanket and Jacuzzi
... the dorm, thick down blankets and a Jacuzzi with a view over the surrounding mountains. You see, I'm not only hanging around on beaches drinking cocktails! :-)
The following two days we spent biking around the National Park Cotopaxi (and breaking the record despite a broken pedal, fierce cold and practically no visibility), hiking up the mountain ...
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