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Ecuador here we are! After seeing MUSE in Bogota we quickly scooted south to the Ecuadorian border in which we crossed with no trouble at all. We visited the town of Otavalo to see the indigenous markets then headed to Quito for some city life. Quito is set in the mountains and has over 1.5million people and quite cosmopolitan in places.
With a bit of time up our sleeves before heading to the Galapagos Islands we headed out to Cotopaxi national park to climb the volcano. We made it up to 5,000 metres which is as far as you can go without crampons and being connected by ropes. Between the lack of oxygen and the gale force winds it was a pretty hard slog.
Next we jumped on the local bus and headed to Laguna Quilotoa. Which is a lake in a volcanic crater which is an amazing green colour. This is where we experienced our first truly cold weather and wore almost everything we had in our packs to bed (well except our swimsuits).
Next stop was a local market which sold all sorts of weird and wonderful things (see photos).
So here we are in Quito again waiting for our flights to the island. We ventured to the Middle of the World. Yep that is where Longitude and Latitude are both 0,0. 12 years ago they realised that where they built a monument to mark the spot was actually 240m off the mark as per GPS. All rather tacky but fun.
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