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South America - Ecuador
Andy Wunder
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South America - Ecuador
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Quito My introduction to South America. Quito is a beautiful colonial town. |
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Montanita A great place to do nothing ... and nothing i did for 12 days. |
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Montanita A surfing break from the partying ... Or was it a partying break from the surfing. |
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Montanita The main street, bars and all. |
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Incapirca Typical indigenous Andean dress. Going to these smaller communities is truly taking a step back in time. |
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Incapirca I stood in the window and took pictures. |
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Cuenca Cuenca's plaza ... really beautiful. This was the city where I studied spanish and lived with my family. |
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Cuenca Mi abuela. She was the best cook. We always ended the day by playing cards. |
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Cuenca Rocio and I putting some down. When I left they told me I was their favorite live-in-student ever. |
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Politics South Americans are very very political. Give them their bowler hats and a picture of El Che and you have yourself a revolution. |
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Banos The active volcano towering above Banos, my base for the Cotopaxi climb. Only months before, the volcano erupted and took out a village. |
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Cotopaxi The hike up to base camp, el refugio. This picture is looking down at the way we came. |
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Cotopaxi The hike up to base camp. This picture is looking up to the base camp. In the upper right of the picture you can begin to see Cotopaxi´s lowest glacier. |
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Cotopaxi My guide (back) and my ice pick .. thank god for them. |
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Cotopaxi This was taken at one of the breaks in between the first and the second glaciers. The weather is getting worse and the snow on the ground is becoming thicker. |
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Cotopaxi This is my mountaineering picture. Notice the slope in the background. When you reach the second glacier the ascent turns to a 45 degree angle. |
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Crampons, ice pick, and me ... alive. A successful climb. |
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Cotopaxi A group pic the next morning after the climb. We headed back down for a good hot shower to defrost. I was praying the altitude headache would soon be gone. |
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Nariz del Diablo A train ride where we sat on the roof of the train. The ride started in Ecuador's Volcano Alley and culminated at the "devil's nose." |
