We got back from climbing Volcano Cotopaxi today.  It is located about 1.5 hours south of Quito, Ecuador and is the 2nd highest volcano in Ecuador.  This was a very different experience for us and we had a great time!  It was different because after the first hour of hiking we had to put on [...]

Quito is a great city. At an altitude of 9,400 feet, it sits high in the Ecuadorian Andes.  We had Alfredo and Julie as our personal tour guides so we were able to pick up a lot more of the history and understand more of what we are looking at. On one day, we [...]