Rising majestically 60 kilometers to the south of Ecuador's capital city, Quito, is a perfect cone shaped volcano called Cotopaxi. Surrounding the volcano are lakes, lava beds, forests, spectacular mountain scenery and, of course, sparkling white glaciers

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The phone rang at 11:00 Friday night. It was Santiago, inviting me to spend the upcoming four day holiday weekend trekking in El Altar, a spectacular cathedral shaped volcano located near the Central Andean city of Riobamba.

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On August 15th of every year, the faithful and devoted gather en masse in El Cisne, a small town in Ecuador's Southern Andes. From El Cisne, they begin a 74 kilometer religious procession that will end in the city Loja.

On this early November adventure, Cuenca , the City of Four Rivers, opened its doors for us and showed us a glimpse of why it was declared a "Cultural Patrimony of Humanity" by UNESCO.

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Secure in our bright orange life savers, we departed from the docks of lake Cuicocha in a small outboard motor boat. We were headed towards the volcanic rock islands that arise in the lagoon's center.

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One of Ecuador's best kept secrets is its jungle, or Oriente (the East). The oriente accounts for a third of Ecuador's small, but diverse, 270,000 sq. km - an area roughly the size of the state of Nevada.

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