Quito-Bogota-London-York
26 stycznia 2023, Ekwador ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C..and there it is....Tungarahua..from the bus up to Quito..looks wonderful..my final volcano on this trip..33 hours of travel before I get home to York..when this trip will be..finished.
..and there it is....Tungarahua..from the bus up to Quito..looks wonderful..my final volcano on this trip..33 hours of travel before I get home to York..when this trip will be..finished.
..now we're back in Banos..the clouds have cleared and the sun is out..proving that..timing is everything..but this is the pattern here..the weather god's weren't just doing it to annoy Czytaj więcej
..the final stratovolcano of this trip..a tough climb..to 12500 ft..with a guide..but the weather god's were unkind..and we had cloud..so no classic volcano conical snowscape..but a good day all the Czytaj więcej
... because..the situation is deteriorating in Peru..which was next..with a continuing National Emergency..riots..protests..killings..and Macchu Picchu permanently closed..I have taken the sensible Czytaj więcej
..jungle...an indigenous tribe..monkeys.. parrots..blowpipes .boa constrictors..chocolate making..a tribal dance..very different to what I usually do..but well worth the 2 days over here..was only 70 Czytaj więcej
..travelled across to Amazon region of Ecuador today..wow..how different..as expected..Puyo..it's capital..has been chosen as a base for 2 nights.. for my venture into the jungle..tomorrow🥴
..came up to get pics of Volcan Tungarahua..an active stratovolcano nearby..alas .cloud intervened..meaning I had to make do with an infinity pool..jacuzzi..and stunning views..sometimes things just Czytaj więcej
..here I am..at Edward Whymper refuge..he was the first..in 1880.
A stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes..the summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from it's centre..given its location on the planets equatorial bulge..I got to Czytaj więcej
..so a leisure day..breakfast..cake from the hotel..spa afternoon..sunbathing..fillet mignon for dinner..birthday..done..back to volcanos tomorrow🤭