Panamericana south

From the national park materials , its described as the highest active vulcano in the world. At 5897 meters the Cotopaxi has a permanent snow cover . As for access to this ecuadorian national park , its a bumpy cobble stone road and i turned on the 4wheel drive to better get through the deep holes in the road . But after rattling along for 20 km we reached this beautiful spot at the lodge tambopaxi, where we spend the night.
In the morning , we sat down for breakfast ( for the first time on our trip we camped with breakfast included), and the alarm went on and evacuation protocol when the vulcano errupts was initiated. We all got a little bag with water bottle and breathing mask, then piled into their trucks and rattled downhill to the escuela/evacuation center. It was a drill but all the park employees took it very seriously.
After we got back we hiked up to the refugio, the basecamp for climbing to the top. That was enough for us ,we felt acomplished to have reached almost 16000 feet and climbed down again to get out of the brutal ,ice cold wind.En savoir plus