Some paint it, others write about it, many look at it, few climb it, most dream about it.
A place on my mind, one that was part of the original inspirations for this journey, to build this truck, and to drive through The Americas.
Do you have a place like that? One that you’ve saved pictures of?
We’ve found ourselves at the middle of the Earth. Ecuadors landscape transforms drastically. From the Andes to the Amazon, it’s a world-class overland adventure. This is ours.
Entering Cotopaxi national park feels like we’ve entered into the photos that we’ve saved on our phones. But there’s something missing… The volcano is being shy, and hiding in his clouds. A watched pot… will boil eventually. Your move, Cotopaxi.
The watched pot never boils saying holds more true than ever, as Cotopaxi is currently active and climbing the mountain is prohibited. So as he boils from the inside, figuring out how to clear away the clouds, we’ll be traversing the outskirts of the park in search for the Andean bear.
Even during the week, the park fills with travellers from all over the world. This ‘canal route’ as it is called seemed to have no evidence of tracks between its muddy ruts, so with time on our side we set off into the seemingly barren landscape.
There were no obvious signs the clouds would clear enough for us to see Cotopaxi’s summit before sundown. An unfortunate reality we didn’t want to accept.
With our day spent driving among this golden grass, we made our way to one of the huts to warm up.
It was like the heat from our hot chocolate was telling us that the pot was finally boiling.
This is what we’ve waited for. Only better.
We’re travelling towards Chimborazo, the highest mountain in Ecuador. It hold another, more surprising distinction. This peak, is the closest point on Earth to the sun. And we would be trying to set a new elevation record driving up it.
The town of Banos has a lot to offer for adventure seekers. Something interesting we learned is that it’s home to the only
Ecuador is every part of the word diverse. Amongst active volcanos and amazonian rivers, we camped with fire, and set a new elevation record at 4800 M. Warm faces welcomed us in the most unexpected of ways. This country is awesome, and we only scratched the surface.
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