Pictures from a five months internship in Quito, Ecuador. As a matter of course, I didn’t spent any weekend entirely in Quito and tried to see as much as possible of this beautiful country instead …

Midad del mundo: the equator

View from the mountain station of Quito’s cable car.

Quito

Well known Lagune (Quichocha)

Banos, near the jungle.

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Two day hike onto Quito’s close-by mountains Rucu and Guaga Pichincha

ditto. The vulcanos Illinizas in the background.

Beautiful Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi

A touristic trip to the bottom of Cotopaxi and a subsequent downhill.

Night at the mountain station of Quito’s cable car for acclimation purposes

Hut between Illiniza Norte and Sur

Iliniza Norte

Iliniza Sur

The crater of the vulcano Cotopaxi (approx. 5900 m)

View from the Cotopaxi.

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ditto (the Ilinizas in the background)

Cotopaxi’s south slope

Back to the base camp after a successful ascent

Ibarra

Supposedly the highest waterfall in Equador (St. Rafael)

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Vulcano El Corazon