Quito/Cotopaxi Day 2

Good evening. I hope you all enjoyed the pictures of the "tired travelers" that I posted about an hour ago. Needless to say, today was a busy day. We began the day eating breakfast at 7:15am on the 7th floor of our hotel. From there, we all boarded our tour bus and traveled about 2 hours south of Quito to Cotopaxi, Ecuador's largest active volcano. We made a few pit stops along the way for some pictures (mainly for Mr. Pirring), a few snacks, and of course the ever important bathroom break. Here is a picture of a popular snack amongst the group.

As we reached 12,500 feet above sea level, Cotopaxi stood in front of us, mammouth with ice capped peaks gleaming in the brief sunlight. Here is one of the pictures Mr. Pirring took as we all stood at a lake below the summit of Cotopaxi. Mind you, the summit of Cotopaxi is 19,640 feet above sea level, some 7,000 additional feet above where we were.

Click here to see the video we took while on this tour.

Here is a group picture our tour guide took of us near the lake. Beautiful scenery....

We had the opportunity to stop at a small market at the foothill of Cotopaxi. It seemed like we all had a similar taste in hats.

Although we have seen some great sights in Quito, everyone seems to really be looking forward to our adventures that begin tomorrow morning in the Galapagos. We will be up at 5:45am, eating breakfast and leaving for the airport at 7:30am. Our flight leaves for the Galapagos at 9:30am. I am sure the stories and pictures will continue to amaze. We hope you are all enjoying following our adventures. Be back soon.......