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The 4,850m high Apachata Pass is just moment away from here and in the distance are the three Lagunas seen earlier on during the ascent. I could not find a better spot to have all of them in one shot along the trail.
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As the trail lead steadily up towards the 4,850m high Apachata (Ausangate) Pass I was greeted with the...(more)
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The enormous glacier covering the backside or southwestern face of Massif Ausangate is beau...(more)
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The first snow storm had just subsided by the time I set foot on the shore of Pumacocha and the landscape looked even bleaker having re...(more)
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As one descends from Arapa Pass the first real lake that one skirts past is the dark coloured Yanacocha. The blue sky that started o...(more)
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Nestled at the foot of the southwestern face of massif Ausangate, Pumacocha Lake, also known as the Jatun Pucacocha lake is actu...(more)
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It took about an hour and a half or so to hike from the small settlement of Upis to the first hurdl...(more)
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I was alresdy soaked to the skin having caught in one of the heaviest snow storm on the way down the 4859m high Arapa Pass, th...(more)
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The 4850m high Arapa Pass was like a breeze to me but I was soon caught in a snow storm that soon engulfed the entire landsca...(more)
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The huge crater lake of Quilotoa, measured almost 3km across at its widest part is filled with water that over the years has...(more)
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Known as El Cuarto del Rescate, or simply the Ransom House this is the only remains of the ancient Incan Pa...(more)
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The Basilica del Voto Nacional is the most imposing sturcture in the old town of Quito and also the largest Neogothic cathedral in...(more)
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At 3900m above sea level, Laguna Quilotoa is the westernmost crater lake in Ecuador. Located approximately an hour and a half ...(more)
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Though by late morning the blazing sun had made the walk up to the Caretaker's Hut a sweaty affair the place was visited by ...(more)
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By the time the sun finally rose above the clouds, I had already waded some distance out. The s...(more)
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It was cloudy when I left early from Camp Paso in the morning but soon the clouds lifted and I was rewarded with a nice view of Glacier Grey 200m below me.
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The fire that destroyed a large part of the forest in Torres del Paine National Park in Jan 2012 brought on an early autumn landscape there. These trees were mostly singed and might survive.
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A fire accidentally started by a Czech backpacker back in 2005 swept the eastern part of Torres del Paine nationa...(more)
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As I was climbing over this northern ridge of Cerro Paine a vast stratocumulus cloud arrived over the turqu...(more)
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The larger Lago Dickson is fed by the impressive Glacier Dickson which flows down from Cerro Cubo. Refugio Dickson lies on that stretch of grassland below.
