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Article: Exploring Ecuador Tour the colonial capital and discover the indigenous culture of the Andes.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2002
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Byline: Kathy Rodeghier Going Places Editor
In a country the size of Colorado, Ecuador packs a world of appeal for eco-tourists and anyone interested in art, native cultures and breathtaking landscapes.
You'll find the world's highest active volcano slumbering here along the Pan American Highway. Though Cotopaxi lies less than 60 miles south of the equator, its summit, topping 19,347 feet, stays crowned with snow year-round. When it last erupted in 1877 it triggered an avalanche of melting ice that thundered all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Students of geography find plenty of textbook examples of unusual land formations such as this, along ...