Ecuador 2003:
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bus from Quito, Ecuador to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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At Bartolome Island we boarded our jetty for a short ride to the landing site for the climb to the top of the island. From there we had a short 45 minute climb to the top of Bartolome. We climbed the trail, wooden steps and boardwalk (to protect the fragile volcanic tufa and native Tiquilia from human induced erosion), and got a view of the lunar-like volcanic landscape of lava flows and spatter cones. |
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