I left Otavalo and headed back to Quito, and traveled further south to the Cotopaxi National Park. We hiked up to the end of the glacier on the volcano, at about 5000 meters above NN, for a "breathtaking" view. I went on to Latacunga, a good starting point for hikes in the surrounding like the Quilotoa- Loop. The Quilotoa-Lake is a beautiful crater lake, whose colors - blue and green - never seem to mix up, but create new looks and shapes all the time. I took a bus south to Riobamba, vendors hoping on and off all the time, selling everything from antibacterial soap, dvds, "fritatas" to madarinas. I started to work as an volunteer in the animal rescue center at the "centro ecologico zanjarajuno", east of a small town called Puyo a week ago, more about that next week....