{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"Cotopaxi - Majestic and Elusive &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"d1JkRHw6Y6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/cotopaxi-majestic-and-elusive\/\">Cotopaxi &#8211; Majestic and Elusive<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/cotopaxi-majestic-and-elusive\/embed\/#?secret=d1JkRHw6Y6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cotopaxi &#8211; Majestic and Elusive&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"d1JkRHw6Y6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Our trip to Cotopaxi National Park was scheduled on Christmas day and filled with cheer and goodwill we drove from Quito. Cotopaxi &#8211; as we have seen in pictures has something majestic. May be it is the perfect conical shape, may be it is snow clad summit, may be its active status, may be it&#8217;s elusiveness. Cotopaxi located in the Andes mountain range is typically surrounded by low lying clouds like most of the highland Ecuador, making is very elusive. On rare clear days one can see Cotopaxi from the highest point in Quito &#8211; El Panecillo but it was just our luck that the day we were at the El Panecillo, it was completely clouded and we could hardly get a peek of the majestic peak. We left Quito at around 8am and we made our way towards Cotopaxi National Park located 50 miles south of Quito. As we left behind the city of Quito and drove on we were surrounded by volcanoes. We were in the Ring of Fire, the Avenue of volcanoes as it was called. It is a feeling of awe and wonder as we realized beneath our feet there was bubbling lava and one day [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/DSC4707.jpg"}