We woke up at 7 and went for breakfast with Laura (from the boat, so fun to meet again!) and while eating we overheard a few germans talking about Cotopaxi so we teamed up and went by ourselves instead of booking an expensive tour. We caught the bus north and by the entrance of the park we negotiated with a tour guide and got the price down to $12 since there were 6 of us. We saw wild horses and a fox and a rabbit, and just as we were closing in on the glacier (which is as high as you are allowed to go atm because of an explosion (meaning only gas and smoke, no lava - that is an eruption as we learnt today) that occurred in 2015) the sun decided to show up and the peak emerged from the clouds and we just went crazy, took a hundred pictures and jumped of joy (only for a moment though, not a lot of oxygen on 4800 m) before heading to the hut for the very anticipated hot chocolate.