Yes, we are in Ecuador, yes there is snow, and no… it is not Bambi! Nor a deer, as I first thought, but a vicuña. The vicuña is an animal that can only be found in the Andes at altitudes of 3,500 meters and higher. Its fur allows it to camouflage itself very well in the vegetation of the Andean plateaus. But I have to admit that it doesn’t really work on snow! However, neither she nor I expected to see snow that day in Ecuador. In this photo, we’re at an elevation of 4,400 meters at the entrance to Chimborazo Park, the country’s highest volcano at 6,268 meters and the farthest from the center of the earth due to its location on the equator. When I arrive, there’s no snow, so I climb to 5,360 m; I don’t go higher because first, I’d need a guide and then I’d be on an expedition, and second, the weather is changing. 15 minutes later, it’s snowing heavily, the wind is picking up, it’s dark and it’s like winter in the French Alps… I ran back down and helped push a broken-down van along the narrow path, which promptly agreed to take me back down to the park entrance. Already amazed by the arrival of the snow, I’m stunned by the presence of what I think are deer – I feel like I’m on another planet…