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Mindo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mindo, Ecuador
Morning Glory : featuring Cock of the Rock
This is a top pick! ... We were joined by four lovely ladies from Canada who had done a cruise of the Galapagos and were spending their last few days in Mindo. They wanted a taxi to Quito for tomorrow so we agreed to jump in the back of the truck that we had booked with all the ...
From Coastline to Cloudforest
This is a top pick! ... got a taxi to the bus station. We then headed for Mindo a place known as one of the best twitching spots not only in Ecuador but possibly the world. That is right we are officially twitchers and looking forward to a bit of birding (that is a technical ...
Off the Beaten Track
This is a top pick! ... like mushrooms, all with their "ecotourism" labels. We visited a local NGO conservation organization - "Amigos de la Naturaleza-Mindo" - and were impressed by the work they were doing in providing educational activities for local communities aimed at ...
Bird on a wire? No? Just us then...
This is a top pick! ... trip with – small world – they were just in town for the day having hired a driver to drive them around Ecuador – how posh. After another delicious meal we went back to the hostel and as Andrew slept in the hammock on the balcony ...
Toucan relax in the cloud forest
This is a top pick! ... seemed to be paying in kind with the odd chocolate bar and lighted cigarette being passed to the driver. When we had arrived in Ecuador the headline news was about yet another bus crash with 41 dead and I must admit this all came back to mind when ...
Back to Basics.......
This is a top pick! Got the local bus to Mindo today- this peaceful village boasts 500 species of birds so we are organising a birdwatching trip for the morning but for today we wanted an adrenaline rush and we got it- tubing down the river! As the river was so fast it only ...
'He cries, he cries, Maradona'
... us from the sloshing of beer in the aisles behind and above us. It was an exciting match with spectacular goaltending on Ecuador's side. The crowd cried, 'Yes, it's possible!' and 'He cries, cries, Maradona,' mocking the famous Argentinian coach and ...
Butterflies, humming birds, and orchids--oh my!
... seen them just hanging out in trees and sitting on the feeders like this without their wings flapping a billion times per second. Ecuador is home to hundreds of different species of humming birds, but we mainly saw this green and turquoise one. Here is ...
Cloudforest paradise
So glad I stopped by here. Beautiful.... I saw hundreds of hummingbirds, many waterfalls, jungle-like forest, and ziplined over a big valley. The main difference between rainforest and cloudforest is that cloudforest is on a higher ...
Into the Clouds
... cloud forest. I can say that I am very pleased with my experience there, and I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Ecuador! Now I am relaxing at my hostel back in Quito. I have an extra early morning tomorrow (probably waking up at about 4 a.m., ...
mudslides, waterfalls, and a jalopy
Hi Tori, I am hoping that this is the only e-mail that I have to send you because I don't want to bog you down with too many details and I know you will want some time to relax a bit, time with dad and RTD too. Read the note I left in ...
Adventures in Mindo
... , we set off on another epic Andes journey (including a near miss of a landslide in the road) through the misty jungle. Mindo is a small town about 2 hours North of Quito set in tropical cloud forest. It´s totally gorgeous and made ...
Birding in Birding Paradise (the Hirts arrive)
... and we fell into a deep but short sleep. Up early again, we were off and headed to a lower elevation in the Mindo region. Here again, "life birds" began to reveal themselves all around us including beautiful tanagers, trogans, motmots and toucans. ...
Mork & Mindo
... the breath taking views, species, and available fruits & veggies,,, it seems as tho neither words nor pictures can fully define Ecuador....This latest trip was about 2 hours north & west of Quito to the town of Mindo....A tourist destination, yes, ...
Mindo es Lindo
After a lovely two weeks with Josh's family and amazing adventures in two of Ecuador’s most diverse landscapes, we set off for Mindo. Only a few hours outside of Quito it was the perfect place for us to get back into the swing of things – a ...
The Cloud Forest
... I dug 16!! We have also seen all kinds of wildlife - all kinds of birds, and a tarantula!Today, we all took a bus into Mindo - a local tourist town. Here we found a really nice hostel to stay in as well as places to get amazing food. There are lost of ...
Cloud forest, shopping and an active volcano
... a go and raved about it, though afraid to say I satisfied myself with appreciating the cloud forest from ground level! Otherwise Mindo is mainly a destination for dedicated twitchers who get up at 5am to seek out the region's exotic birdlife. Needless to ...
Supermen and Mariposes (Butterflies) !!!
... phones - he walked past the window! T.I.E. (no not theatre in education or this is africa) but what we decided was fitting - This Is Ecuador! So after some food and a good catch up and all that and a beer or two we were much more settled in! When Kaylea ...
Mindo- The Cloud Forest
Up in the Cloud Forest- Mindo, Ecuador. This gorgeous little town lies north of Quito and is the destination for backpackers and bird watchers. This morning I flew across the forest canopy on 13 zip lines! I hiked for 7 hours- bird ...
mindo
Today we got up and looked for tourist information. since there were no other tourists in town we decided to go on a trip by ourselves- big mistake! the locals told us about a group of waterfalls (in spanish, so we didnt understand anything). everyone ...
Cloud Forest
Mindo After running into the two Frenchies at the Magic Bean in Quito, we decided to go to Mindo in the Cloud Forest. We had a recommendation to stay at Cabana Bambu, which turned out to be a great little place, with hammocks and ...
It's a Jungle out there!!
... lazy day with no plans turned quickly into my 1st Pan-American Highway trip out of Quito (heading west) to the little town of Tulipe, Ecuador....On the way to Tulipe, i documented (or at least tried to document) our (my) 1st trip into the Jungle & ...
adios Ecuador!
... think that goes somewhere along the river in the Amazon, or is found at the time of prehistoric monsters. Mindo is one of the last places in Ecuador, where original cloud forest remained. For next day we had arranged birdwatching. We had to get up for ...
Me Encanta Ecuador
... ; Well there hasn't been much time to devote to the old blog, so I'll take this opportunity to say that Ecuador has taken my breath away (both literally and figuratively--at 9,350 ft elevation the air in Quito is so thin ...
rodeos and bbq´s
so, busted out of quito FINALLY after my intense round of mid-terms. headed down to chunchi, and ingapirca. friday went to another rodeo, this was cool, got there just as they were building the corral on the soccer field. as soon as one section was ...
Day one
... across a chasm to trails that lead down to waterfalls. We swam in the falls for a couple hours and then had a brief lunch in Mindo before coming back to Quito. It was a nice and relaxing way to spend my saturday. This morning I said farewell to Tere and ...
mudslides, etc. part 2
..... continued... We heard the sound of the rushing water as the path twisted around the bend. The girls took off running towards the cascada, the rushing waterfall that was on the opposite side of the Rio Malo. Dozens of stories high, the ...
At the centre of the universe...
... bus wouldn't they! Interesting enough place, La Mital del Mundo, with lots of information on the varios indigenous peoples of Ecuador. There's plenty of building work going on around there, as a whole town has grown up around the monument / ...
Mindo cloud forest
The four remaining volunteers and our two team leaders made the 2 hour drive to the town of Mindo this morning. It is 4,000 feet lower than Quito (but still has an elevation of 5,000 feet). Despite being so high, it has a lush, ...