Mindo Hostels - Reviews and Rates

The next day we grabbed breakfast at a Venezuelan place and had slightly disappointing arepas. We stopped at a couple of tourist info spots before finding one info center run by an American expat near the main plaza. He gave us tons of invaluable information (making our previous tourist center stops unnecessary) and pointed us in the direct...

Travelling for this length of time has felt, quite clearly, self-serving. For this reason, it was great to be able volunteer, and at least be under the impression that we are giving back a little to the countries where we are travelling. Regardless, it was a blast and also a nice opportunity to stay put in one location for a week.

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After a rather hair-raising day spent in Quito withdrawing the required $600 from numerous cash machines (I had to stuff the money into my socks and pants to be safe!), I headed off to the wee small village of Nanegal, 2 hours north of Quito in the cloud forests.

For those of you unaware of why there are...

MORE PHOTOS LOCKED ON THE DODGY MEMORY STICK - SORRY PEEPS ....we arrived in Mindo in the dark, about 10,30pm. The car pulled up by a load of bamboo shoots, and the first thing we noticed was what sounded like a roaring waterfall. In fact it turned out to be a roaring river; the challenge - our hotel was the other side of it - it was pitch black...

11/12/07 Mindo was a couple of hours from Quito. It was a nice trip and we have just spent today relaxing and reading, it is our 1st day to rest and it is much needed! The weather here is miserable, tomorrow we will hopefully be going for a walk in the cloud forest if weather permits. We stayed in a place with 3 guys who owned the place, they li...

A couple of weeks since my last entry. Nothing incredibly exciting transpired for the most part, mostly purely logistical details. I celebrated New Year´s in a beach community north of Trujillo in a town called Huanchaco. The most memorable thing about the evening was that I was abroad, but unfortunately being abroad did not result in a more enj...