Blogs from Mindo, North, Ecuador, South America - page 7

Hej igen Efter nogle dage uden netforbindelse har vi langt om laenge fundet en internetforbindelse igen. Det er nok paa denne maade, at I kan komme i kontakt med os, for vores mobiltelefoner virker ikke hernede. Vi har siden sidst vaaeret nogle dage i taageregnskoven i Bellavista. Det var en stor oplevelse, specielt kolibrierne har vaeret en kaempeoplevelse for hele familien. Det er lige til at have med at goere, naar man kan staa og kigge 'paa en meters afstand ved foderautomaterne med sukkervand. Klara og Halfdan har staaet og proevet at roere ved dem, og det er vist lykkedes nogle enkelte gange. Naar og hvis der kommer billeder med paa et tidspunkt har vi nogle stykker at vise frem. Ellers har vi gaaet lange ture i bjergene med guider og set tukaner og mange andre ... read more

Hi All, We are in Mindo, a small village about 2 hours from Quito. Mindo is lower than Quito, and so it has tropical cloud forest (which means it´s almost a jungle - lots of trees, plants, birds and insects). We came here yesterday, had a nice hike where we saw lots of butterflies, and slept in a very nice hostel, 5 minutes walk outside of town, almost in the middle of the jungle. Today we went to see some waterfalls, outside of town. You get there by crossing a valley on a thing which is almost a sky tram, but not quite. It´s an open box, where you sit while crossing. The waterfalls were very lovely, and we had a nice hike. Today we are going to start to head south towards Peru. We´re supposed ... read more

Hello again everyone. Im desperately trying to catch up on my blogs as Im a week behind so I apologise for the sudden influx of information. I also must apologise for the terrible spelling and grammer. I have just read over my previous entries and Im beginning to think I should work on my English before I even venture close to Spanish!! I will say , however, that these flipping keyboards are a nightmare, dispite all keys being marked as normal, your very unlikely to find a keyboard with the right caracters on the right buttons...a very cunning way to keep your customers on the internet as long as possible!!! On Friday I decided to head to the equator with my amigos. I was not that interested in this trip really , but I guess you ... read more

Mindo Me and Miriam as we had our friends car for the weekend decided to take a trip to Mindo a small town about an two hours or so outside of Quito. There you can do various things like tube rafting, cable sliding and swim at the different waterfalls on the river Nambillo. First we had some lunch after the drive steak apanada (breaded) for around three dollars and a huge plate at that! So after lunch we (I) decided to take a walk to the River to see whats up. Along the way we saw various groups ready with protective helmet and life saver to take on the tame rapids of the Rio Nambillo. Moving on we continued to climb the hill to find the waterfalls which as the sign indicated were around two miles ... read more

ok I swear, I am all caught up after this. so no more double entry days! love you all! June 9 This weekend we are staying at a lodge in the subtropical rainforest near a little touristy town called Mindo. I can't quite believe I'm in a rainforest! We've spent this weekend hiking and taking in all the nature we possibly can before returning to Quito tomorrow. I can't quite believe I've gone hiking in the subtropics, isn't that wild? Yesterday was the biggest adventure I've had hiking. Though in Spanish the forest is called "bosque nublado" or "cloud forest", it quickly became apparent that it is more rainy than cloudy. About an hour into our two-hour hike, we walked right into a downpour. Even with the huge canopy of trees overhead, the rain soaked us ... read more