A couple months after I arrived to Quito, I took my first trip to a different city. My boyfriend and I decided to take short trip to a town called "Mindo." Mindo is a 45 minute drive from Quito along winding, and twisting roads. We didn't take a car though, we took a bus. To get to Mindo you don't use the main bus terminal, which is in the south of Quito (Quitumbe Terminal.) Mindo is in the other direction, so we took the metro to the north bus terminal, "Terminal Terrestre Norte." The metro runs along Avenida America, a main street in Quito, and is fairly easy to use (it's only 25 cents). We got off at a stop called "La Ofelia," and bought our tickets at a window. Buying tickets at the station is
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