The trail

Mindo

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October 16th 2005
Rumor has it that biblical scholars think they have found the location of Eden. Standing here, at my window in the hostal El Rocio, I am fairly certain that I have found it, too. Eden is in Mindo, Ecuador. Mindo is located approximately two and a half hours north-northwest of Quito in a cloud forest roughly 1500 meters above sea level. It is a world teeming with life. Vines, flowers and pl ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mindo

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more