Another Mindo flower

Mindo: The cloudforest

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June 23rd 2010
So, we left Quito early in the morning because we couldn´t get current bus info but we knew there was a bus around 8 a.m. headed for Mindo, 2 hours northwest of Quito. The bus terminal was 45 minutes away from our hostel, so it's good that we left an hour early because the buses in Ecuador, unlike in Colombia, often leave on time if not early. We arrived in Mindo around 10 a.m. and spent some ... read more

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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