Mindo

birds and butterflies

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November 8th 2006
I am traveling outside of Quito for a few weeks, and will put up new pictures soon, but just wanted to post some that have been on my flash drive for a while (and now that my friend Bernhard has sent some of his (better) photos... danke!) These are from a trip to Mindo a couple of weeks ago. Mindo is a teeny town two hours away from Quito at the edge of a giant biological reserve. Bernhard (an ... 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