Bird watching

Mindo

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September 19th 2014
Mindo is in the cloud forest two hours north west of Quito with a populaion of approximately 4,000. We arrived around lunch time and caught up with Kate (the Canadian we met in Sucre) in the afternoon for chocolate brownies at El Quetzal while the sky decided to open and pour with rain. We quickly learnt that this happened regularly in the afternoons. The next morning we were up reasonably earl ... 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