Blogs from Mindo, North, Ecuador, South America - page 4

Yesterday we took a day trip to Mindo. It is a 2 hour drive (but only 80 km from Quito). Along the way we stopped at the equator. There was an interesting museum where you could see how the water drains straight down on the equator line and then drains counter clockwise or clockwise, depending on which side of the equator you stand. You could also balance an egg on the top of a nail head and see how the pull of gravity is effected by the equator when you walk in a straight line with your eyes closed - it’s hard to keep your balance. The sun was very intense and Brad and Alysia managed to get sun burnt in the short time we were there. Mindo is located in the cloud forest region of ... read more

Mindo is such a beautiful town, very small but very friendly and we had lots of fun on the Ziplines! I want to go back there as I didn´t see the Cascadas this time!!... read more

Hi, It is Omer and today I am going to tell you about a village called Mindo. Mindo is a cloud forest surrounded by many activities. It is two hours away from Quito, the Capital of Ecuador. Our hostel was called Cabanas Armonia (or in English “Harmony Cabins”) and it had also an orchid garden. There were 2 dogs: one called Balu and the other Osito. When we got to Mindo it was already afternoon so we were very tired after all the bus rides of the day (2 bus rides from Otavalo). So, we went to the hostel, we checked in and went to look for a restaurant to have dinner. The next morning we had breakfast in the hostel, then we went to the town and looked how can we sign up to do ... read more

The timeline... Mindo: January 12-15 Otavalo: January 15-19 From the Ecuadorian coast we sadly departed from the beautiful beaches and headed towards the north/central highlands... A 7 hr night bus was preceded by Pizza and Cocktails by the beach...well, we needed to sweeten the pot just a little for this mission! A relaxing time in the Cloudforests around Mindo was followed by four days of exploring the area around Otavalo, in the Highlands just to the north of Quito... MINDO Mindo, a quiet rural town in the mountains 2 hrs to the West of Quito is home to some of Ecuadors finest birds and aventurous activities. Its just $2.50 from Quito so it makes a great place to visit for many city dwellers. We enjoyed the food there, served and prepared by locals with heart in ... read more

So, I haven´t been updating this thing and I had forgotten about my visit to the Pantanal Brazil...so here goes a blurb on that. I had been on the road by myself for a while..meaning I had left behin Kat back in El Calafate Argentina...I went back to South Chile...got sick...got better...hung out with Piero and his family for a while....flew back up to Santiago CHile...visited Adrian´s Parents..then meanered my way from West ARgentina (Mendoza) all the way to Buenos Aires..where I ended up being suckered into staying for a month...After that month Kat and I decided to meet up again and travel together. From here we traveled together through Iguazu Falls, then headed into Brazil where because of bad weather we decided to only visit the west side of Brazil...here we visited Bonito for ... read more