Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Mindo Lindo


Today we made a special day trip out of the city, to Mindo, about an hour northwest of Quito. I love going this way - the changes in the weather, vegetation, wildlife. The waterfalls coming down out of tree-covered mountains. Steep cliffs plunging down to small, trickling (or raging) rivers.


We got a big umbrella leaf along the way. Put him in the back seat but I'm not sure he was comfortable - not a lot of space back there for him.


Here is a sense of how big these things are.


Perfect for getting out of the sun or rain with.


Spent some time in a tree-cabin resort (El Carmelo). Had a nice time walking around the grounds.


On the way home, a little Ecuador-adventure for you: a landslide, which kept us oh so close yet oh so far from home for about an hour while people tried to build a ramp out of sand in order to get around it. A bit too much adventure for me, perhaps, as the land kept sliding down.


Well, that's living in Ecuador for you!

3 comments:

Jennie said...

scary--glad you guys are ok, now you can just say it was a cool experience :-)

Chris Miller said...

Isn't that the same place where we saw all the hummingbirds?

Amy Elizabeth said...

Such nice pictures!