Back From Mindo

Just got back from Mindo, a cool little mountain town a couple hours from Quito. It has some pristine cloud forest, lots of rivers and a ton to do. I did a bunch of hiking, ziplined around, floated down a river and generally had a great time. I came back to Quito today as the power had been out for two days up there, and I wanted to get back to civilization.

Next, I`m headed to the Cotopaxi Volcano to stay at this hostel in the middle nowhere. I guess there are lots of hikes, bike rides and whatnot to do in the area. I wanted to climb the volcano, but being an idiot I didn`t bring my hiking boots, just running shoes. I don`t want to shell out for another pair on top of the expensive trip to the top so I`m going to pass on hiking it and just hike around it.

I`m finally posting some pictures that I salvaged from my various camera disasters. I`ll try and get some up from Mindo, but don`t want to plug it into the sketchy computer I`m in so am going to hold off till I can burn them onto a CD.

Cool door in Quito

Plaza Grande in Quito

View from the top of Basilica Voto Nacional

Cool window

Quito from the Teleferico

Church where I got yelled at (a sign might be a good idea?)for taking pictures of the blinged out interior

Basilica Voto Nacional

Hiking the Teleferico

Thunderclouds

Lupine and paintbrush at 4200 meters