Mindo pt. 2

As promised, a post full of pictures from the weekend we spent in Mindo a bit ago. So, following along with the last post, here we go.

Just a picture of Mindo, with us hanging out, trying to figure out the next plan.

One of the 13 ziplines of the tour, and we each got to do a "trick," as they called it. This was called the Mariposa (spanish for "butterfly") and you could probably see why; that's me being held upside-down by one of the guides. This whole zipline I was upside-down, it was the most ridiculous thing ever. Amazing.

Us eating at our favorite pizza spot, where a small cheese was $1. Our guide, Randy, is on the right. We ended up eating about 6 meals at this place, so good!

My "room" in our hostel, notice the amazing spongebob sheets. For some reason, every single bed in this hostel had spongebob seats. Hanging is the mostquito net that failed to really protect me.

Our preferred method of transportation, the most fun car ride I've ever had.

The cable car we had to take to get to the other side of the jungle, on our way to the waterfall.

View while flying over the cloud forest via cable car. Remember that we're about 1000 feet above the forest floor. Scary experience, but incredibly breathtaking at the same time.

Left out of the last post, we had to cross about 4 of these wood and wire bridges to get to the waterfall. It was POURING the whole time. After becoming comfortable with the bridges, it ended up being a lot of fun to walk to the center and use as a trampoline.

The water fall we descended! Keep in mind this was the 2nd half of the descent, and I was being supported by a thin rope, and descending with my own strength, nothing like what I expected. For some reason, I don't think this would be legal in the US without a consent and liability form (we signed nothing the whole trip).

That's about it for the weekend, I'll get another post up soon about my most recent trip to Otavalo.

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