Subject: Post: <p>We found Mindo to actually be a nice city with a lot of interesting things to do, so we decided to stay here for another night and spend the day exploring the area.</p><p>The morning was started with a hike through jungle to a waterfall. Nothing spectacular in that, the waterfall was relatively small and all the animals in the jungle where nowhere to be seen. The beginning of the hiking trail was accessed in a funny way though: We crossed a valley on a cable car, which was obviously self-made and powered by a car engine with transmission, brakes and all. There was a guy running the engine with regular car pedals, and the cable car was actually fast running around 50km/h some 50 meters above the valley.</p><p>Later on we stopped on a small guesthouse to have a cup of local coffee and observe the hummingbirds which they had flying around in countless numbers. Then followed a tour to the local chocolate factory and learning how they create hand made chocolate from the cacao beans using very simple tools.</p><p>After dinner we signed up to a night walking tour in the jungle, having a very enthusiastic guy as our guide into the world of nocturnal animals like insects, spiders, frogs and bats. That was actually extremely interesting to see the animals in the wild, especially as the guide was very knowledgeable about them. Obviously they organize longer reptile spotting tours around Ecuador also.</p> Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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