Mindo!

Ok everyone,
So this last weekend I went to a small village near the jungle called Mindo with a group of 12 people. (It was only two hours and 4$ away)

On our bus ride down, a portion of our group happened to meet an person from the U.S., who does freelance guide-ing in Mindo, which means we got very lucky. He instantly became our friend and proceeded to save us time and money everywhere we went. We ended up staying in a very nice Hostel for six dollars a night (that came with hot showers and breakfast each morning..)

The first thing we did after we arrived was go zip-lining. It was fantastic! There were 13 different lines and it took over two hours to do them all (costing us a whopping 13 dollars per person) and it was amazing. The jungle was so pretty and the ziplines where so amazingly fast and fun. Then we went and listened to the frog concert, which is at an area that is preserved in order to foster the most frog species possible.We wrapped up the night by getting pizza and going dancing. (pizza here is so much better than at home by the way)

The next day we got up early and immediately went tubing down the river, through rapids haha. It was amazing, these guides just strap 7 tubes together and then help you not die (they're very good at it). after that, we ate at this fantastic little market, and then went canyoning. We took a gondola thing really far into the jungle, hiked through the jungle while it was pouring rain, and then repelled down the side of a waterfall! That all took a while, so when we got back, we had dinner and met up with another group of white people to go dancing again.

The only thing we did on the last day was tour the Chocolate factory in Mindo, where they make their own chocolate and also roast their own coffee beans. I swear that was the best brownie I've ever had.

Next weekend is Otavollo, a city of weavers, talk to you then!