This weekend I took a short trip to Mindo. Mindo is in a valley, as opposed to Quito in the high sierras. It is most known for its cloud forest. I took a ski lift-type ride, called the tarabita, over the forest and then hiked to three waterfalls. It was incredibly humid which made the hike more difficult, but the views were amazing. On the sides of the trail were huge leaves larger than the size of my head, some of which were beginning to decompose into the ground. Another thing Mindo is known for is their chocolate and coffee, and you can bet that I stopped to try them there!
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