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Adventures in Mindo
On Saturday we took a trip to a little town called Mindo. It was a touristy type of day. After a 30-45 minute hike up a mountainous road (we opted to walk instead of drive) we got to a cable car that took us from one mountain side to another. One on the other side, we hiked through the rain forest to a gorgeous waterfall. It was so powerful that you couldn't get anywhere close to where the water crashed into the pool below. We did swim around and the water wa
s freezing! Once we couldn't take the cold water any longer we hiked back up to the cable car and returned to the other mountain. Then, we got to ride the ziplines. Not 1 zipline, or even 2 or 3, but 13 consecutive ziplines! It was amazing. We zig-zagged between mountains, soaring over treetops, roads, and rivers. I even got to go upsidedown once! After so much activity we took a lunch break. But we didn't stop for long. Even cold tempertures and drizzle didn't keep us from our last event of the day. We went rafting down the river. This wasn't an ordinary rafting trip. We were on a series of intertubes tied together in a flower pattern. Each of us sat where 3 intertubes met and held onto the ropes tying them together for dear life. This river was crazy! There were rocks -- extremely large rocks -- everywhere. Somtimes our guides navigated around them, but other times we went right over them. It was one of the coldest experiences of my life (most of us were shivering uncontrollably) but the thrill of the ride and the beauty of the river were completely worth it!
On Saturday we took a trip to a little town called Mindo. It was a touristy type of day. After a 30-45 minute hike up a mountainous road (we opted to walk instead of drive) we got to a cable car that took us from one mountain side to another. One on the other side, we hiked through the rain forest to a gorgeous waterfall. It was so powerful that you couldn't get anywhere close to where the water crashed into the pool below. We did swim around and the water wa
s freezing! Once we couldn't take the cold water any longer we hiked back up to the cable car and returned to the other mountain. Then, we got to ride the ziplines. Not 1 zipline, or even 2 or 3, but 13 consecutive ziplines! It was amazing. We zig-zagged between mountains, soaring over treetops, roads, and rivers. I even got to go upsidedown once! After so much activity we took a lunch break. But we didn't stop for long. Even cold tempertures and drizzle didn't keep us from our last event of the day. We went rafting down the river. This wasn't an ordinary rafting trip. We were on a series of intertubes tied together in a flower pattern. Each of us sat where 3 intertubes met and held onto the ropes tying them together for dear life. This river was crazy! There were rocks -- extremely large rocks -- everywhere. Somtimes our guides navigated around them, but other times we went right over them. It was one of the coldest experiences of my life (most of us were shivering uncontrollably) but the thrill of the ride and the beauty of the river were completely worth it!
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