Mindo, Ecuador
Hi from Mindo- this is a small town (2000 people) at 1250 m. We have had some fantastic birding so far - got up at 4am, hiked for 4 hours before breakfast ( fried balls of mashed green banas mixed with chicken, really good, cheese empanadas, fruit and great coffee), drove an hour to a farm where the farmer tookus on a track in a cart pulled by his tractor then we got in harnesses and were belayed down bamboo ladders (one with water spraying on it from a waterfall...