¡Hola!
Ecuador is an amazing country!!
Emerald hills rise up around us as our bus winds through the seemingly endless twists and turns towards Mindo, a small town north of Quito. We arrive mid-day and make our way to Hotel Gypsy where we laze for hours in the soft sway of our hammocks.
After an interesting conversation (with a lot of help from our trusty phrasebook) with the hotel owner, we decide to go on a little hike to some cascada´s (waterfalls). Once there our tour guide (which we were made to pay 3$ each for) took us strait to a cliff edge, threw a rock over, and motioned for us to jump. After a few moments of "¿agua metro?" we were assured we would not hit the bottom after the 12m fall. Im proud to say I was the first to have the balls to jump off.
After making a deal with one of the locals, Vikki jumped, then the local... and Mike last, only after the locals reminded him that he had shook on it. Ill try and fingure out how to post the video.
Up the river we slid down a very sketchy looking torpedo (waterslide). öooo, chicka rapido...muy rapido" exclaimed our guide as Vikki bulleted out the bottom.
The locals we shared our jump with kindly offered (insisted) that they give us a ride down.. it was much to far to walk.... we listed to usher and bob marley on the ride down.
The local breakfast seems to be fresh juice of whatever fruit is handy in the kitchen, eegs, coffee, and a bun with cheese. YUM. (1-2$)
We plan to spend the next two weeks in Ibarra (where we arrived last night) for >Vic and Mike to train on the comp wall.
Ciao for now
Stace (and Vic)
Ecuador is an amazing country!!
Emerald hills rise up around us as our bus winds through the seemingly endless twists and turns towards Mindo, a small town north of Quito. We arrive mid-day and make our way to Hotel Gypsy where we laze for hours in the soft sway of our hammocks.
After an interesting conversation (with a lot of help from our trusty phrasebook) with the hotel owner, we decide to go on a little hike to some cascada´s (waterfalls). Once there our tour guide (which we were made to pay 3$ each for) took us strait to a cliff edge, threw a rock over, and motioned for us to jump. After a few moments of "¿agua metro?" we were assured we would not hit the bottom after the 12m fall. Im proud to say I was the first to have the balls to jump off.
After making a deal with one of the locals, Vikki jumped, then the local... and Mike last, only after the locals reminded him that he had shook on it. Ill try and fingure out how to post the video.
Up the river we slid down a very sketchy looking torpedo (waterslide). öooo, chicka rapido...muy rapido" exclaimed our guide as Vikki bulleted out the bottom.
The locals we shared our jump with kindly offered (insisted) that they give us a ride down.. it was much to far to walk.... we listed to usher and bob marley on the ride down.
The local breakfast seems to be fresh juice of whatever fruit is handy in the kitchen, eegs, coffee, and a bun with cheese. YUM. (1-2$)
We plan to spend the next two weeks in Ibarra (where we arrived last night) for >Vic and Mike to train on the comp wall.
Ciao for now
Stace (and Vic)
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