 | I wake up earlier to surrounded by chirps of birds. The sandman still has a firm hold of Bruce, so I will go see what sort of people watching I can do on the street. There are many things I believe you can do on you bike. In this particular case, it will be fresh fish delivery out of the cooler mounted on the tail. |
Alternatively, you could buy some producer from the Chevy Luv truck. We didn't believe that "Luv" was a model either, sure enough it was!
There is so much so do in Mindo, I wish we had another day here. You could go river rafting, zip lining, mountaineering,bird watching or frog chirp listening. However, apparently the frogs on closed on Tues. Not sure how that really works, since the frogs are wild and probably aren't unionized. Nonetheless, we have to get the bikes back to Quito by closing time and catch a red-eye flight back to the states.
With only 70KMs, it sounds easier than it might be. Remember, I am a world-renowned for not keeping any sort of schedule on track. With that, let's go bird watching, and stop by the world famous Tandayapa Bird Lodge. Who knew there were so many different hummingbirds in one region? Soon enough, I realize that the little cameras will not capture the hummingbirds as they are really small, and really far from the walking trail. To some extent the big-snoot camera will struggle too. At times, I felt like an epileptic having a seizure as I tried to spot, track and photographic a hummingbird. Really, they are buzzy little birdies. I think I must have shot over 100 photos of those little birdies. The bird is completely missing from the frame in easily 1/3rd of the photos. Another 40% of the frames, the birdie is a blob or blurry. Occupational hazards I suppose!
With only 70KMs, it sounds easier than it might be. Remember, I am a world-renowned for not keeping any sort of schedule on track. With that, let's go bird watching, and stop by the world famous Tandayapa Bird Lodge. Who knew there were so many different hummingbirds in one region? Soon enough, I realize that the little cameras will not capture the hummingbirds as they are really small, and really far from the walking trail. To some extent the big-snoot camera will struggle too. At times, I felt like an epileptic having a seizure as I tried to spot, track and photographic a hummingbird. Really, they are buzzy little birdies. I think I must have shot over 100 photos of those little birdies. The bird is completely missing from the frame in easily 1/3rd of the photos. Another 40% of the frames, the birdie is a blob or blurry. Occupational hazards I suppose!
For our non-hummingbirds, imagine finding a needle in a hay stack. Really, we are in the middle of a rain forest and we need to find a birdie among all this foliage. We do have a few successes! Bird watching people, though, are bonafide loons themselves. One lad commented how much easier it would be to see the birds if all the trees were cut down.
The birdies do live among some strange vegetation. Look at this weird beige flower or the curly-q fern thing
| And of course, another tree house...this one made entirely from bamboo! |  |