A Stroll Around Mindo Town

After visiting Paz de los Aves & the Oilbird cave, it was starting to rain pretty heavily so we asked Daniel to drop us at the El Quetzal Chocolate Factory in the town of Mindo.

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They have some nice artwork here, also chocolate for sale.DSCN1283

The tour is pretty interesting, they show you how chocolate is made from the cacao bean.DSCN1284 DSCN1285

Cool looking moth on the balcony.DSCN1286

After the tour, we sat on the balcony drinking hot chocolate and watching birds outside like this Choco Toucan and some parrots doing a flyby.  IMG_3201 IMG_3205 IMG_3208 IMG_3212 IMG_3209a

When the rain let up, we walked around the small town for awhile.  I liked the bird motifs on some of the shops.IMG_3213 IMG_3214

I love this logo and wanted to buy a t-shirt but couldn’t find one.IMG_3215

The rain started up again so we headed back to Sachatamia by taxi ($3) to swim in the indoor pool and relax.