2007-05-20 04:00:00 PDT Mindo, Ecuador-- The 2 1/2-hour bus ride from Quito, at 9,350 feet, to the town of Mindo is a journey between two worlds. Shortly after departing the capital, you cross the ...

But one 157 km section, known as the northern route, takes a new path through primary Andean cloud-forest in the Mindo-Nambillo reserve. The area supports over 450 species of birds, ...

2001-05-24 04:00:00 PDT Mindo, Ecuador-- When Benjamin Mora, 63, gazes at nearby hills and imagines an oil pipeline cutting through the area's Andean cloud forest, he gets the jitters.