Aug 24, 2011

Ecuador: Otavalo & Quito (266-275)

Mamita, Mamita!!! At the market in Cotacachi
A week of intensive spanish classes in Otavalo...
With our 'Maestra' and the kids of the school 'Mundo Andino'
With Mercedes in the kitchen making 'suspiros'
At the Otavalo food market... Fritada con tortillas... Very good but not very healthy!
El plato de Yamor... Tortillas, tostadas, mote, empanada, carne, ensalada... served with Chicha de Yamor made with 7 different cereales... La fiesta de Yamor is an annual fiesta in Otavalo
Corvina at the market in Quito... (Sea-bass)
View from our hotel in Quito, Corrida!! Not a big fan though...
En la Mitad del Mundo...
The water goes straight down for real...
Yes, a raw egg on a nail! I have made it!
La virgen de Quito

Aug 15, 2011

Ecuador: Esmeraldas Region (Day 259-265)

In Africa... No Afro-Ecuador!
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Mompiche, the place to be on the Ecuadorian coast... our cabana on the beach!
Fortunately, we were in a little fishing village... otherwise we would not have eaten much during 3 days.
8 pm... Fishermans on the beach.. In the boat is our dinner!!!
My 'Robinson' is cooking our dinner!!!
Huge prawns called 'langostinas' here... I can´t tell you how delicious they were!
Across the street from our hotel in Borbon... la Discoteca!
On the way to San miguel... 4h by boat along the rio...
San miguel, in the jungle by the rio... We could believe we were in Africa!! so much memories...
Our lovely guide... Cacao in his hands...
After Robinson, here is Jane!!
View from our hostal... Muy tranquillo!
The only shame in his part of Ecuador which we loved! They are ferocious...