Latacunga

  Latacunga, Ecuador
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Lagoon photos Cotopaxi volcano from the bus,


Hanging out in Zumbhua more kids insist on having their photo taken,



Fellow passengers on pickup truck,



Lagoon photo,


Protesters in Latacunga, posted by conor at 3:31 PM 0 comments  
Zumbahua 23 rd of November
I spent the morning wandering arround Latacunga, there were some students protesting about the recent free trade agreement with the usa.
I then got a bus up to a small town called Zumbahua. This was most of the way off the beaten track as I was the only person staying in the hostel and the only Gringo in town.
I hitched a lift in the back of a truck and then pickup truck up to a the Quinatola lagoon which is in the crator of a volcano.

24 rd of November
I stayed the night in the hostel and went back to the lagoon in the morning.
I hiked down to the water and back. Back was harder, it was like a big sand doon at altitude.
I then got the buses back to Quito. posted by conor at 3:15 PM 0 comments  
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Latacunga 22nd November 2005
Latacunga

So I had a great time hanging around in Cuenca for the last few days with Max and Malin.
Today I got an 8.5 hour bus to Latacunga.

Equadorian food.
Good value is to be had with a lunch menu of the day.
This typically cost about 1 dolar and consists of soup, a main cource and juce.
The soup can be quite tasty often with odd things like chicken feet or spine in it, mmmm.
The juice is quite good often from fruits that we donīt have at home.
The main course can be quite dull with rice some salad and meat or chicken.
In equador the definition of meat or chicken can be a bit broader however.
With "meat" you never really know what cut or even animal you will get.
Today my "chicken" turned out to be two big lumps of chicken fat, mmm, really no flesh, skin or anything edible.
Other popular roadside food option include ginny pig or a whole pig where you get lumps cut out of itīs back, mmm.