Zumbahua Market
Trip Start
Apr 02, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 31, 2008
Zumbahua,
Ecuador
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The first village we stopped at was Zumbahua with an estimated population of a few hundred. On Saturday morning it has a well attended market just for the locals with no tourist souvenirs in sight. It was so colourful. There was a section for clothes, bread, meat, fruit, tailors and general nick knacks. Behind each of the meat stalls were some sheep tired up, and I joked that these were the fresh supplies. A little later another tourist then witnessed them killing a sheep as they had run out of meat. Now that is what you called fresh!
Having agreed a price we jumped on a pick-up truck to our next stop along with another 12 people and all their baggage. We felt like we were in a World Record attempt of how many people you could fit in a pick-up. Unfortunately it ended badly as the driver stopped half way round (after everyone else had left) and demanded more money off us. Talk about taking the mickey, Dave nearly hit him! But we got out, and eventually got another pick-up, although it did leave a bit of a sour taste in our mouths.
