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Trip Start Jan 24, 2005
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Trip End Apr 2007


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Sunday, May 6, 2007

So we made it to Cuenca late at night and stumbled into the first hostal we could find--Siberia.  If the name concerns you, you are a smart person.  The room wasn't that bad; it had soap and a tolerable bed, but someone's car alarm kept going off all night and when Simon and I came back from dinner, there was a naked man in the hallway.  When I went by (tactfully turning my head the other direction), he said excuse me.  But then he stayed there in the hallway and said the same thing when Simon went by!  So, the next morning we upgraded from the eight dollar a night hostal to a twelve dollar a night hostal and got a lovely room with free breakfast.

We went to two markets that day.  The first was large and had meat and cheese and unsweetened (much to my disapointment when I bit into it later) chocolate, and lunch stalls inside, and produce outside.  It was lots of fun to walk around and see the ladies in native dress selling their wares a. Cuenca
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 .  We ate some snacks, too.  Fresh pineapple and coconut and a concoction with banana chips and cornnuts and beans and tomato and lime juices and onion and salt.  Delicious.

At the second market, they had lots of weavings and sweaters and hats and scarves to sell.  I bought myself a huge tablecloth that I'll probably hang up somewhere and one of those sweater ponchos.  Simon hung out and watched kids play soccer. 

We met up with some Peace Corps Ecuador volunteers which was lots of fun.  We got to compare experiences and talk about development.

On Monday, we did some shopping, then headed off to Cuzco in the afternoon.  We didn't arrive until Thursday morning.  Blech.

I don't have the USB port with me now, but I'll send pictures soon.
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