Just a few photos from the last few days here...  The Cathedral in front of our apartment  Eggs come from chickens, in the mountains above town...lots of chickens  Flowers come from the mountains too...lots of flowers, year round...  The view from the Turi Iglesia, this is Cuenca...those mountains behind go up to 15,000 feet before dropping off to the Pacific coast and Guayaquil just 100 miles away...  During Carnival all pedestrians are targets for roving bands of kids and adults driving around and throwing water balloons, like this truck...they are protecting themselves from a waterfight ambush up ahead  Christine got nailed three times in less than five minutes...got to be quick  Yes life is hard down here, our workout gym doesn't have Vichy Water...of course really fresh squeezed juices are available downstairs for 60ยข  Wednesdays are 2x1 tickets at the Cineplex, you get two tickets plus this packet of snacks for $9.20 1 Comment Fit in, buy a suit...it's easy and cheap 02/14/2010
 If you want to be less conspicuous in Ecuador...wear a suit If you really want to fit in in Ecuador, wear a suit. Apart from Paris I don't think I've ever been in a country where clothes were so much a part of the cultural identity. Of course I'm talking about the mountain section of Ecuador where the temperature hovers in the 70's during the day and 50's at night, down on the coast it is a different (more Hawaiian story). The amazing part is everybody is dressed to a "t" all the way down to keeping their suits buttoned whenever in publc...and women usually are dressed in suits or dresses with high-heels called "tacos" here. To buy a suit in Cuenca is fun, you walk into a store packed with rolls of cashmere, woolen knits...materials from around the world and you buy two yards...for anywhere between $15 and $40 per yard (I paid $40 for cashmere made in England) then you walk across the street or over a block (there are 30 or 40 tailors in the central area) walk in with your material, show them in a book what style you would like (double-breated, 6 button, no pocket flaps, two vents, European cut...pay $60 and come back in two days to pick up your new suit. It's that fast and that simple... | Kent Zimmerman, Christine Lanier Zimmerman
Kent and Christine Zimmerman upon the graduation of their son from college, left their great jobs and headed out into the world on an extended adventure. Their travels have taken them from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Kivilahti, Finland and through four continents. Along the way they have spent time studying Spanish in the wackiest Spanish school in South America and learned that their hundred dollar pizza in Norway will pay for two weeks of surf side lodging in Ecuador. ArchivesFebruary 2010 |
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