Last Fall we wrote these Ecuador lists together as a family and I am just now getting around to sharing. Today is the 1 year anniversary of the day we left the beach at Olon and had travel adventures on our way to Cuenca. Relive that adventure here.
Favorite new foods
Maracuya hilado
Mandarina hilado
Taxo
Uvilla
Patacones
Ceviche with naranja jugo
Mora jugo
Lent soup / fanache
Peruvian soup
pesto at Hostal Mandala
Salcedo helado
Arroz con fresh seafood
Cool Cultural Observations
Volleyball after work
Lots of traditional dress
Kindness of strangers especially related to transportation
Native people using cell phones
Contrast among regions or Ecuador: personalities, approaches, flora, fauna
Construction with mud bricks
Missed the Most
Our network of family and friends
Quiet nighttime
Kids in their own rooms
Catch phrases
Do ya want some watches or do ya want some moichendice
Rope is cheaper than fences
Bambooty
Chlacalate
Jimmy pollo pie
What do you mean?
Top Places
Olon
Banos
Cotopaxi
Cuenca
Jungle
Puerto Lopez
Favorite Places to Eat
Ristorante Salumeria Vecchia Modena
Salvia for Steph's Birthday Breakfast
Olon palapas Jerry's and Tito and Hanna
Henero's Wife's Rotisserie Chicken
Leila's Pork Chops
Mercado 9 de Octobre
St Augustin in Quito
Tutto Fredo Helado
Experiences
Homero Ortega Museum
Carnaval in Ambatl
Horseback riding in Cotapaxi
Ruta de las Guitarres
Shopping in Otavalo
Surfing lessons with Luis in Olon
Cooking Lessons with Ivona and Luis' Mom
New Years Eve on the Beach with the Milson-Cox family
Friday Night BBQ with Puerto Olon Neighbors
Ingapirca
Diablo Cascade
Boat rides on the Napo
Termas Papallatca
What we won't miss
Toilet paper in a garbage can
No drinking the tap water
No public trash cans
Dogs, dogs, dogs
Parties all night long
Questionable transportation
Fear of having children stolen
Bugs
Sunscreen twice a day or more
Ants in drinking water
Dirty feet at bed time
Bed bugs
Under the table big transactions
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