When we travel I take so many more pictures than what we post on this blog. Here are some of my random photos that I just found interesting...I hope you enjoy them...
This Rambutan fruit was sold everywhere throughout Ecuador. It's got a white fruit inside with a large pit. You just kind of suck the fruit without really eating it. Ha.
Typical hair braid seen on many women and girls as well as men.
Corn, corn, corn...
Corn sellers in the market
These blouses are traditionally hand embroidered taking up to a month to finish one blouse. Many are done by machine now.
Once the market is finished for the day, vendors pack everything up and haul their goods home until they return the next day.
Typical clothing today...
Highway toll station
This woman just filled up her gas cans to take home...her child was riding with her too.
This flyboarder was having fun in the water...
Cactus flowers on the Galapagos
A 50+ year old tortoise on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos
Ancient stonework in Cuenca
Invasive grasses on all the roadsides... and we plant them...
Such a colourful market
Roasted pigs on spits...great for sandwiches and other meals...
Such a nice restaurant in Cuenca... this is where we ate 'cuy' or guinea pig
The pattern on skirts tells where a woman hails from
The Aboriginal flag flown around Ecuador... does it remind you of another flag?
Alpaca or llama?
I believe this is a Southern Yellow Grosbeak
This beautiful Angel Trumpet (Brugmansia) is seen all around Ecuador but it is highly poisonous! The flowers are 15-25 cm in length.
A typical scene in the farming area of Ingapirca...
When a hat has two bobbles hanging from the front brim it means you are single. If the bobbles hang on the back, you are married.
A nice wall message in a small coffee shop
Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario del Agua Santa (Church of the Virgin of the Holy Water) was completed in 1929
Temperature inside our bus at 11:52 in the morning!! Luckily it cooled down once we got moving...
Plaza de la Independencia in Old Town Quito
A delicious fruit called Sweet Granadilla
That's it for now...
Yvonne
