Quito.Two days in Quito – mainly to make sure we got the results of our Covid test for traveling home. We did a city tour on day one with a bunch of equator related stuff (blah) and a bunch of Catholic church stuff (depressing) in the Old Town. It’s been so many years that I have forgotten just how depressing Catholic churches are: death, death, death, and – lest you forget – more death. On day two, we drove 90 minutes out of the city to an indigenous town called Otavalo where the main attraction is a market. That was alright (scored some salad spoons) but we were ready to go home by then.
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Welcome to Quito; a rooftop eatery with decent food and excellent views of the city (July 2021).Views from the rooftop place (July 2021).One more of Quito by night (July 2021).Our little hotel in Quito. Another good deal in this era of Covid madness. The highlight of the place was a beautiful German Shepherd named Otto who lives there with the owners (July 2021).Sprawling Quito as seen from the top of the cable car (July 2021).Shirley and the sweetest security guard at some museum. I remember almost nothing about the place except for this pup (July 2021).A real sweetheart (July 2021).A shrunken head at a museum in Quito. Was hoping to buy one but they were out of stock. Will have to make my own – perhaps the tweakers camping in front of our house? Should have enough for a full necklace (July 2021).The before picture (July 2021).The equator…actually this one is a bit off; the real deal passes a couple hundred meters to the north (July 2021).Shirley enjoying the local chicha (July 2021).Old Town Quito (July 2021).Quito (July 2021).Quito (July 2021).Plaza de la Independencia in Old Town Quito (July 2021).One of the countless churches in the Old Town (July 2021).San Francisco Square in Quito (July 2021).Shirley and our guide, Juan Pablo (July 2021).More of the square (July 2021).San Francisco Square (July 2021).Quick snapshot of the interior of a church in Old Town (July 2021).Quito (July 2021).Quito (July 2021).Old Town Quito (July 2021).Old Town Quito with its gothic cathedral visible (July 2021).Quito (July 2021).On the way to Otavalo the next morning. What is that buddy?The object of canine desire (July 2021).A vampire alpaca (July 2021).Shirley and our guide, Juan Pablo, heading for the Otavalo market (July 2021).Otavalo market (July 2021).Shopping for some coca leaves (July 2021).Otavalo market (July 2021).And this – what is this?Women wearing their traditional outfits (July 2021).Bling at the Otavalo market (July 2021).Otavalo market (July 2021).Shirley felt positively tall (July 2021).Otavalo market (July 2021).An abuela selling some large corn (July 2021).A voluptuous chica selling some equally voluptuous grapes at Otavalo market (July 2021).Otavalo market (July 2021).An older lady wearing the traditional outfit of the region (July 2021).An abuela at the Otavalo market (July 2021).Getting a demonstration of llama wool coloring (with natural ingredients) and weaving at a workshop in Otavalo (July 2021).Otavalo (July 2021).Almost home. Somewhere to the right of Mount Hood is Timothy Lake (July 2021).Reunited with the boys and rounding out the Sunday afternoon with a dip in Timothy Lake (July 2021).
