This morning we got up early for a long bus ride to our next hotel. On the road, Mehmet suddenly told the bus driver to stop, then back up a couple hundred yards. He had spotted a woman herding goats on the side of the road. In what became a common occurrence, he approached the […]
Turkey 02 – Where Babies Come From
If you are following this blog in real time, you know that I am cheating with the publish dates. We started a photo tour of Turkey in Istanbul on April 1, which ended for us on April 11, when the group returned to Istanbul. During that time, we were kept going from before dawn most […]
Medellin 2 – Exotic Fruits Tour
Having lived in Cuenca and shopped at mercados weekly for the past two years, I wasn’t sure about wanting to take a tour of a Medellin mercado. However, we have loved most of the walking tours we have taken in various cities, and the reviews were good, so we decided to take the “Exotic Fruits […]
Shuar Tour Plus Car Breakdown (Secúa)
On our final full day in the Secúa area, Evelyn wanted to get more experience with the Shuar community (who were known for their process for shrinking heads as recently as the 1950’s), so Gabriel arranged for a more in-depth visit with another family. This family was far more remote than the one we visited […]
Cañar Mercado and Biblián Church
After going to the Cañar animal market, we went into town to the main mercado for some people watching. According to Alberto (our driver for the day), most of the younger generation left the city to find work in the United States or Spain, so you mostly find older Cañari people in this town of 225,000. On Sundays, Cañar […]
Cañar People and Murals
Yesterday we went to the Cañar animal market, and I created the first part of the report of that trip, talking about the various animals for sale. Today I want to show some of the people that were there at the market. Top left above is Alberto, Evelyn’s art instructor and our driver for the […]
Cañar Animal Market
Two and half years ago, in November 2012, we attempted to visit the animal market in Cañar, which is 70 km NE of Cuenca at 10,400 ft elevation, and is supposed to be the largest such market in Southern Ecuador. Unfortunately, our driver that day did not understand what we wanted, and by the time we […]