We spent today at the “Kushiwaira Cañari Education Center” near Tarqui, to learn about the Cañari indigenous culture.  As luck would have it, this was the first full day of rain we have had in about a month.  We were fed a typical Cañari breakfast and a traditional Pampamesa lunch, where food was spread on table cloths right on the ground, to share with the earth.

We learned about medicinal plants, walked along the Inca Trail, listened to a musical performance with hand made instruments, as well as getting photos of the enterprising Ecuadorian indigenous family.