Ouito

 Returned to Quito from the Amazon, long trip but nice to be in a nice hotel out of the bugs and humidity. Stopped at The Center of The World, a spot where the North and Southern hemispheres meet, Monday was a National holiday, the start of Carnival and lots of special activities, dancing teams in colorful costumes and lots of foam spraying- people buy cans of foam and spray each other,  there was also a foam cannon shooting a huge stream into the crowd. They were pretty good about avoiding those not actively participating, like us.


On Tuesday after a nice buffet breakfast, we toured a rose farm, Ecuador is the number one exporter of roses most of which go to the US. In the area around the farm there are sellers offering roses at 75 to 100 for $1.00  - there is no way to bring back roses as an individual. Later we visited a market where crafts and textile goods were available. 


 Carnival dancers.
Standing on the equator.
Kissing too.
Kid getting into the foam action.
Roast guinia pig. 
Boat ride leaving Sasha Lodge.
We went piranha fishing, here’s one.

Monument at The Center of the World
Most popular rose grown the farm, red one named Freedom.
This is Pink Floyd, many rock names in the flower business.
An aisle between rows. 
Just picked bundles of roses.
Racks hold roses which packers put into bunches of 25.
View of a volcano from a stop.

Woman in traditional dress at a restaurant.



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  1. DaveFebruary 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM

    What a great trip, love all the notes for the pictures. Good times, but Guinea pig?

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