The Party Bus

The Party is in the middle of the street. On the bus. These coloful "chiva"buses are patrolling the streets of quito everey weekend. Everyone can join.

Dancing and cheering, with latino pop on its highest volume, there is no chance left for a middleaged/ old man to get a sleep.

In connection with the celebration of the Quito days, they also run daytime. So much for the after-noon nap....

Poodle missing in Quito

This is the cutest one today.

Discretly on a wall, near the church Basilica Voto Nacional in Quito we see it.

"Help me home. My name is Peluchin and I am the hole life of my little master, who si suferring because I am lost. Please call....."

Ecuador-Life wishes good luck and a recent solution of the problem. Otherwise it will be one of those strokes that are sure to harden the young master later in life ...

Attencion

I screaaam....

We are here in front of the presidential palace in Quito. It is also the place where the government make their important decisions, for the delight and the indignation of the people.

In the foreground an locally made ice-lollie with  ​​coconut . Tilted and with real cocnut inside. Yummi-yummi :-)

On the road

Moooo-ooo

The road is for everyone. But some are more equal than others.

If you meet these señoritas on your way, you've just have to wait. As you, lazy tourist, only get lost on the highway on the way to the "playa", these ladies get a job to do. Life in rural Ecuador is hard, milking, fertilization and so on before bedtime.

So, take a break until the procession is over. And give these hardworking ladies a kind thought while you later are enjoying yourself with an umbrella drink at the beach.

Carnival

Last weekend we celebrated the carnival.

In Ecuador carnival is identical with a proper water war. The sale of spray cans with foam was even better than the bananas. If you love your neighbor you give him a proper shower!

Minors choose with love foreign-looking men with dignity. Get therefore a couple of high capacity water pistols and a some spray cans to defend yourself. And, not least, take revenge!

The intermediates also use flour, eggs and other food items in their arsenal. This year the mud became an additional factor because of the large amount of rains. In this picture we could see some of the fighting demons leaving the arena of Mindo.

The great Alpaca

The alpaca man

No. This is not an invisible man.

We have only dispersed a few selected items from Ecuador's fall collection, of course in alpaca.

Perhaps a modest hat to impress the ladies? A robust and stylish sweater, good gloves and warm socks  this year's colors are also among the products.

All clothes are designed and manufactured by the Indians in Otavalo, a small town a couple hours south of Quito, The inhabitants are hard-working and inventive craftsmen. There are few tourists who do not return home from Ecuador with some of these creations in their luggage.

The skip





The galapagos seal

The skipper sits proudly on its own ship. Many are the passers who wonder how a seal can make such a career.

Or is he just a guard taking his liberties while the real captain is for a walk at earth?

No, in the Galápagos island is the etiquette that Father seal can take a strain on deck when the boat are anchored up. But he certainly wish to be able to maneuver the boat for fishing a little to his own domestic.