Dear Family and Friends,
The following morning, we left Riobamba for Latacunga. To be honest, I could not recall of hearing of the town.
As we left Riobamba, we could see the bottom portion of Chimborazo volcano in the distance.Today, I will concentrate on some of the activity we saw during our drive. For example below are a woman and a man waiting alongside the highway, most likely for a bus.
This man is a traditional type highway vendor. As you travel through small towns, sometimes there is a red light and these vendors take advantage of waiting traffic to hawk their wares. This man seems to have a variety of items for sale. Besides the chips and nuts, he appears to be selling cigarette lighter chargers, masks, and other items I can not make out in the photo.
One of many, many produce venders along the way.
A dairy.
Sometimes, there are multiple vendors selling the same items. This man is selling cane juice. In order to help his stall to stand out, he has stacked some sugar cane tepee style.
This man is selling potatoes. It looks like maybe a 100 lbs or more per bag.
When the new highway was built within the last 10 years, the town of Salcedo was bypassed. This town is known for its ice cream. Instead of losing business, the brought the ice cream to the new bypass. We saw at least a 100 stands similar to this selling the same ice cream.
As we passed this truck, I took a picture. He is carrying food for guinea pigs. Guinea pigs are called cuy down here. Many people raise them. Cuy is traditional food here and has been since before the Spanish arrived in the mid 1500s.
After we arrived in Latacunga, we decided to wait until tomorrow to see the town. We ordered room service and had a nice meal of steak, fries and salad.
In our next post I will share some pictures of Latacunga.
Thanks for traveling along with us.
Love,
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