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| Outdoor space at Rincon de Puembo |
Cindy called around 6:30 am to let us know to meet them at the hotel restaurant at 7. I went out for a short walk around the hotel and ran into some of our Galápagos group waiting to go on the cloud forest trip that we took two weeks ago. We hope they enjoy the trip with Richard as much as we did last week.
Breakfast was excellent with lots of fruits, juices and breads as well as scrambled eggs and rice. We were not tempted by the tripe stew.
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| Courtyard to Whittington's room |
Mary and I brought our bags from our room to Mark and Cindy’s room since they had the room until we had to leave for the airport at 8 pm. We decided to walk around Puembo and started by going to the city square going past many churches in session. As expected, most churches were Catholic, but we walked past an Apostolic Church along the way. We were struck by the number of dogs on the streets of the town. We stuck our heads into a roller-skating rink and walked through a market where all manner of food was being prepared and sold. After our walk we returned to the hotel where Mark and I took a nap while Mary and Cindy played cribbage.
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| Lunch at Floralp Delicatessen |
At 1 pm we decided to walk to a delicatessen that Patricia recommended, Floralp Delicatessen on the Puembo town square. Mark, Mary and I had hot ham and cheese on ciabatta bread, and Cindy had cold cuts with tomato and avocado. We sat outside in the restaurant’s courtyard under a large avocado tree and enjoyed our meals. On the way out we picked up a variety of desserts to eat back in the room. We met some men from Toronto who are cycling in Ecuador.
After leaving the deli we walked back to Whittington’s room to hang out until time to board the taxi to ride to the Quito airport at 8 pm.
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