stage 4 Riobamba-Guamote by malcandmarjetpatterson at Garmin Connect - Details  |
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| Life on the street |
14/0/13 .
Stage 4 .Riobamba – Guamote
Today has been
absolutely lovely. A short and non taxing ride so lots of time to
relax Saw our first llama's, saw Guinea pigs on a spit that was
turned by a young boy. More and more people in traditional clothes,
some amazing hedgerow flowers and cacti. Children and woman doing
heavy manual labour on road works. Woman carrying enormous loads on
their backs while the men walk beside them carrying nothing [senior
editors note. I must apologise for my junior editors naivety as the
men were clearly performing a supervisory/consultancy role without
which all chaos would have been unleashed]. Woman leading one or two
pigs on leads or sat by the roadside surrounded by toddlers trying to
sell strawberries or oranges. An absolutely amazing lunch in
Cajabamba consisting of spit roasted pork and all sorts of delicious
things from a road side stall. We arrived in Guamote at lunchtime and
booked into a beautiful place. It is partly a hostel and the funds
from the hostel support education in the community. We have had to
resort to drinking Ron Trovador ( diluted rum at the price of one
dollar a bottle ) since wine is completely unavailable.
By the way
have I mentioned that the down hills are fantastic. Miles and miles
of zooming down and only breaking lightly.
Tonight I shall have nightmares about spit-roasted guinea pigs! Maybe it wasn't chicken you had the other day....!
ReplyDeleteHere's to rum!
How are you doing; are your legs getting better or still a hard time cycling.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks good