Wednesday, September 6th
We woke up kind of early and had breakfast at the hotel with a wonderful view of the market and a local church in front. We decided to walk around the town to show Alexey the Tomebamba river which runs through Cuenca. We kept waking until we found a hat store. These hats, also known as Panama Hats, are actually originally from Ecuador, and not even from Cuenca but from a town in the coastal province of Manabi called Montecristi.
In any case, Alexey had a blast buying hats for all his friends as wedding presents, graduation presents, etc.. he had them boxed, all 10 of them!! It took about 2 hours but I became good friends with the attendant, had coffee, etc, etc. After this, it was already late and we still had to eat and get out before the fog started again!!
Given that our stomachs were not feeling that well, we decided to eat yogurt with pan de yucca. We did this and I purchased some piroted CDs (yes, you have done it too!). One of them was unbelievably good!! It was by Calle 13 El Residente. Really good stuff. I have since, even purchased one of their songs in iTunes just as to not feel guilty.
We drove back with my newfound favorite CD. Getting into El Cajas National Park, a cop tells me that I am not supposed to be driving without my passport and he will have to impound El Snoopy or I talk to his boss. So we get ready to talk to his boss, backing up the car towards the police´s offices, when the officer tells us to just go.. I guess he did not really want us to talk to his boss.
Going through the fog once again was not fun, believe us! But we managed with Alexey at the wheel. We got down to the flat, hot and humid weather of the coastal region in about 3 hours. El Snoopy was once again going above 15km/h in the flat lands. I take pictures of the dying sun while Alexey keeps chugging Kms.
We arrived at my brother´s place and I have to start packing for my departure! :( I know, the end is coming...
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