Saturday Apr 21/12 update
Here is a video of an Ecuadorian Conveyor belt. We are continuously amazed at the
perseverance and strength of these people to get so much work done by hand. They purposely use very few machines and that keeps the populace working. You will never find a harder working people as a whole.
Bella slipped out to the 12 De Avril Mercado to meet Bettye
where Bella got some fresh Lomo Fino (Filet Mignon) and Bettye
emptied her wallet on plasticware.
So Chris and I decided to meet at the Jefferson Perez
Stadium, named after Ecuador’s
only Olympic Gold medalist, garnered in the sport of speedwalking. Neither of us had ever been inside this
complex. My event booklet said there
was a dance competition of some sort starting at 10am so we met there at
11am. However we found out to our chagrin that the competition was not to
start until 4pm, ugh! So we wandered through the various surrounding structures
in this sports complex where there were a multitude of events happening,
racquetball, swimming, judo, basketball, soccer, and tennis. Parts of the venues were in very good
condition, like the exterior basketball courts, but most of the rest is
typically in need of repairs, most of it minor, like painting. Chris is in the red/orange shirt in one of these following videos:
We then headed over to Feria Libre (El Arenal) Mercado. Chris had never been inside so he was blown
away by the acres and acres of commodities available here. You
can buy beef, pork, chicken, guinea pig, fish, vegetables galore, clothes,
electronics and more at this HUGE market.
They even sell live animals of all kinds:
Bettye called Chris to pick up some veggies and then gave
him orders to complete errands in El Centro
so we had to part ways. On the way home,
from the bus, I could see the destruction of the Planetarium in the Parque de
La Madre. I read somewhere yesterday
that they are putting a 350 car underground parkade and putting in a new running
track above and refurbishing the park. It will
be most interesting to watch how they accomplish this. I wonder if they are going to manage to maintain the existing trees or not.
I asked Bella if she would like to go to the dance
competition later but she has some defrosted ribs that must be cooked so I
guess we are eating Chinese food tonight.
Enjoy the pics.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs
to all.
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| 120421 Planetarium being dismantled at Parque de La Madre |
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| 120421 part of the Feria Libre veggie section |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium climbing wall |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium east side looking north |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium north side and pool |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium east side looking south |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium inside |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium judo building |
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| 120421 part of Jefferson Perez Stadium racquetball building |
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| 120421 Jefferson Perez Stadium swimming pool building |
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| 120421 Rear of San Blas, taken from the bus |
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