Banos

(If you like guinea pigs, you may want to skip this one.)

There is sugarcane everywhere.

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They sell tons of sugarcane juice and sugarcane toffee, but no sugarcane syrup. We had to have fake maple syrup on our french toast instead.

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This is a funky flower.

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They were selling barbequed coy at the market. It looked pretty horrific.

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We tried a little piece. (Actually we tasted it the day before we took the picture above, when all you could see was the pieces on the grill. Seeing them on the spit kind of kills the appetite.) It’s like very greasy, bony chicken.

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There was a sign showing directions and distances to major cities around the world. Quito is pointing the wrong way, which seriously confused Kerri.

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