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Saturday, March 28,
2015
Wednesday night we decided to try the new Tacos Mexico restaurant which is not far from my favourite Big Kabudas Burgers. This place was referred to me by a fellow Canadian, Paul Pfeiffer of ServiceEcuador.com. The owner Leon Argudo speaks good English so it was easy to get his recommendations and we were not disappointed. We will definitely be back to this place, carefully hidden between Paucarabamba, Paseo De Los Canaris, and Pumapungo. I have scanned the flyer with a map for you. Try it.
Today I just had to get out and enjoy the sunshine so I bused over to Parque De La Madre for the annual Madre Tierra (Mother Earth) Festival. I certainly expected a lot more artisanal booths with a lot more "respect the earth" themes but there was some neat stuff there and a lot of Gringo presence. There wasn't one food booth so I nipped over to McDonalds for a little comfort food for lunch. I will be good and eat my veggies for supper.
Parque De La Madre is a great place to people-watch at the best of times, but even more so when there is a festival happening. There was a big stage being set up for music to start about 2:30 but my feet said that it was time to go home, and one look at the skies said that the afternoon sun would soon give way to a storm (which did soak everything around 4:40pm).
Update - Just received the bad news that all 6 of the baby rabbits have died..... I guess there is just no substitute for mothers' milk and care.... So sad right now.
I hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day's excitement, Cheers, Al
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| Very good Mexican food here |
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| The Madre Tierra Festival was fittingly at the Parque De La Madre |
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| This youngster was coming as well to enjoy the fun |
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| Musical instrument made from recycled propane tanks |
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| A whole lot of other instruments on display too |
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| Many folks lined up to visit the Planetarium |
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| Daniela Altieri teaching people local folk rhythms |
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| Beading display with macrame classes at this booth |
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| A zither??.. or something like it?? |
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| McDonalds looks much like home, but in Spanish |
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| Love the combo of the "Madre" statue with Todos Santos behind |
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| Blowing music thru a shotgun? |
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| This Mom is showing us how to exercise to the max |
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| Interesting tattoo art |
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| Mixture of the cultures |
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| Lots of nice Gringas wandering the grounds |
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| More lovely Gringas in attendance |
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| Lotis by the Madre |
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| Kids love the camera |
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| A Chola lady doing some instruction |
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| Lots of indigenous interest in her subject |
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| There was even an outdoor massage available |
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| A lovely lady enjoying tunes in the shade |
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| A gorgeous rose along the pathway |
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| Great colours on this rose too |
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| This little girl was being a tomboy |
