15-08-2011
It is a pretty city, also quite a clean one.
Morning spent touring a Panama hat factory. The Ecuadorians must find it quite annoying that the hat is made here but famous as the " Panama" hat ( after it was shipped there for workers to wear when making the Panama canal). Amazingly a worker can take up to a year to make a hat depending on the number of strands. Tried on multiple hats, they even had a wedding dress in the same material.
Went to a local market after that where a man was mooning and large roasted pigs were being served for lunch. Bought tamarind and made our way to the churches.
The churches were really pretty but just walking around the city was nice. After spending a week with everybody it was good to have sometime to ourselves. Visited a museum, saw some artwork, shrunken heads and coins dating from 1600s. The oldest coin with a date on it was from 1700s, pretty cool.
There were some ruins behind the museum that were supposed to be from the times of the Incas. The tunnel was most likely the only thing authentic, all the others seemed too new, I even saw a man placing the stones and cementing it in one area. Beyond that there was a park with a small aviary, colourful birds but felt sad for the eagles that were confined in the small space.
Walked along the river, dinner and then watched trashy tv after ages ( cooking shows- Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay).
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