Friday, September 09, 2005

Travel Day: Vilcabamba - Loja - Quito

Today and tomorrow are travel days. This morning we checked out of our hotel in Vilcabamba and said goodbye to some wonderful Swiss friends (Iris, Barbara & Sabrina - see picture) that we met. We took the bus to Loja.


In the afternoon we visited the Feria, a local festival and saw traditional dances from various countries of South America - of course extremely fascinating for my dancer wife... I have to say I enjoyed it as well.

Tomorrow we are flying back to Quito, 40 min flight on a small puddle-jumper. Then we will be heading to Otovalo to visit the famous market and possibly some hotsprings. The hostal owner from Quito, another swiss woman (they are everywhere these swiss), invited us to her cabin. We are looking forward to getting the inside scoop. Of course you always see more when the locals show you around.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Markus / Anja,

Thanks for the prayers. Good news is that his girlfriend informed Grandma and my Mom that he just recommitted to Christ in their relationship. That makes it a lot easier for everyone. We know he is in a better place waiting for us now.

Isaiah's birthday is coming up Oct 2. A cool native shirt, necklace, anklet or shoes etc would be cool.

How's the laundry coming?

Markus said...

Justin,

good to hear about your uncle and his relationship with Christ.

Not quite sure why you are soo concerned about our laundry. We are managing fine... trust me! :)

Love,

Markjuice and Anna

Markus said...

laura,

the skinny dip pix will follow in a private blog... only privy to REALLY close friends... just kidding.