Ingapirca

Sunday was our last group trip in Cuenca. We went to Ingapirca, which are Cañari and Inca ruins. Cañari´s lived there from 1200 to 1400 and then the Inca´s lived there for about 60 years. The ruin site is quite impressive.

After that we went to the town of Cañar, which is an indigenous village. Sunday is their market day and it was a sight to behold. There were hundreds of indigenous people either shopping or selling or both. This was their market for meats, fruits, and vegetables. I guess they each produce something and then come to town to swap. I bought a huge bunch of tiny bananas, which are very sweet and about one third the size of a regular banana. Another difference is that the skins are very thin. And the whole bunch cost me 50 cents!

I tried to take some pictures and managed to get a few before one indigenous woman came at me firing away in her Spanish. At that point I was only taking pictures of her grapes, but she didn´t like that anyway. I´ve tried to be quite discrete when taking pictures of people. Don´t know what I will do with the over 450 pictures that I´ve taken so far. After I show them to anyone who will volunteer, they will probably reside in a case along with the rest of my pictures, only to be eventually discarded. After cleaning out Jeff´s parents house after they moved, I´ve learned that very little survives the next generation, nor should it :)