My recap of a touristy day:
Court and I caught a cab and headed to Quito’s downtown markets. There are two markets that we like to visit. The first is called the covered market (because it is covered) while the other market is referred to as the outdoor market (because, in fact, it is outdoors). Now that we have that straight…
When we jumped out of our cab, we were greeted by a broken, naked, face-down mannequin. When Court and I finished browsing in the market, the same mannequin was casually standing against the wall. It made us laugh to think of someone picking her up and carefully putting her back together.
Here are the before & after photos:
People do a lot of things to earn money while traffic is stopped at red lights. One guy caught my attention on our way to the outdoor market. At the time, we didn’t know why he had two mannequins strapped to his back (this is a lot of mannequin talk!) The male figure was in a suit and the female figure was in a dress. The performer was also holding a pair of boots with sticks in them.
At the next red light, we saw an amazing act: he would go into the cross-walk, bend over, & made it actually look like two people were fighting/dancing.
So all you high schoolers looking for a job, find a busy intersection and go for it!
Finally, what day would be complete without a picture of an authentic wiener-mobile?
Word: A-Rae
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