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Friday, January 21, 2011

MANTA, EQUADOR

This is a fishing town and the Tuna Capital of the World. Chicken of the Sea has its largest processing plant here.  (Jerry T., that should thrill you.) There is not the prosperity here that we saw in Columbia. The average wage is $200 a month.



Home of the Panama Hat.  Monte Cristo is where the Panama hat is made and originated.  It should really be called the “Equador Hat. “ We didn’t buy one.


Fun Way to See the Countryside.
Rode to Monte Cristo in an open air Chivas with a band on top.  There were three of them and it felt like a Mardi Gras parade.  We waved to the people all the way there and back. Interesting note:  the adults readily waved back, but the children were shy and seldom waved.

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