Cuenca Ecuador

This is that big market I had mentioned that was the size on an ice arena. Down below to your right is just a huge market full of fresh fruit and vegetables and up top is raw meats like fish, chicken, and red meat for sale and also on top on the other half are little eateries (See pictures below).

 There is a whole bunch of these booths where they serve you a plateful of food (Rice, beans, salad, potatoes, chicken, fish, pig etc.. for under $2 with tables to the right to eat at.

 This was just a part section of a whole area where each booth serves the cooked pig that is on display on their counters.

 I don't know how to say 1/2lb in spanish so just came up to this booth and said "Una libra de hornado" (One pound of pig). She thought I was taking it to go but I said no I would be sitting down to eat the whole thing here since I was pretty darn hungry and having a late breakfast at 11:30am. She raised her eyebrows indicating "Really?". I didn't know how much one pound of pig was until the plate was handed to me. It was $5US for a cooked pound of pig. I was surprised to see them use their hands to handle your food and she grabbed a handful of this salad looking stuff and dipped it into some sauce submerging her whole hand in the process before throwing it onto my plate. The sanitary police obviously don't monitor this area.

 So this is what one pound of pig looks like. I ate half of it and then indicated to the woman that I will get this "to go" and have her wrap it for me. She laughed and shook her head indicating "Yeah I thought you couldn't eat it all".

 A miracle in Cuenca! This guy was floating on thin air with nothing supporting his feet and he would shake his feet and arms to prove it! I gave him a buck since I like to see people being resourceful and innovative in making a living that way instead of begging or looking for handouts. I still haven't figured it out though LOL!

I could fill this whole blog site with Cuenca cathedrals and churches since they are everywhere and certainly add to the character of this beautiful city.