We found a spot in Vilcabamba to rent for the month of July. It´s got two bedrooms, a kitchen with potable water, and a bathroom with a flushing toilet and a hot shower. There are sunflowers in the front yard and blue morning glories growing in up the front fence. There is basil, oregano, and mint growing alongside the house, an orange tree in the backyard, and a lemon tree in the front yard. There´s passion fruit vines, raspberries, and a papaya tree, too.
It is nice to have a home base for laying down our big packs, and especially for having a place to cook our own meals. Here we have our first purchase from one of the little groceries in town - one pineapple, three carrots, four heads of garlic, one red onion, olive oil, avocado, rice, salt, lentils, beans, peas, pop corn and a bag of cumin.
Michael prepares said loot into a delicious feast. Last night we had spaghetti with pineapple tomato sauce.
Going down the road feeling glad. Look out round the curves for taxi pickup trucks loaded with an entire family heading into town.
Night falling on Vilcabamba at the center of town.
good supplies and nice first meal!
ReplyDeleteThe pineapple tomato sauce sounds interesting. I bet it was delicious. It's nice to know that you have fresh herbs and fruit growing in your yard, too. Our blueberries are ripe and we've had the first batch in a fresh fruit salad with strawberries. I sprinkled your vitamin C powder over them and the fruit retains its brilliant colors.
ReplyDeletelove the new digs! quite envious of your orange and lemons trees!
ReplyDeletekim and michael,
ReplyDeletelovely house! sorry to have missed you before you left; hope you're having a wonderful time. have an ecuadorian cocktail, or ten, for me.
big hug,
babs cleveland