Pujilí Travel Guide

 calcaf38 Says:  The Pujili Sunday Market is near the bus terminal, and spreads over several blocks covering many acres. As with other markets, there is order to the madness: important vendors are grouped according to what they sell, oceans of vegetables, pyramids of meat, rows of sacks of... 

 calcaf38 Says:  At the Pujili market, I saw some loaves wrapped inside corn husks. I suppose it is a kind of bread, but I'm not quite sure. There were several vendors offering this specialty, which I did not see elsewhere. 

 calcaf38 Says:  In all Andean markets, much of the space and energy is devoted to lunch counters for the vendors. The lunches in Pujili consisted of rice, fried eggs, and fried chunks of pork. Of course, foreign visitors need to be cautious, since the sanitation methods used in market... 

 calcaf38 Says:  Everywhere I went in Ecuador, I encountered young people engaged in political campaigns. Apparently, candidates belong to a numbered list. For instance, the team on the photo taken in Pujili worked for Lista 3. 

 calcaf38 Says:  Pujili has a pleasant central square, with a church which looks like it was built last week, out of cinder blocks. The farther you walk from the market, the sleepier the town gets - at least on a Sunday morning. Although conspicuous as the only foreign visitor, I felt 100%... 

 calcaf38 Says:  My nose was completely stopped, due to the allergenic environment at the Hacienda in Machachi. I stopped in a crowded pharmacy, where I bought 10 Clarinix decongestant pills for $5. The price seemed high considering that three people could eat a good dinner for the same...