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Go Yankees! — A kind old man selling hardware and other miscellaneous items, including some old sucre bills (Ecuador's old currency, before adopting the US dollar a year earlier). He was flattered when we asked to take his picture, which is unusual for these people. It may have helped when I told him I liked his cap! |
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Waiting for a Sale — An old woman checks that her sewing contraption works, then starts scouting out her potential target. |
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Fresh Produce — Fruits and vegetables are laid out in a colorful display — even more colorful with the hammocks behind them. |
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Flour Sacks — Giant sacks of flour, alongside other grains, like rice and wheat. Behind them, toward the center of the plaza, are dozens of colorful hammocks. |
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Chicken Feet — An old woman counts change after selling some bread, while behind her rests a green stand selling nothing but chicken feet. (Presumably, somebody else was selling the other parts.) |
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Thread — Cords and cords of multi-colored fabric piled up and ready to be sold to natives for assembling new sweaters, curtains, etc., to be brought right back to the market and sold again. The never-ending cycle continues. |
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Color Overload — A multitude of brilliantly-colored sweaters, gloves, socks, and hammocks. |
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Maze of Color — The stalls in the central plaza are laid out in a seemingly random pattern, creating a maze of colorful walkways between rows. |
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