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4 City Tour: Gualaceo, Chordeleg, Sigsig and San Bartolome

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Since we spent so much of our first year here getting settled and not doing much sightseeing, we are trying to visit someplace new (and outside Cuenca) most months. May 29th we went on a four city tour given by our friend Emilio Morocho. He was also our guide on the March day trip involving tequila, friends and water fun ! CAUTION: Photo intensive blog! You can see all the pictures we took in our SmugMug album . Our friend Joanne spearheaded that trip, this time around it was our turn. We managed to keep 30 people signed up and by nine am on Friday, we were headed out. Emilio decided to reverse the order of the trip so we started in San Bartolome, known for making guitars. Here are some photos from our stop at one of the shops. I bought a basket, a woven pitcher and a flat mat, all for $4.50. Oh, and two folks bought guitars while there - for under $150 each! The guitars can go up to $800! We also took time to enjoy the friendly Basset Hound, cat and children.