They Think Cough Drops are Candy!

Several times now after eating a meal at a restaraunt we have been given after-dinner-cough-drop-mints! The first time I (Pete) thought our waitors were playing a prank on the Americans, but by the 3rd and 4th time, I knew something was just weird. Today's lunch was topped off with a "candy" cough drop that was "mint/chlorophyll flavor." CHLOROPHYLL???

Today we went to Mitad del Mundo ("The Center of the World"). It was fun to stand in both hemispheres and make jokes about which way the toilets would flush, which season it was, etc. The Equator is only about 20 minutes ($5 by taxi) from our house.
By the way, if you didn't know, they use the US dollar here, so that is convenient.

We've been doing pretty well on eating Ecuatorian food lately. We actually did have Ecuatorian breakfast our first day, but it was mostly hashbrowns and eggs, but with a different name. Last night Tesha made shrimp Cebiche (not to be confused with Cerviche or Corviche). We ate it with rice as the Tias suggested, but the Tias told Tesha that Cebiche is customarily eaten with popcorn on the side.

Today in Mitad del Mundo for lunch Tesha had Ecuadorian breaded shrimp and I had "Llapingachos a la Fritada." I'm not really sure what part of my meal was classified as Llapingachos, but it was good. Ecuatorians seem to like to eat a wide variety of foods with each meal.
Happy Easter,
Pete