Since we didn't go to the Feria Libre yesterday we went this morning as when we got up it was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly. While I was asleep Mike took it upon himself to check out the map and decided that it was fairly close to our apartment and so we could walk to the Market; I guess that'll teach me to lie in. As it turned out it wasn't too far away, it only took us about 20 minutes to get to it and it was a nice walk along the river.
The market itself was very disappointing; I'm not really sure what I was expecting but it wasn't what I got. The first part we walked through was inside and was basically stalls selling clothes, shoes and household products but it was all junk. When we got outside there was fruit, veggies, meat and fish everywhere; it's a lot like the market in town but on a much bigger scale, but once you've seen one banana you've pretty much seen them all. The smell was gross too, very, very fishy, and I discovered how they keep the fish 'fresh', they throw cold water over it at intervals, super fresh! We wandered around for a while and saw some live animals, dogs, cats, chickens and others, and then it was time to leave cos I was too sad to stay. The poor animals were out in the heat in teeny tiny cages, it was horrible.
I thought there were going to be crafty things there, like at the markets in Quito but we didn't find any, i can't think of any reason that we have to go back to this place.
When we got home I made lunch, just a sandwich. We almost walked into town to get pizza but decided not too. Sunday is not a good day to go into town since almost nothing is open. It was a good thing we didn't go out walking as at about 1.30 the heavens opened and it absolutely poured down; we had thunder and lightening too. It lasted for a while and the river rose a good ways, but not as much as right now. It's about 11.30 now and the river is absolutely roaring past our apartment. It's not raining outside anymore but it must be storming good further west of us where the river is coming from. It's easy to see how it can do damage in a good storm as it's rising up the bank a few feet tonight and it is making loads of noise as it does so. It'll probably be as though nothing has happened by the time we get up in the morning, although after just looking out the window I'm not so sure.

Mike: I'll keep my new found super mercado!