It’s very hot on the equator! 33 degrees Celsius and the sun is really strong. Phil didn’t come with me on the morning coach tour of Manta, but I was well looked after by our dinner mates, Alan and Gemma and Willy and Margot. I did have to move seats half way through our trip though, because yet again I had the recliners in front of me! The aim today was to buy a Panama hat which I did for a bargain $15US.
Panama hats, incidentally, are not made in Panama but in Montecristi, Ecuador. They were originally made for the workers at the Panama Canal, hence the name.
Ecuador doesn’t have its own currency because their economic state was so bad about twenty years ago that they decided to change to the US dollar.
Some of the passengers have gone on plane rides either to Machu Picchu or the Galapagos Islands, we figured that if we wanted to do either of those, then we’ll do it independently one day, meanwhile we can enjoy the ship with even fewer passengers.
I decided to do some laundry in the afternoon while Phil watched the US Presidential inauguration.
Two days at sea now, so see you next after Lima, Peru.
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