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| The Spanish named the city from the Quechuan word, pirhua, meaning abundance. Nowadays, Piura is known as the " | The Spanish named the city from the Quechuan word, pirhua, meaning abundance. Nowadays, Piura is known as the " | ||
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| + | I have learned to avoid vans because they tend to stuff too many people in. However El Dorado Bus Line could not change a 50 Soles bill for me (??) and so I went one block over to Sertour Vans. I got stuffed in the middle in the last row of the van between two overweight people. | ||
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| + | ====== Another Day in Piura ====== | ||
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| + | This morning early AM I was thinking of a little boy. He is either Norwegian or | ||
| + | Swedish and the main in character in a movie whose name I don't remember. | ||
| + | was long ago at a time when the Russian | ||
| + | cute little dog secured in a tiny capsule. | ||
| + | Whenever he thought things were not going well for him he would lie down on the | ||
| + | grass look up at the sky and wonder about that cute little dog, all alone in the | ||
| + | silence of space; and then he would reason his own problems were not that | ||
| + | significant after all. I had good reason to identify with the little boy. As I | ||
| + | prepared all my documents to head to the Ecuadorian consulate to get the | ||
| + | extension to my visa I looked at the date and realized it was Saturday and after | ||
| + | checking a bit had to accept the fact the consulate would be closed. | ||
| + | back to Ecuador today. | ||
| + | corner down a block to the Diplomatic Hotel suggested by my friend Mario; half | ||
| + | the price, no A/C (don't need it now - it's got a fan), much better wifi. Took | ||
| + | a cab to the bus depot and changed my ticket for Monday | ||
| + | back to my new hotel. By then I knew that, like most little town in this part | ||
| + | of the world, in a couple of days you realize you can walk to anywhere you need | ||
| + | to go with little problem. Then of course in the glorious warmth of a sunny day | ||
| + | everything looks more beautiful around here and any worries disappear. I realize | ||
| + | that since I left behind the German lady and two Israeli boy who travelled out | ||
| + | of Cuenca with me I have not seen one person I could clearly say was Caucasian | ||
| + | or European. The original ethnic groups of these parts are sometimes referred to | ||
| + | as Amerindians. They pretty much make up the population around here. Not enough | ||
| + | Spanish blood arrived here to change the looks of the people. There are mestizos of differing grades I am sure. | ||
| + | But the Spaniard left his language, culture and religion. The weather here has been perfect; | ||
| + | sunny and warm - because we are still in winter time. I can tell the place will | ||
| + | be an oven come December through May because every room has a ceiling fan and | ||
| + | window A/C units are visible in every building. And I have learned it also | ||
| + | goes by the name "the hot city". | ||
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