In this post, we will try to make sense of the scents and sounds we have been experiencing as we voyage through Ecuador. First the sounds ...
We are amazed at the constant urban and other sounds in most Ecuador cities and towns. Car alarms, for one thing. It seems as though no one knows how to turn the alarms off before they get in their car, and often not afterwards either! There is always one going off, including outside our hotel in Quito twice during the night, with the alarms switching wails every 20 seconds. Then there was the pounding disco nearby and constant police emergency lights and sometime sirens. Often, there are roosters crowing at 5 am (even in cities), with the propane delivery trucks trolling the streets for customers.
These are some of the urban noises we have encountered and appreciated being blocked.
We are amazed at the constant urban and other sounds in most Ecuador cities and towns. Car alarms, for one thing. It seems as though no one knows how to turn the alarms off before they get in their car, and often not afterwards either! There is always one going off, including outside our hotel in Quito twice during the night, with the alarms switching wails every 20 seconds. Then there was the pounding disco nearby and constant police emergency lights and sometime sirens. Often, there are roosters crowing at 5 am (even in cities), with the propane delivery trucks trolling the streets for customers.
These are some of the urban noises we have encountered and appreciated being blocked.
Yes, life with chickens seems to be a part of life in C and S America that we don't experience very much here any more. We had a particularly noisy rooster in Nicaragua...he was up at 4 am strutting his stuff! Ear plugs anyone?
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