Quite a while ago I went to Ibarra on a day trip. Ecuador was giving me a hard time at this moment an the trip to Ibarra was exactly what I needed to cheer me up!
Because at the bus station we asked a man for help, to find our way to the center of the city. He told us to wait 10 minutes for him to come back and as we were about to leave and ask someone else, he came back and started walking with us. We then passed his house, he told us to wait again, and he pulled out his car!
What do you do? Since we were two, we ended up getting into his car, which turned out to be the best idea we had had in a while. Normally you should not jump in a car with a stranger - but sometimes that is what will give you an amazing experience. (Sorry, mom and dad. I am safe!)
He was born in and had lived his entire life in Ibarra, so he knew everything and acted as our private guide the entire day, while driving us around. And he asked nothing in return (of course we bought him lunch.)
During the 8 hours he drove us around we visited a museum, all the parks and churches in Ibarra, a viewpoint, a lake, a part of the city famous for woodworking and he drove us around to some small villages nearby.
All in all it was a really nice trip, and we would not have managed to visit all that by only public transport. And then it was nice for once to drive around in a car.
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Classical bus-ride with a bad movie. In this bus (half filled with children) they are showing a horror movie
Normal bustur med en dårlig film. I denne bus (halvt fyldt med børn) viser de en gyserfilm. |
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Church
Kirka |
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Museum showing art made by people from Ibarra
Museum der viser kunst lavet af kunstnere fra Ibarra |
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Wood-work
Træskærerarbejde |
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Buildings
Bygninger |
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A clock-tower
Et klokketårn |
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View of Ibarra
Udsigt over Ibarra |
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Statue at the view-point
Statue ved udsigtspunktet |
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| Laguna |
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| Laguna |
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Wood-work
Træskæreri |
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Wood-work
Træskæreri |
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We ran in to a weeding
Vi løb ind i et bryllup |
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| Cutie |
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Ecuadorian life
Ecuadoriansk liv |
For et godt stykke tid siden besøgte jeg Ibarra på en dagstur. Ecuador gjorde det ikke nemt for mig på dette tidspunkt og turen til Ibarra, var lige hvad jeg havde brug for.
Ved busstationen i Ibarra bad vi en mand om at vise os vejen til bymidten. Han bad os om at vente 10 minutter, fordi han lige skulle ordne noget. Da vi var ved at gå, for at finde en anden at spørge, kom han tilbage og han begyndte at gå sammen med os. På vejen til bymidten kom vi forbi hans hus, hvor han igen bad os om at vente. Og da han kom tilbage, kørte han sin bil ud og bad os om at hoppe ind.
Hvad gør man så? Siden vi var to besluttede vi os for at hoppe ind i bilen med ham. Normalt skal du ikke hoppe ind i en bil med en fremmed - men nogen gange skal man bare stole på det bedste i andre mennesker og det bliver grunden til, at man får en absolut fantastisk oplevelse! (Undskyld, mor og far! Jeg passer på mig selv.)
Han var født og opvokset i Ibarra og vidste alt hvad der var værd at vide. Og han var derfor den perfekte guide. Han bad ikke om noget tilgengæld (så selvfølgelig bød vi på frokost).
I løbet af de 8 timer han kørte os rundt besøgte vi et museum, alle parker og kirker i Ibarra, et udsigtspunkt, en sø, en del af byen kendt for alle træskærerierne og han kørte os også rundt i forskellige landsbyer omkring Ibarra.
Alt i alt var det en fantastisk tur og vi ville ikke have opnået det samme med offentlig transport. Og så var det rart for en gangs skyld at være på 'roadtrip'.
