Well it was quite the valiant attempt at a great weekend, even if it did fail. The goal this weekend was to go to Mindo, but when we found out the bus schedule we knew that our plans would have to change. With that decision made we decided to split up an I, along with Mer and Anna, headed off to Calderón, home of bread dough sculptures of the most intricate detail.
After an hour and a half of walking around the city and calling people to find out which bus to take, we finally were on our way to Calderón only to find we were driving into the strongest rain shower the world has ever seen. By the time we got off the bus the roads had turned into rivers. So needless to say we decided to have lunch and wait for the rain to subside.
Well the rain didn't subside at all, instead we think it just got stronger. So armed with our rain coats (or nothing in Mer's case) we headed into the town to find the market and were very disappointed to find there were none of these bread figures we had heard so much about. So we decided to walk a little further into the town but finally gave up on hoping to find those sculptures. It wasn't until we were waiting for the bus that Mer was talking to someone who actually knew what we were talking about and directed us to the correct area of town that had these sculptors.
When we finally found a store with these sculptures we were blown away by the detail these artists were able to make with bread. They were small models of people, busses (with enough detail to count the individual bananas that were on the top of the bus) and a lot of Christmas themed items and ornaments. The owner of the shop was also more than willing to open up her workshop for us where we were able to see how she made everything. We were very happy to have found this before heading back to Quito.
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