Today Samuel, Ben, and I went to the Pumapungo Museum. Susan and I visited it last March, so she decided to stay home today. On the way over, we took Ben's laptop in for repair. Last week one of the hinges between the keyboard and screen broke, and he was worried that the wires that went through it might get broken or otherwise damaged. So we noticed an authorized IBM service center, and took his laptop for repair.
When we got there, they looked and found an old laptop in the back that used an identical hinge, so they agreed to take the hinge out of the old one and put it in Ben's. They said that it would be ready by 5:00 today, so we headed on over to the museum. Samuel and Ben got in for half price, since they are students, and we looked through the inside this morning.
We then took a break for lunch, which was a traditional Ecuadorian almuerzo where you just go in and sit down, and they serve lunch for the day. It is not a case of ordering what you want, but rather you just take what they have fixed for the day. In this case today, we started with good-size bowls of potato and pea soup, followed by a plate of chicken and rice, with a slice of watermelon for dessert. We were also given a glass of fruit juice. The cost for all this was $2 apiece, and it was excellent.
Fortified with all this, we headed back to visit the Pumapungo ruins, built by the Cañari and Incan peoples centuries ago. Here is a view of the garden area, as authentic as they know how to make it today.
They also have an aviary, where a number of Ecuadorian birds are kept, and which we enjoyed. Here are a few that we especially enjoyed. 
We were not in any hurry, as we couldn't pick up Ben's laptop until around 5:00 this afternoon, so we had a very enjoyable afternoon. We also saw this odd sculpture on the hillside, apparently of a man tackling a dinosaur.
We also saw this llama and alpaca. The alpaca has a shorter nose and more wool, and the wool makes very warm and soft blankets and scarves.
We then messed around in the old part of Cuenca for an hour or so, while Samuel looked for T-shirts to take back [he didn't find any he liked], and we each had excellent milkshakes. We then got back to the computer service center a little before 5:00, and found that they had just finished fixing Ben's laptop. They charged $50 for parts and labor, which Ben considers to be a great deal, assuming it has no more problems.
Then on the way home we stopped and got bread, including this loaf of Zupfa bread [Swiss spelling] at a bakery. Susan was excited to see it because it is much like what her mother and grandmother used to make.
Tomorrow we are scheduled to visit the Cajas. More after we get back.
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