Our route today was on great curvey, scenic road to Mendez though the plan had been to get toMacas.
Great Breakfast at Santa Lucia House
Stopped at a Guitar maker...3 generations of hand made instruments from wood imported from Canada, China And Rosewood from India. The wood is shaved with the only modern tool I saw a hand plane. No clamps used or steam boxes...the wet veneer is shaped by passing the wood back and forth over an iron round pick handle. A planner must exist but we did not see it. A standard guitar takes a week to make....the more intricate with inlays 15 days.....Standard guitar sells for $70.00
Making the neck
Showing us how he makes the inlays by layering and gluing different colours then simply cutting small sections with a knife.
The cut inlays in the match boxes
Turtles are wood and the back of these instruments
Met a couple bikers f.rom Quito...1 on a new VStrom and the other on a Royal Himalayan
Lunch stop Encelbollado
Awesome senery
A short cut through the mountain...no longer recommended....
Late afternoon in the damp clouds
Many waterfalls along this route
Many rock, tree and mud avalanches along the road this afternoon....also hardly any traffic
Our room for the night a little less luxurios than Cuenca....$20.00
Dinner....I couldn't eat gave the crab and clams to Athir....he passed as well...how the hell do you tackle the crab with only a spoon...
Stopped at a Guitar maker...3 generations of hand made instruments from wood imported from Canada, China And Rosewood from India. The wood is shaved with the only modern tool I saw a hand plane. No clamps used or steam boxes...the wet veneer is shaped by passing the wood back and forth over an iron round pick handle. A planner must exist but we did not see it. A standard guitar takes a week to make....the more intricate with inlays 15 days.....Standard guitar sells for $70.00 Making the neckShowing us how he makes the inlays by layering and gluing different colours then simply cutting small sections with a knife.The cut inlays in the match boxes Turtles are wood and the back of these instrumentsMet a couple bikers f.rom Quito...1 on a new VStrom and the other on a Royal HimalayanLunch stop EncelbolladoAwesome senery A short cut through the mountain...no longer recommended.... Late afternoon in the damp cloudsMany waterfalls along this route Many rock, tree and mud avalanches along the road this afternoon....also hardly any trafficOur room for the night a little less luxurios than Cuenca....$20.00 Dinner....I couldn't eat gave the crab and clams to Athir....he passed as well...how the hell do you tackle the crab with only a spoon...
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