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We then drove to the Parque Ciudad Blanca. It is a long flat park that was the former site of a small regional airport, where Jess's father Diego worked for 20 years.

The park has many paid activities for children: renting Powel Wheels cars, renting bikes, art activities . It reminded us very much of parks we had visited in China. We hadn't seen it before in Ecuador and wondered if it was influenced by Ecuador's recent diplomatic and economic relationship with China. Neither country requires a visa for its residents to visit the other, and there has been an influx of Chinese industry in Ecuador.


One activitiy that we had not seen before consisted of "walking water balls." These are clear plastic spheres which children can enter which flost on a shallow pool of water. Kids try to stand up and run in what is essentially a soft plastic hamster ball, and much fun ensues.


Sisa and Shina wanted to try, so for $2 each they got 7 minutes inside. (Craig and I wondered if 7 minutes was the max you could stay inside due to oxygen levels...did they start out with 10 minutes and have to change it due to kids passing out? Inquiring minds want to know! )

Each kid got into a deflated plastic bubble, and a guy inflated it with a leaf blower. The kids then tried to run like they were in a hamster ball, inevitably collapsing in giggles. It was a great time and they really enjoyed it (though they were hot and tired when their 7 minutes expired).

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