I took the shuttle into Manta and did a walk about.  Not a great deal to see but many stalls were at the outdoor market area so I managed to pick up 3 scarves, a little box and a small Ecuadorian bag to carry from time to time when out and about.  I have been here before and had done the usual tourist  visits to a Panama hat factory, a vegetable ivory factory and took in all the highlights of both Quito and Manta.

When I returned all I wanted to do was sleep and then I got chills and achy so I ended up in bed and ate a bowl of soup for dinner in my room.  Obviously I had a fever and couldn’t get warm enough or sleep enough.  No nora virus, no cold and I have had my flu shot.  If I had to guess what went wrong I would say I got a touch of the hard flu but because I had the shot it only lasted one day.  I seem to feel fine today except my neck is tight so I am going to have a neck massage.  Probably from sleeping so much.