Life in Loja Ecuador

The City of Loja and most of the suburban neighborhoods will have a tienda or a ‘mom-and-pop’ corner store within easy walking distance of anywhere you are staying. Although there is a surprising variety of foods and household supplies packed into these small markets, one of their main raison d'etre is as a beer stop. Life in Loja’s team has reviewed mass produced Ecuadorian bottled beer available here for those of you who have yet to partake, however the next dilemma our brewski purchases present is what snacks do we get to go with? We understand that munchie preferences with a cold one are highly subjective. In fact, if you are one of those beer and cookies people, we are not going to judge you! Live and let live, we say. Here is a non-comprehensive look at pre-fab packaged snacks you will very likely find in a local tienda. We will start off by reassuring you that potato chips, beloved the world over, will be available in corner stores in these parts. Unfortunately, pretzels: n...