Portoviejo is one of the main places where kapok mattresses and pillows are made from the fluffy fibre of the seed capsule of the ceibo. In Calle Alajuela you can buy montubio hammocks, bags, hats, etc made by the coastal farmers, or montubios, as they are known. The Jardín Botánico is along Avenida Universitaria in the north of the city. About 10 minutes from town, on the road that later branches to Bahía, is the village of Sosote; its main street is lined with workshops where figurines are carved out of tagua nuts (vegetable ivory) into innumerable shapes.
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